Prayer

Disturbed

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

Let me enlighten you
This is the way I pray

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

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

Let me enlighten you
This is the way i pray

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

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

You've made me turn away

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


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Prayer Lyrics as written by David Draiman Dan Donegan

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    Ok people keep asking the same questions over and over so I will summerise a brief list:

    1. David is Jewish. Raised Jewish.
    2. David rejected organised religion, not God altoguether; he is now "spiritual"
    3. The rest of the band members are also "spiritual"
    4. This song seems to have been modeled on the story of Job from the first testament; certainly the music video seems to support this.
    5. THe song appears to have been a reaction to comments made after 9/11 as well as the death of his grandfather.
    6. This song according to David is a conversation between him and god.
    7. One key difference between the story of JOb and this song is the ending, Job stays faithful to god and David seems (one interpretation)to desert him, however in real life David does not desert god, he is merely spiritual... did i miss anything? On a separate note my view on belief is that it is less important to believe than it is to do good, and although it is hard to quantify or qualify good is intrinsic (it exists on at least a basic level) I am an agnostic, some days I believe some I dont, but I dont stress about it. I know that belief in God is a leap of faith, but I have faith in good at least... All in all this is a rocking song and really quite deep.
    reddorothyon August 07, 2008   Link

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