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When I Pray

Release date: 14th January 2022

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DOE's 'When I Pray' is a devotional ballad built on the conviction that prayer offers a way through life's weight. The song finds her acknowledging the accumulation of struggle, the fork-in-the-road moments where direction isn't clear, and the loneliness that can follow. Against that backdrop, the chorus settles into its core promise: that something shifts when you pray, that you can reach God by calling His name, and that He is never too occupied to listen. The song moves with restraint. There is no performance of eloquence or false certainty; instead, DOE grounds the track in plainspoken vulnerability. A father's wisdom surfaces in the second verse, a reminder that something happens when you pray, and the bridge doubles down on the assurance of divine presence, the idea that it is not in God's nature to turn away from the humble. The result is an uplifting ballad that treats prayer not as formula but as a genuine anchor in difficult seasons.

"When I Pray" is a track by DOE, from the album Clarity, released 14th January 2022. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

When I Pray

[Intro]

Woah, mm-ah

Yeah-yeah, ooh, mm

[Verse 1]

I'm carrying all of the world on my shoulders

And it's gotten too heavy for me

You know I ain't no Hercules

Life moves on

Stuff breaks down

People fall off

Gotta find a way to get over

Gotta find a way to get through

Breakthrough, hear You

Struggles they last, but as time pass

It's been one thing after the other

[Chorus]

Oh

I don't always know the right way, no

I don't always know what to say

But all I know is something happens when I pray

I know I can get through when I pray

I know I can reach You when I call Your name

You're never too busy for me

You're never too busy for mе

When I, oh

[Verse 2]

I found myself at the еnd of the road

Looking for it and I see a fork in the road

Hell, if I know

Which way to go

I feel so alone

Life is so, so cold (Oh)

I'm not very eloquent in speech

I don't always know how to sound holy when I speak

Papa told me something happens

[Chorus]

When I pray

I know I can get through when I pray (Oh)

I know I can reach You when I call Your name (When I pray)

You're never too busy for me

You're never too busy for me

When I pray

I know I can get through when I pray

I know I can reach You when I call Your name

You're never too busy for me

You're never too busy for me

When I pray

[Bridge]

I know You will never leave me dry

It's not in Your nature to turn away

When the humble pray

When I cry

I know You will never leave me empty

It's not in Your nature to turn away

From the humble

When I pray

[Chorus]

I know I can get through when I pray (Hey, yeah)

I know I can reach You when I call Your name (Ooh, when I call Your name)

You're never too busy for me (You're never too busy)

You're never too busy for me

When I pray

I know I can get through when I pray

I know I can reach You when I call Your name (Oh)

You're never too busy for me (No, no)

You're never too busy for me

When I pray

I know I can get through when I pray (When I pray)

I know I can reach You when I call Your name (When I pray)

You're never too busy for me (Never, never too busy)

You're never too busy for me

When I pray (When I pray)

I know I can get through when I pray (When I pray)

I know I can reach You when I call Your name

You're never too busy for me

You're never too busy for me

When I pray

[Outro]

*Beep*

Hey Doe, dad here

Just thinkin' about you, baby, and I just want to encourage you

To remember the privilege you have to approach Him

To walk right up to Him and get whatever you need

Because something happens when we talk to God

I love you, sweetie

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From Clarity

2022
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