This is, I believe, Rebecca St. James' best lyrics.  Poetically, I cannot presently recall any other song that is so beautifully simple.

Although the song is almost a decade old, being the title track of RSJ's 1998 album, it retains a modern, even edgey sound.  The musically projected mood of humble submission, of understanding one's own ever-present desperation, is perfect.

The music video fits the song well.  The view of the footage is like that of a peephole, angling around to grab glimpses, or else blurred, skippy, over-zoomed, or otherwise leaving something to be desired... exactly what this song is getting at.

It would be sweet if she played Pray at the 2008 Pro-Life Festival.  I'd love to hear it with her rock-your-face-off voice and band of today.

The inspiration for the song is 2 Chronicles 7:14...

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray, then I will forgive their sins and heal their land."

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Pray

Jesus, I am broken now
Before you I fall
I lay me down
All I want is you, my all

I cry out from the ashes
Burned with sin and shame
I ask you Lord to make me whole again

(Chorus)
For you say if I will come and will pray to you
There's forgiveness when I turn from me and pray
For you say if I will come and will pray to you
You hear me and heal me when I pray

Your ways are not my own
But I long for them to be
So this what I pray
One with you you'll make me

Melt me away 'til only you remain

Chorus

Jesus I am broken now
Before you
Take me I am yours

Chorus

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The Peace of Christ To You,
Jake