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"Pray To Me" by Fishburn: When Your Heart Is Weak, He Listens


Does God really hear me when I pray?

Grief has a way of making you feel unseen. Fishburn’s Bukra project wrestles with that feeling head-on. The song before this one, “Take It Away,” sits inside the grief and pain. “Pray To Me” is Jesus’ answer to our struggles & pain here on earth… He says just “Pray To Me” and He’ll hear them. Jesus isn’t a distant, unreachable figure. He’s close. He’s looking at you. 

Fishburn - Pray To MeFishburn sings: “When your heart is weak, I will hear you speak.” No conditions. No waiting for you to get your act together first. Just come as you are, “hands up, head down,” pray and watch what he will do. 

In Philippians 4:6–7 we read: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Anxious thoughts spiral fast; that’s in our nature. One worry breeds three more before breakfast. The apostle Paul doesn’t tell you to suppress that spiral — he tells you where to send it… Make it known to God. 

What can you do right now with your worries? Pray to God, and name the things that are on your mind before you open your inbox. Maybe it takes just forty seconds in the car before you walk into a hard conversation. Small, repeatable, honest. Prayer isn’t a last resort reserved for emergencies. It’s the first move you can make. 

Your plans might fall through. Your path might not look like the one you chose. Still, the promise stands: “behold that I’m with you always.” Let that steady you today. “When you’re in the dark, it’s where I’ll stay.”

(Related scripture: Philippians 4:6; Psalm 34:18; Matthew 28:20)

Background:

This is the one Tropical House "Kygo-esque" off my Bukra project. It's the answer to the previous song "Take It Away" which was a song about grief & pain. The song is Jesus' answer to our struggles & pain here on earth...He says just "Pray To Me" and He'll hear them. Jon Becker from Germany sang the main vocals & Jesus is modeled after his face in the video.

Release date: July 24, 2026

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