Angela J. Burkey

Lyrics

I was drinking by myself that night
Trying not to fall apart
You were watching from across the bar
Like you could read my heart

Your soul could sense my grieving
Because you were grieving like me
We talked on and on for hours
Like the world got quiet suddenly
And then when you kissed me
You took me by surprise
I wasn't sure what to make of it
But it's like I knew we had a story to write

And I don't really know how to"take it slow"
I either run away or fall right in
But something about you feels different
So I want to just take my time with this

All I know is you make me feel like a queen
Like I'm chosen and finally seen
And now I'm scared of how deep this feeling runs
Is it too soon to say you're the one?
My past still tries to talk me out of you
But my heart keeps telling the truth
Is it wrong to say I love you?

'Cause I feel like I do

'Cause I feel like I do
Yeah I feel like I do
I've been trying not to
But I still feel like I do

I feel like I do
Every time I'm close to you
If it's too soon then tell me why
This just feels so right

After that we'd see each other here and there
Just friendly keeping it light
Then suddenly you disappeared
No explanation just gone out of sight

Until I saw you that day
And you stopped me before I could get out the door
And I saw a new man before me
You're not so rough around the edges anymore

I never thought I'd see you again
But we were paused for a reason
Like maybe God was working behind the scenes
In between the seasons

All I know is you make me feel like a queen
Like I'm chosen and finally seen
And now I'm scared of how deep this feeling runs
Is it too soon to say you're the one?
My past still tries to talk me out of you
But my heart keeps telling the truth
Is it wrong to say I love you?

'Cause I feel like I do

I feel like I do
Yeah I feel like I do
I've been trying not to
But I still feel like I do

I feel like I do
Every time I'm close to you
If it's too soon then tell me why
This just feels so right

I feel like I do
Mm I feel like I do

Lyrics

I regret most of my life
Every choice that cut my heart like a knife
Every word I spoke that broke someone apart
Every deed I did that scarred another's heart
Now my days are heavy with mistakes
I can say "I'm sorry," but that's not what it takes
So I fall to my knees, cry out Your name
"Lord, heal my heart and wash away this shame"

You taught me to forgive the one in the mirror
To see myself through eyes where grace is clearer
You reached into my darkness and pulled me near
Spoke words of mercy I needed to hear
You cast my sins into the sea of forgetfulness
No record remains, just love and blessedness
You lifted my head, You silenced my fear
And taught me to forgive… the one in the mirror

The emptiness once burned deep inside
I didn't want to live, but I had no means to die
Each day the same — work, eat, and sleep
No dreams to chase, no promises to keep
I hoped I'd been there for someone along the way
The way I wished someone had been there to stay
But in the stillness, You called my name
Said, "Child, I forgive you — now do the same"

You taught me to forgive the one in the mirror
To see myself through eyes where grace is clearer
You reached into my darkness and pulled me near
Spoke words of mercy I needed to hear
You cast my sins into the sea of forgetfulness
No record remains, just love and blessedness
You lifted my head, You silenced my fear
And taught me to forgive… the one in the mirror

You wiped every tear, You broke every chain
You spoke my name and erased my shame
You showed me the cross, the price You paid
And I stepped from the grave into grace that day

You taught me to forgive the one in the mirror
To see myself through eyes where grace is clearer
You reached into my darkness and pulled me near
Spoke words of mercy I needed to hear
You cast my sins into the sea of forgetfulness
No record remains, just love and blessedness
You lifted my head, You silenced my fear
And taught me to forgive… the one in the mirror

You wiped every tear, You broke every chain
You spoke my name and erased my shame
You showed me the cross, the price You paid
And I stepped from the grave into grace that day

You taught me to forgive the one in the mirror
To see myself through eyes where grace is clearer
You reached into my darkness and pulled me near
Spoke words of mercy I needed to hear
You cast my sins into the sea of forgetfulness
No record remains, just love and blessedness
You lifted my head, You silenced my fear
And taught me to forgive… the one in the mirror

Lyrics

[Intro, Low Guitar Riff and Ambient Street Sounds] 
[Spoken word]
(There’s a man on the corner tonight…)
(And a MOTHER on her knees again…)

[Verse 1]
He used to sing in the choir on Sundays
Now he sleeps in the tent city with a needle in his arm
Once wore a tie and smiled for the children
Now he hides in an alley in the dark
He still prays when the streetlights flicker
For a shelter’s warm bed, for just another day
He said, “If the church is love, then tell me
Why do they turn me away?”

