Lyrics
I don't know what I want
I am uncertain about my desires
I don't know what I need
I am uncertain about my needs
My baby, my baby
Addressing a significant person (baby) in the speaker's life
Would you pray for me
Requesting the baby to pray for the speaker
Tell God come set me free
Asking God for liberation
Go tell the Holy One
Directing someone to inform the Holy One about the speaker's plea
Who made the earth and sea
Referring to the divine creator of the earth and sea
That I'm hurting, I'm hurting
Expressing emotional pain
Tell Him comfort me
Requesting comfort from God
Cuz I'm down on my knees
Indicating a state of submission and vulnerability
Usually I can do this on my own
Usually self-reliant, but currently struggling
Cuz I know that He hears me when I call
Confident in God's responsiveness to calls for help
But baby would you pray for me
Reiterating the plea for someone (baby) to pray
Baby would you pray for me
Repetition of the request for prayer
Baby pray for me
Summarizing the plea: "Baby, pray for me"
Pray, pray
Emphasizing the act of prayer
Baby pray
Repeated request for the baby to pray
Pray for me
Repetition of the plea for prayer
Pray for me
Repeating the request for prayer
At night I say my prayers
Describing the speaker's nightly prayer routine
You're lying next to me
Highlighting the proximity of the baby during prayer
My baby, my baby
Reiteration of addressing the baby in prayer
Won't you intercede
Requesting the baby to intervene or mediate in prayer
Oh won't you baby please
Asking the baby to intercede on the speaker's behalf
Cuz usually I can do this on my own
Similar to line 11, expressing self-sufficiency usually
Cuz I know that He hears me when I call
Reaffirming confidence in God's attentiveness to calls
But baby would you pray for me
Repetition of the plea for the baby to pray
Baby would you pray for me
Repeating the request for prayer
Baby pray for me
Summarizing the plea again: "Baby, pray for me"
Pray, pray (Baby pray)
Emphasizing the repetitive nature of prayer
Baby pray
Repeated request for the baby to pray
Pray for me
Repetition of the plea for prayer
Pray for me (Pray for me)
Repeating the request for prayer
Father in heaven
Addressing God as the Father in heaven
Hear my baby pray
Asking God to hear the baby's prayer
Your will be done
Expressing acceptance of God's will
Your kingdom come
Asking for the realization of God's kingdom
Ooh
Emotional interjection
Pray for me
Repetition of the plea for prayer
Pray for me
Repetition of the request for prayer
Baby won't you pray for me
Reiteration of the plea for the baby to pray
Pray for peace, pray for peace
Expanding the prayer to include a plea for peace
Baby please come pray for peace
Asking the baby to pray for peace
Oh, yeah
Emphatic expression
Oh, yeah
Reiteration of the plea for the baby to pray
Baby pray for me
Repetition of the request for prayer
Pray for peace
Repetition of the plea for peace
Baby pray for me
Final plea for the baby to pray for the speaker
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