This morning I spent some time listening to one of my favorite songs by David Crowder, called “All I Can Say.” It’s a very intimate song, very sparse and offered like a deep and difficult prayer.

Here is a simple video of the song so you can hear it, plus some of the words listed below: 

Approximate run time: 4 minutes, 30 seconds

Click here if you’re unable to see the video.

Lord, I’m tired,

So tired of walking.

And, Lord, I’m so alone.

Lord, the dark is creeping in,

It’s creeping up to swallow me.

I think I’ll stop and rest here a while.

This is all that I can say right now.

This is all that I can give.

This is all that I can say right now.

This is all that I can give —

That’s my everything.

Oh, did you see me crying?

Oh, and did you hear me call your name?

Wasn’t it you I gave my heart to?

I wish you’d remember where you set it down.

This is all that I can say right now —

I know it’s not much.

But this is all that I can give —

That’s my everything.

Do those words not arrest you? Are they not the desperate, weary plea of someone who has come to the end of himself? 

I love the way these words demonstrate an intimate reality between this person and their God. He is not afraid to tell the truth. In fact, he seems completely unable to avoid the truth that is inside him. He is not afraid to cry out, be real, and ask the hard questions before God. He’s not afraid to tell God he’s tired and alone. 

Do you ever speak such intimate prayers before God? What might be the intimate prayer of your heart before God right now?