Speak To Me

[Speak To Me
Genre: Soul ballad
Tempo: 68-72 BPM
Vocal: Warm, simple, direct]
[Production description
Stripped-back, accessible soul ballad, slow tempo. Rhodes piano, clean guitar, round bass, light drums entering by the first chorus. Subtle strings. Warm, direct lead vocal. The hook arrives right in the intro to be instantly memorable, the chorus returns often, the bridge is chantable in a loop.]

[Intro]
Speak to me, Lord, I'm right here...
Teach me how to pray...
[Verse 1]
I come to You with empty hands
Not knowing what to say
My soul is starved, my soul is bare
No bread, just Your word
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't know how to pray
But I know I need You
[Chorus]
Speak to me, Lord, I'm right here
I need nothing else but that
Speak to me, and I'll answer You
Teach me how to pray, oh Lord...
[Verse 2]
Like a child I come to ask
Without shame, without fear, without delay
To ask is to finally confess
That I'm nothing without Your love
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't know how to pray
But I know You'll hear me
[Chorus]
Speak to me, Lord, I'm right here
I need nothing else but that
Speak to me, and I'll answer You
Teach me how to pray, oh Lord...
[Bridge]
It's not the world that changes
(No, no...)
It's me, it's me who changes
(When I speak to You...)
And it's this heart, transformed
(Only by You...)
That will change the world entire
[Final Chorus]
Speak to me, Lord, I'm right here
I need nothing else but that
Speak to me, and I'll answer You
Teach me how to pray, oh Lord...
[Outro]
Speak to me...
I'm right here...
Teach me how to pray...

Production description
Stripped-back, accessible soul ballad, slow tempo. Rhodes piano, clean guitar, round bass, light drums entering by the first chorus. Subtle strings. Warm, direct lead vocal. The hook arrives right in the intro to be instantly memorable, the chorus returns often, the bridge is chantable in a loop.