Prayer

According to the Lead Singer/Songwriter, the song is actually about a conversation between himself and God. He wrote it during a time in his life when he was dealing with his grandfather's death if I remember correctly.

To me personally, when I hear the song I think about everything I've lost and the song almost becomes sarcastic. It's still a "conversation with God" but when I'm singing along with it it takes on a sort of mocking, bitter quality in my mind. It's like I'm saying "Yea, I've taken everything you've thrown at me and I'm STILL standing. Come on, life's not hard enough you bastard! Take Everything!"

I've actually stopped singing along to this song for the most part. It's among my favorite songs of all time, but I'm not sure it's the message I'd like to send along just in case there is a god out there, lol.

And before anyone says it........ this song is NOT about drugs.

David explains that this is a conversation between himself and God.

yeah man.......this is sung at ozzfest and this is what david said before this............

'so i thought of giving u a little gift.a little present for the ppl of this city.how would u like to hear some new disturbed.........well u gotta have some enthusiasm there......let me fuckin' hear u! this is a conversation between me and God.it is called Prayer!'

and then the song began.....i think the inaugral speech before the song explains it all....whatever.......its a freakin' good song.......i am in luv with disturbed

what i read on LAUNCH is that prayer is about a conversation between david and god in lue of his grandfathers death and 9/11 and september 20th I BELIEVE

I donno about the actual song, but Dave said that the video is like the story of Job. If I remember right, it's a story about a guy who believes in god a lot, and he keeps going through all these tests, losing everything.

I agree SilentAenima, I also think the song is about him not trusting "God" and finding a new path, you can kinda tell from, the lyric "You made me turn away"

I think this song is about the way each of us somunicates with god.....some people go to church, so get on their knees and pray......but when i comunicate to god i do it trough mucsic......'This is the way I pray!' and when I first heard this songI loved it because it expresses what I've been trying to say for the longest time....THIS IS THE WAY I PRAY!!!!!! Got a problem with that??????? Shit, this song just means so much too me.....

I love disturbed

Basically about dealing with pain and suffering and overcoming it. When I hear him sing this song I think of how everyone in the world never dreams of being unhappy or torn of everything but shit happens. So when it does, Embrace it. Learn from it. Accept it. And move on. Unfortunate events happen to everyone. But is it really that unfortunate or is it something that we’re just taught to believe so we can say things like “ I had a bad day and this world is fucked up so...fuck it!” Nope. Basically so what he’s saying is his prayer to god is he doesn’t want to be weak. And he wants to prepare for what seems unfortunate in advance so he can have the strength to overcome it just like a breeze of a nice sunny cool day

I think he's trying to tell "god" that he won't be tricked by him anymore and he's found a new path to go by and has helped other people see the truth behind this "god" as well.

Another dream that will never come true Just to compliment your sorrow Another life that I've taken from you A gift to add on to your pain and suffering Another truth you can never believe Has crippled you completely All the cries you're beginning to hear Trapped in your mind, and the sound is deafening

This part is supposed to be God talking to David. Its either supposed to be God laughing at David telling him basically that everything he does has no meaning and never will. It could also be David singing Irony.

Let me enlighten you This is the way I pray

(Chorus) Living just isn't hard enough Burn me alive, inside Living my life’s not hard enough Take everything away

This is Davids response to God: Basically David is saying hey, living still is not hard enough...so burn me alive inside, and take everything away but eventually I will prevail. Basically another way to put this is David is saying to God: THROW all you got at me cause I will continue on anyways.

Another nightmare about to come true Will manifest tomorrow Another love that I've taken from you Lost in time, on the edge of suffering Another taste of the evil i breed Will level you completely Bring to life everything that you fear Live in the dark, and the world is threatening

This could be tooken as God showing David what its going to be like if he denies God. God is saying well, I will take away your love, make you suffer, and will level you completly...basically lay David to nothing...is the intention I get by it saying level.

Let me enlighten you This is the way I pray

This basically goes back to David saying it dont matter, this is the way im going to continue to do things rather you like it or not.

Return to me Return to me Return to me Turn to me Leave me no one Turn to me Return to me Return to me Turn to me cast aside

Return to me Return to me Return to me Turn to me Leave me no one Turn to me Return to me Return to me You've made me turn away

The first part where it says return to me is more then likely supposed to be God being upset and trying to tell David to return to him and believe. When it switches to TURN to me..then it is David saying you already did what you did, and before David returns to God, God has to turn to David and help him out as well...kind of like a ballance.