Unlike Most
Channel: Ella Brinkman
Date: 16/04/2021

This is the first song off of my EP 'ever present'. Initially, it was inspired by a quote from a friend of mine. She said, "If prayer is being in the presence of God, and God is always present, then anything can be a prayer". With that in mind, this song is about finding other ways of being in the presence of God without using words - for example, making a cup of coffee in the morning - and trying to turn those moments into spiritual habits or practices.

Lyrics:
Humans are made up of habits
which guide our life and shape our hearts
virtues & vices both daily rhythms in my life are
defined by these two types of liturgies

Every morning I wake up, and for my break-of-dawn prayer
I pour the hot water into my aero press
Hands wrapped around a mug, this drink is saying words i can't speak
A prayer lifted up in the steam
and it becomes

(Chorus)
a prayer unlike most
One not said with shut-eyes or folded-hands
But more hands up in surrender, saying,
This is my prayer
To you O God, I give my day

And there are habits
that I don't want to talk about
The ones that I hide beneath my bed
and pray never come out

But I know that there is grace
And there is prayer
And that's why I know that I need

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
And I pray this:
To you oh God I surrender my life
Clean my cup from the inside out
Undo the vices in my heart
Recalibrate my heart to worship you

(Chorus)

Written + performed live by Ella Brinkman
Recorded + mixed by Jessie Hill at Philpott Church (Hamilton, ON)