[Pre-Chorus, Quiet but Fierce]
And I can hear his voice
Cutting through the city noise
He said, “Don’t talk to me about heaven
While I’m dying here right before your eyes.”

[Chorus, Full Band]
We are the light of the world
We are the salt of the earth
Not called to judge or to curse
But to carry the hurt
Who will walk in the dark?
Who will see the unseen?
Who will reach the one forgotten
And say, “You still belong to Me”?

[Verse 2]
There’s a mother with three small children
Counting coins in a laundromat
She can feel the indent on her finger
She sold her ring when the rent fell flat
She hums a hymn she half remembers
Something about amazing grace
And wonders if God still hears her
In a world that’s lost its faith

[Pre-Chorus, Soft Build]
The church lights glow up on the hillside
But the doors are locked at night
She said, “If mercy’s real, then show me
Don’t just tell me wrong and right.”

[Chorus, Rising Energy]
We are the light of the world
We are the salt of the earth
We are God’s hands extended
To the least of these on earth
Who will house the unsheltered?
Who will reach the addicted and enslaved?
Who will be the one who whispers,
“You are loved, don’t be ashamed?”

[Bridge, Gritty Guitar + Gospel Harmony]
Jesus walked with the broken
He touched the unclean hands
He never stood behind walls
He walked across the land
He said, “Be the salt, be the light”
So why do we shun them away?
He called us to love, not lecture
To serve them, not send them away

[Break, Guitar Solo, Spoken Line Underscored]
(There’s no glory in a sermon
If we don’t show them love outside these doors…)

[Final Chorus, Gospel Choir + Rock Belting]
We are the light of the world!
We are the salt of the earth!
We are not crowns or kingdoms
We are the hands and feet of the Church!
Who will bless the sinner?
Who will see what God sees?
We are hope in their darkness
We may be the one last chance they need.

[Outro, Soft Guitar + Vocal Echo]
Lord, help me see your children
As the children of your design
Help me be your hands and heart
Till the last lost one joins the ninety-nine
Lord, help me love the broken
The way that You love me
Help me be the salt of the earth
And The light You meant me to be

Lyrics

Tear Me Apart

[Verse 1]
I yelled at God and said leave me alone
I was tired of the war I felt in my soul
Tired of religion, tired of the rules
Tired of conviction’s tug and pull
There was a battle I didn’t want to fight
One voice screaming truth, one pulling me into night
I wanted silence, I wanted release
I wanted the party instead of the peace

I wanted my way, I wanted control
I wanted pleasure and gave up my soul
I wanted to live like everyone else
No cross, no calling, just living for myself

[Verse 2]
I went so low I sold what was mine
My body, my truth, one lie at a time
I stole from tomorrow while I wasted today 
Ran from responsibilities in every way
I walked away from love when I should’ve stayed
From motherhood, from debts I hadn’t paid

I looked in the mirror and couldn’t defend
The woman I was or the mess I was in
An empty shell of who I once was
Ashamed of what I had become

Could this be my rock bottom??


[Chorus (My Prayer)]

Tear me apart
I can’t stand myself
Look what I’ve become
Make me someone else
I won’t leave this place
Until I’ve reached You
I know what it takes
I’m ready to break
Tear me apart

[Verse 3]
That Sunday night in March, I walked in alone
Felt like I didn’t belong there, but didn’t know where else to go
I went to the altar, I fell to my knees
I didn’t have answers, I barely could breathe
No bargaining left, no strength to pretend
Just a broken woman at her bitter end

I couldn’t outrun what I already knew
I’d never be happy living without You
I finally admitted I can’t hide from the Light
And my heart cried out, “I give up the fight”

Could this be my rock bottom??


[Final Chorus]

Tear me apart
I can’t stand myself
Look what I’ve become
Make me someone else
I won’t leave this place
Until I’ve reached You
I know what it takes
I’m ready to break
Tear me apart

Tear me apart
I can’t stand myself
Look what I’ve become
Make me someone else
I won’t leave this place
Until I’ve reached You
I know what it takes
I’m ready to break
Tear me apart