We Call Your Name

Intro

Ahh-ahh (ahh) — ooo, ooo

Low hum, low hum (ahh) — come, come

O Lord, we gather, we bow (we bow)

Oya, Oya, come fill this place (fill us, fill us)

(sha-la, sha-la) — (ai-ya)

Verse

Midnight, we lean into Your promise (come)

Hands up, palms open, we are open (we are open)

Take what is heavy, carry what is weak (carry, carry)

Breathe through our silence, speak through our stillness (speak)

We are small, but Your love is wide (wide)

We call Your name in the hush — Jesus, Jesus (Jesus, Jesus)

Give sight to the weary, give rest to the worn (rest)

Make a way in the night, make a way in the dark (make a way)

Pre-chorus

O Lord, come near (come near)

We need Your touch (we need Your touch)

Break the chain, lift the veil (lift it up)

Speak life into this room (speak life)

Chorus

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (Jesus)

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (Jesus)

Holy One, arrive, arrive (arrive, arrive)

Holy One, arrive, arrive (arrive)

Ase, Amen (Amen) — ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (we call Your name)

Verse

Tongues rise like wind (tongues) — da-da-da (da)

Groans that lift the night, tears that pray (uh-huh)

Ancestors’ songs, present cry (present cry)

We stand, we fall, we surrender (we surrender)

Let every chain break loose (break loose)

Let every lie be burned to ash (burn)

We hunger for more, we thirst for You (thirst)

Come fill the emptiness, come fill the room (fill it)

Chorus

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (Jesus)

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (Jesus)

Holy One, arrive, arrive (arrive, arrive)

Holy One, arrive, arrive (arrive)

Ase, Amen (Amen) — ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (we call Your name)

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (Jesus)

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (Jesus)

Bridge

(sha-na, sha-na) — in the river, in the still (in the still)

(heyi ya) — let rivers meet the desert (meet the desert)

(in tongues) — na-na-na, na-na-na (na-na)

We bow, we cling, we lift (we lift)

Spirit fall, spirit fall (fall, fall)

Ase, amen, amen (amen) — eh-eh, eh-eh

Chorus

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (Jesus)

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (Jesus)

Holy One, arrive, arrive (arrive, arrive)

Holy One, arrive, arrive (arrive)

Ase, Amen (Amen) — ooh-ooh (ooh-ooh)

Jesus, Jesus — we call Your name (we call Your name)

Outro

Slow down, slow down (slow)

Pad holds, hum lingers (ahh)

Whispered prayer — Jesus, Jesus (Jesus)

Ase, Amen (Amen)

(soft, distant) — ooo... ooo...