Lyrics
Verse 1
Everybody tryin' to weather the storm
Trust when I say I've been there before
I had days when it didn't seem fair
You said the load was never too much to bear
Things I had to go through
So I could better know you
Cause when I know I can't do it on my own
You're the one that I am leaning on
Chorus
All things work together for the good
And if you said it then it must be true
So in the morning I pray
When I feel like I ain't gonna make it
That's when I pray
And now I know you've been in it for good
You still need to pray
The Lord hears you when you pray
And He responds when you pray
Lord all I can do is pray.
Verse 2
So much pain in the world.
They've been taking our girls and been slaving them real tough.
All the hate being spread and the blood being shed
I can tell that we need God
We've been going a while within ourselves
Nowhere to go when people fail
Cause when I know I can't do it on my own
You're the one that I'm leaning on.
Chorus (Repeat)
Bridge
You need to find somewhere you can run to
Somewhere, a long way from here.
Chorus (Repeat)
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Pray" opens by naming shared struggle directly, everybody trying to weather a storm, before offering personal testimony that unfair days still carried a promise that the load would never be too heavy to bear. That pairing, admitted hardship and remembered promise, grounds the song's confidence in lived experience rather than easy optimism.
Its chorus borrows a well-known assurance nearly word for word, all things working together for good, treating that promise as grounds for continual prayer rather than a reason to stop asking. A second verse widens that hardship beyond the personal, naming exploitation, hatred, and violence in the world as reasons prayer and dependence on God remain necessary.
Rooted in contemporary gospel's exhortational style, the song functions as an extended call to pray through both personal and collective suffering, its closing bridge urging a retreat to somewhere safe and distant, framing persistent prayer as the practical response available when human effort and other people consistently fail.
Related Scripture
- Romans 8:28 Declares that God works all things together for good, directly echoed in the song's repeated chorus.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 Promises that God will not allow more than can be endured, echoed in the song's description of a load never too much to bear.