The Prayer

I think this song is much deeper than PuppyKilling's "mainstream" analysis, even tho i do agree to a certain extent. To me, Cudi is having a talk with God on this track, with the allusion to the 'bedtime prayer' [if i die before i wake] in the chorus. Also, the with the title of the song as "The Prayer," i think he intended this song to be like he was praying to God.

"My heart thump not from being nervous Sometimes, I'm thinking God made me special here on purpose"

sometimes he may lose his faith in god, then he may realize that "God made him special" and ask for forgiveness for his wrong actions - "demons i confronted"

"If I slip away, if I die today the last thing you remember won't Be about some apple bottom jeans with the boots with the fur"

Now, he knows to make his words important, and stray from the mainstream pop songs - "apple bottom jeans," so when he dies, on judgement day, the last thing "you" - referring to god- remember wont be about that, but rather something more meaningful, like this song itself.

"But please don't cry, just know that I have made these songs for you And if I die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take 'Cuz I'm ready for a funeral"

Cudi prays to the Lord that his "soul will take," or go to heaven, but if he doesnt, he wants God to know that he made these songs for him. He is now confident that he has done enough and is ready to die - "ready for the funeral"

This is how i understood the song when i first heard it, and i believe its one of the more meaningful songs out there.