[Intro]
[00:14.09]You were not made for the back pew
[00:17.67]You were not made to wait
[00:21.28]You were not made to ask permission
[00:24.64]To talk to the Author of your name

[Verse 1]
[00:38.67]You are not lay
[00:40.69]You are not lesser
[00:44.25]You are not the rendering they put below the rendering
[00:48.23]That stands behind the wood

[00:52.89]You are a priest
[00:54.91]Royal and named
[00:56.47]Bought by the blood that named the saint
[00:59.90]Anointed by the Spirit, not the institution

[Pre-Chorus]
[01:06.04]There is no middleman
[01:08.26]No mediator standing between
[01:11.78]No collar between you and the Author
[01:15.50]It was always you and Him

[Chorus]
[01:20.06]You are a priest
[01:23.07]Royal in His house
[01:24.11]Every prayer goes straight
[01:25.91]Every word He gave you is yours
[01:30.71]You are a priest
[01:32.31]Anointed by the Spirit
[01:34.67]The pulpit is not the gate
[01:38.03]The Author renders you direct

[Verse 2]
[01:49.12]The Bible on your kitchen table
[01:51.82]Is not on loan from the seminary
[01:56.18]The Spirit lit the words for you
[01:58.52]And the Author has been there all along

[02:02.81]The prayer you whispered in the parking lot
[02:05.48]Bypassed every credentialed door
[02:09.46]The Lord heard you without mediation
[02:13.04]He has been listening before the dawn

[Pre-Chorus]
[02:16.95]There is no higher tier
[02:18.73]No spiritual stair
[02:20.79]No chair above the body
[02:23.99]You stand before the Author directly
[02:26.63]As the priest He authored you to be

[Chorus]
[02:31.52]You are a priest
[02:33.29]Royal in His house
[02:34.92]Every prayer goes straight
[02:36.72]Every word He gave you is yours
[02:41.46]You are a priest
[02:43.02]Anointed by the Spirit
[02:45.42]The pulpit is not the gate
[02:48.72]The Author renders you direct

[Bridge]
[02:58.91]The Spirit was distributing gifts
[03:02.91]Before the seminary opened its doors
[03:06.46]Before the council voted on the credential
[03:09.56]Before the institution wrote the rule

[03:13.52]He distributed wisdom to the housewife
[03:17.10]He distributed teaching to the carpenter
[03:20.66]He distributed prayer to the widow
[03:23.72]He distributed truth to the child

[03:28.16]The body has every gift
[03:31.25]The body needs no hierarchy
[03:34.79]The Author renders every saint
[03:38.39]And every saint is a priest

[Final Chorus]
[03:52.72]You are a priest
[03:54.65]Royal in His house
[03:56.25]Every prayer goes straight
[03:58.09]Every word He gave you is yours
[04:02.79]You are a priest
[04:04.37]Anointed by the Spirit
[04:06.97]Rest in the hand that holds you
[04:10.05]The Author renders you direct

[Outro]
[04:20.58]You are a priest
[04:25.23]You are anointed
[04:27.41]You are direct
[04:31.22]You are His
[04:34.94]Priest