Amen, You Reign

This song was inspired by the time we lay in bed, just reflecting on life, God's word, praying to the Holy Father. Many as a kid started out like this: "As I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord,

My soul to keep..."

Then I just kept writing from there:

Verse 1

Resting my eyes as I lay in bed

Running through all of the weight in my head

Did I stand, did I apply

Your word in every part of my life?

Is my life an offering to Him

Or just noise dressed up like a hymn?

A hollow sound I justify

While truth keeps knocking from inside

Pre-Chorus

Search my heart, expose the lie

Strip it down, no place to hide

Chorus

You died so I could live

Not for this world—but to proclaim Him

This truth I can't deny

You speak it over, over—open my eyes

Your grace is enough

Enough to rewrite my life

You made a way—it’s not a lie

Repent, believe in the work of Christ

This truth is alive

And it can save you too

Verse 2

Point me back into Your word

Through all the chaos, the crashing world

It pulls my eyes away from truth

But even blind—I’m fixed on You

Colossians speaks—I’m made alive

The old is buried, the new survives

My flesh is stripped, I walk renewed

By faith in One who made me new

My debt erased, my chains undone

Nailed to the cross—by the Holy One

That was the cost...

Pre-Chorus

Break me down, rebuild my sight

Lead me out of death to life

The vision of the song was the rock version:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=leVxClAe-4g&si=2qNXbFpD84Tiug7x

I also have it as a rap/pop Duet:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-3lRFMWSxYY&si=XoO6kC-AzXuDdazW