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Paul & Silas (At Midnight)

By Naomi Raine + Chandler Moore

1,664 views Sep 12, 2026 updated Paul & Silas (At Midnight) [Live] - EP album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Naomi Raine and Chandler Moore build this song around a single detail from Acts 16: Paul and Silas didn't wait to be freed before they worshiped — they sang hymns from inside a locked cell, at midnight, before the earthquake ever came. "Little did they know what would come next" is doing real work in that line: the praise happened first, the breakthrough second.

The song then turns that history into a present-tense argument. "In Your midnight, when thoughts are building up just like a prison" reframes the jail as anxiety, grief, or waiting itself — the specific kind of midnight most listeners actually live in. Against that, the chorus refuses patience: "I'm not waiting till the morning, I will worship You right now."

What keeps that refusal from sounding like a demand is the reasoning behind it — "He's been too good to wait," repeated so many times it stops sounding like a phrase and starts sounding like a fact being settled. By the time Jeremiah's fire "shut up in my bones" shows up near the end, the song has made its case: praise isn't the reward for rescue, it's what rescue sounds like while it's still happening.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

And at midnight

Paul and Silas prayed inside that prison

Singing hymns to God, the prisoners listened

Little did they know what would come next

(Oh) All of a sudden

The earth began to quake and the foundation

Of that jail began to shake the door flung open

The chains of all the prisoners came loose


So don't tell me what praise cannot do

The sound of our faith makes the mountains move


And I'm not waiting till the morning

I will worship You right now

No, I'm not waiting till the morning

Oh, I will worship...


In Your midnight (yeah)

When thoughts are building up just like a prison

Don't forget your song, the Father's listening

To every melody and every word

(Oh yeah, oh yeah) Every word (oh yeah)

This is the breakthrough

What if God is doing something brand new?

There are other people coming with you

And freedom is the door we're walking through, oh


So don't tell me what praise cannot do

The sound of our faith makes the mountains move

Let's build Him a home with our praise

For nothing can hold back the Father's grace


(Say) I'm not waiting till the morning

(I will, I will) I will worship You right now

(Not gonna wait till the morning) I'm not waiting till the morning

(I will worship You right now) I will worship You right now

(I'm not gonna wait till the morning) I'm not waiting till the morning

(I will, I will, I will) I will worship You right now

(Oh, I'm not waiting) I'm not waiting till the morning

('Cause I will worship You right now) I will worship


So why wait

When praise is happening now

I won't wait

I won't let a rock cry out

In my place

You've been too good to wait

He's been too good to hold my praise

Why wait

When praise is happening now

I won't wait

Won't let a rock cry out

In my place

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to hold my praise

Why wait

When praise is happening now

I won't wait

Won't let a rock cry out

In my place

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to hold my praise

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to hold my praise

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to hold my praise

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to hold my praise

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to hold my praise


So I won't hold my praise, yeah

I won't hold... (I won't hold my praise)

'Cause He didn't hold back His goodness

(I won't hold my praise)

Because He didn't hold back His grace

(I won't hold my praise)

I won't hold

(I won't hold my praise)

I won't

(I won't hold my praise)

I won't let a rock cry out for me

(I won't hold my praise)

I won't, oh

(I won't hold my praise)


He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to hold my praise

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to wait

He's been too good to hold my praise


I won't hold my praise

(I won't hold my praise)

I won't hold my praise

(I won't hold my praise)

No, I won't hold my praise

(I won't hold my praise)

No, I won't hold my praise

(I won't hold my praise)

I got a praise, I won't hold my praise

(I won't hold my praise)

I've got a praise, I won't hold my praise

(I won't hold my praise)

He's worthy now, I won't hold my praise

(I won't hold my praise)

He's worthy now, I won't hold my praise

(I won't hold my praise)


He's worthy now

He's worthy now

He's worthy now

He's holy now

He's holy now

He's sovereign now

He's sovereign now

He's faithful now

He's worthy now

He's holy now

He's sovereign now

He's faithful now

He's worthy now

He's holy now

He's sovereign now

He's righteous now

He's faithful now

He's faithful now

He's faithful now

He's sovereign now

He's good now

He's good now


So I won't hold my praise

I'm not waiting till the morning

I will worship You right now

(Sing it out, sing) I'm not waiting till the morning

(I'm not waiting, I will) I will worship You right now

(No, I'm not waiting eh-eh) I'm not waiting till the morning

(You can't make me be quiet 'cause) I will worship You right now

(You can't make me be silent 'cause) I'm not waiting till the morning

(You can't make me stop singing) I will worship You right now


Jeremiah said it's like fire

Jeremiah said it's like fire

Hey, Jeremiah said it's like fire

(You can't make me be quiet)

Jeremiah said it's like fire

(Shut up in my bones, oh)

Jeremiah said it's like fire

(Shut up in my bones, eh-eh)

Jeremiah said it's like fire


So don't tell me what praise cannot do (Hey)

The sound of our faith makes the mountains move

Let's build Him a home with our praise

For nothing can hold back the Father's grace

Don't tell me what praise cannot do

The sound of our faith makes the mountains move

Let's build Him a home with our praise

For nothing can hold back the Father's grace

Don't you tell me what faith cannot do

It's time to believe again

Don't tell me what praise cannot do

It's time to sing again, sing again

Don't tell me what praise cannot do

It's time to live again, worship again

Don't tell me what praise cannot do

It's time to go to church again, oh-woah

Don't tell me what praise cannot do

The sound of our faith makes the mountains move

Let's build Him a home with our praise

For nothing can hold back the Father's grace

So I'm not waiting till the morning

I will worship You right now

(Made up my mind)

I'm not waiting till the morning

I will worship You right now

I'm not waiting till the morning

I will worship You right now

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