All Day and Into the Night

Intro

(Single fingerpicked acoustic guitar — sparse, intimate)

Verse 1 — lead vocalist, low and close

I went out to hunt

And I never lifted the bow

My father's words came down on me

About eternal life

And what a man must do to find it

So I knelt

In the trees

And I started to pray

Verse 2

(Low ambient pad enters)

The sun was high

The sun moved

The sun went down

And I kept praying

My knees were broken open

My throat was dry

And I had not asked for forgiveness yet

Not really

Not the way it had to be asked

Wrestle Section — strings build, brushed drums enter, no chorus

I prayed for myself

I prayed for the sin I came in with

I prayed for the weight of it

I prayed for the lifting of it

I prayed

I prayed for my people

I prayed for the ones who walked with me

I prayed for the records

I prayed they would be kept

I prayed

I prayed for the ones who hated us

I prayed for the ones who would have killed us

I prayed for them by name

The names I will not say

I prayed

Pre-Chorus — strings climbing, drums steady

And the night came down

And I kept on

And the stars came out

And I kept on

And I did not know

If I was being heard

Or if I was just talking

To the trees

Second Voice enters — close mic, subtle reverb

Enos

Thy sins are forgiven thee

And thou shalt be blessed

Lead Vocalist — gasping, almost spoken

And I heard it

I heard it

And I asked Him how

And He said because of thy faith in Christ

Whom thou hast never seen nor heard

And shall come

Chorus — full ensemble arrives, first chorus in the song

(Listeners: layered male voices underneath)

All day

And into the night

All day

And into the night

I wrestled until I was empty

And then I was filled

And then I was filled

Final Verse

(Strings sustain, drums quiet)

I made a covenant for the records

I made a covenant for my people

I made a covenant for the ones who hated us

That if they ever turned their hearts

The Lord would bring the records to them

And He said yes

And He said yes

And He said yes

Outro — strips back to single guitar

I went out to hunt

And I came back at sunrise

With nothing in my hands

And everything in my chest