[Intro - Spoken over soft highlife guitar skank]
Oh Lord, draw me nearer — Spirit, come and move
(Highlife guitar skank | talking drum heartbeat)
[Verse 1]
In the hush before dawn I call Your name
Every promise lights the dark and fans the flame
You are nearer than my next breath, truer than my test
In the quiet of Your presence, I am found and blessed
[Pre-Chorus]
Psalm 42, my soul pants for You like a thirsty deer
I run to the river where Your love makes everything clear
You whispered, "Seek with all your heart" — Jer. 29:13
I lift my hands, I step toward the truth You bring
[Chorus]
Deeper still — take me deeper in
Into Your love where my doubts are stilled
Deeper now — drown me in Your light
Where every chain falls off and I am made alive
(Choir soars, layered harmonies | horn stabs)
[Verse 2]
You turned my midnight weeping into morning song
You rewrote my failures into a strength that’s strong
Your Word, a lamp that guides my feet on narrow ways
You teach me to depend on grace for all my days
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I tasted mercy, tasted hope, now hunger grows (Psalm 34:8)
"Taste and see," You say — and every fear gives way and goes
I seek and find You, Lord, with all this searching heart
You are the sweetest discovery, my never-fading part
[Chorus]
Deeper still — take me deeper in
Into Your love where my doubts are stilled
Deeper now — drown me in Your light
Where every chain falls off and I am made alive
(Choir answers: "Made alive!")
[Bridge — Climactic Lift]
(Spoken then sung, rising)
You said, "Seek and you will find" — Jeremiah 29:13
Taste and see that the Lord is good — Psalm 34:8
I have been found; I am made new
(Leader) I am free! (Choir) You made me free!
(Leader) I am found! (Choir) You called me found!
I have been found — I am made new in You
[Breakdown — Rhythmic Afro/Highlife Breakdown]
(Guitar skank brightens, talking drum grooves, horns punctuate)
Leader: Deeper still! (short ad-libs)
Choir: Deeper still! (call-and-response)
Leader: Into Your sea! Choir: Into Your sea!
[Final Chorus — Big, International Hook]
Deeper still — take me deeper in
Into Your love where my doubts are stilled
Deeper now — drown me in Your light
Where every chain falls off and I am made alive
(Full choir, stacked harmonies, bright horn stabs)
[Tag - Sustained, Hopeful]
Forever leaning closer, learning how to love You more
Draw me deeper, Maker — to the heart I was made for
(Soft ad-lib: "Taste and see... taste and see...")
[Outro - Spoken softly over fading highlife groove]
I will seek with all my heart — You said I would find You (Jer. 29:13)
Here I stand, deeper in love, forever Yours.
