Clint Brown - Breathe on me Holy Ghost Power Lyrics

“Breathe on Me, Rain on Me, Burn in Me, Speak to Me, Holy Ghost” by Clint Brown is a short prayer built on four requests to the Holy Spirit. Each verse pairs a verb with an image: breathe with Holy Ghost power, rain with Holy Ghost shower, burn with Holy Ghost fire, and speak with the Spirit. After each request comes the same plea, “Yesterday’s gone, today I’m in need.”

The structure makes the song easy to join, since each verb is repeated twice with a single line of explanation. The imagery draws on familiar scripture pictures: breath in John 20:22, outpouring in Joel 2:28, and fire in Acts 2:3-4.

The closing line, “Pardon me, pardon me,” adds a note of repentance to the prayer. The song is a plain, humble request for the Spirit’s refreshing, set in the present need of the singer rather than in the past.