(Power Type: Erotic Precision)

Forgive me

For what I'm about to worship

And forgive me

For not being sorry at all

I came to you unholy, on my knees like a sinner

But you're not the salvation, you're the dinner

And I'm starving for communion that the church won't serve

Every inch of you is exactly what I deserve

For years of being good, years of being quiet

Now I'm hungry and you're the riot

I've been waiting for, the sacrilege I need

You're the scripture and I'm here to read

Every verse, every chapter, every line of your skin

Map your body like gospel, let the worship begin

I'm not rushing, not racing, I've got patience like faith

Taking my time, savoring the taste

Of every sigh, every shiver, every sacred sound

You're the religion I just found

And I'm devout, devoted, down on my knees

Tongue like a prayer, baby, say "please"

And they told me this was sinful (Sinful)

That the body was a trap (Was a trap)

But you feel like absolution (Absolution)

Spread across my map

Tongue like a prayer, I'm speaking in tongues

Worshipping you like hymns unsung

Tongue like a prayer, this is my devotion

Every kiss is holy motion

You spread like gospel under my mouth

And I forgot every name but—

Yours, yours, only yours tonight

Tongue like a prayer, and this feels right

Like Sunday morning, like salvation found

Tongue like a prayer, making holy sounds

I've been to church, I've read the book

But nothing compares to the way you look

When you're coming undone under my attention

This is the resurrection nobody dared mention

I'm not rushing to the chorus, I love the verse

Taking my time, making it worse

In the best way, the slow way, the "please don't stop"

Climbing your body to the very top

Then starting over, patience as a practice

You're the miracle, I'm just the apparatus

Of devotion, instrument of your release

Tongue like a prayer, finding the peace

That the world wouldn't give you, the softness denied

I'm here to provide

What you've been missing, what you've been craving

A man on his knees, and he's not caving

To the rush, to the ego, to the selfish need

I'm planting different seeds

And I'll wait for them to bloom

In the sanctuary of this room

I know what they taught you

That your pleasure was secondary

That a man's satisfaction came first

That you were there to serve

But not here

Not with me

Here, you're the altar

And I'm the offering

Here, your body is the scripture

And I'm just trying to read it right

Every response a revelation

Every breath a blessing

Tongue like a prayer

And I could worship all night

If you let me

Please

Let me

Tongue like a prayer, speaking your name

Worshipping different, nothing's the same

Tongue like a prayer, this is religion

Mine, ours, beyond permission

You spread like gospel, holy and true

And I forgot everything but you

Tongue like a prayer, finding the divine

In every inch of you, in every sign

That this is sacred, this is real

Tongue like a prayer, making you feel

Everything you were told you shouldn't

Everything they said you couldn't

Have, want, receive, demand

Tongue like a prayer, at your command

They'll tell you it's sinful

What we did here

But I know sacred when I taste it

And you, baby

You're the closest I've ever been

To something worth believing in

Amen