Take Me To The King

Arriving with nothing to offer is the starting point: "Take me to the King, I don't have much to bring. My heart is torn in pieces, it's my offering." The offering of a broken heart is the idea behind Psalm 51:17, and the closeness of God to the brokenhearted is Psalm 34:18.

The first verse is blunt about exhaustion. "Truth is I'm tired, options are few. I'm trying to pray, but where are You?" The singer is "all churched out, hurt and abused," unable to fake it, and has "no strength to fight, no tears to cry," though the soul "refuses to die." One line holds the hope: "one touch will change my life."

The chorus asks to be left at the throne "to gaze upon Your glory and sing to You this song," close to Psalm 27:4's wish to gaze on the beauty of the Lord. The second verse widens to a plea for "a word for the people's pain," saying "no rules, no religion, I've made my decision to run to You, the healer that I need." A late line admits "the glory's not for us, it's all for You," and the chorus returns, much like the invitation of Matthew 11:28 to the weary.