You shatter me, your grip on me
A hold on me so dull it kills
You stifle me
Infectious sense of Hopelessness and prayers for rain
I suffocate, I breathe in dirt
And nowhere shines but desolate
And drab the hours all spent on killing time
Again all waiting for the rain

You fracture me, your hands on me
A touch so plain, so stale it kills
You strangle me, entangle me
In hopelessness and prayers for rain
I deteriorate, I live in dirt, and nowhere glows but
Drearily and tired the hours all spent on killing
Time again all waiting for the rain

You fracture me, your hands on me
A touch so plain, so stale it kills
You strangle me, entangle me
In hopelessness and prayers for rain
Prayers for rain
Prayers for rain
Prayers for rain


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Prayers for Rain Lyrics as written by Laurence Andrew Tolhurst Boris Williams

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    I think this song could possibly be tied in with "The Same Deep Water as You." Note that right after this track there is the sound of thunder and rain. Maybe it's about anticipation for something (like a loved one). The line "I suffocate/I breathe in dirt" could be describing how without rain the ground gets dry and things wither--the rain possibly being an allusion to love. The same meaning above might be applied however, to a starving or longing for something important that has been away. I always think about a Native American rain dance when I hear this song, although I don't think it has much to do with it.

    theexplodinggirlon January 07, 2005   Link

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