[Verse 1] You’re staring out the kitchen window Uniform folded in the hall Those nights still march behind your eyelids You say “it’s nothing” But I hear it all Our oldest lines up little soldiers Repeats the same word ten times straight The toddler’s pouring milk on the floor now The baby’s crying And I’m already late [Chorus] So God Give me arms that don’t get tired Give me a laugh when I want to cry Give me the words when his world goes quiet When the weight gets heavy And I can’t ask why Bless this table Chipped and crowded Every bill and broken chair Hold this house we’re holding together This is a wife’s prayer [Verse 2] Clock in Smile at the screen glow “Weekend was good ” I always say Hide the homework Hospital paperwork In a folder marked “another day” Drive home through fast-food wrappers Practice patience at red lights Rehearse how I’ll say “I’m okay” While counting paydays And sleepless nights [Chorus] So God Give me arms that don’t get tired Give me a laugh when I want to cry Give me the words when his world goes quiet When the weight gets heavy And I can’t ask why Bless this table Chipped and crowded Every bill and broken chair Hold this house we’re holding together This is a wife’s prayer [Bridge] You saw him through the desert See him through this living room Trade the sound of distant thunder For our daughter humming out of tune Catch my anger Catch my worry Turn them into steady hands Teach me how to love him gently When he flinches at my plans (oh Lord) [Chorus] So God Give me arms that don’t get tired Give me a laugh when I want to cry Give me the words when his world goes quiet When the weight gets heavy And I can’t ask why Bless this table Chipped and crowded Every scar and whispered fear Wrap this war-torn Worn-out family In a love that keeps us here [Outro] For the soldier sleeping lightly For the babies everywhere For this one-income Fragile miracle Hear this wife’s prayer

Warm acoustic ballad with female vocals; intimate fingerpicked guitar and soft piano, brushed snare and upright bass entering on the first chorus. Verses stay close and conversational, light pad underneath; chorus widens with airy harmonies and subtle organ. Bridge swells with strings and a lifted melody before dropping to almost a cappella for the final chorus, raw and hopeful., romantic

Wife’s Prayer