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Prayer Without Words
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Prayer Without Words was released on January 1, 2005 by Lost Highway/IGA as a part of the album Mercy Now
January 1, 2005
LabelLost Highway/IGA
LanguageEnglish
BPM100
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

Packing bag upon visions and a dream drenched hunger for a home
Swaddled in road dirt, blood-stained blankets and poems
On a stormy suitcase Sunday I awaken to the scream of the birds
They held their high notes and offered prayer without words
Sinking in asphalt, speechlessness of what could have been
Surrounded by strangers, scarred stars, stoned broken men
Riding the narcotic night until she swerved and smashed into the curb
Morning spilled from the wreckage and offered prayer without words
Chains on the mast pull the past, nothing lasts but nothing ever ends
I leave town, break new ground, break down, leave town again
Trapped in the circle, anchored to the weight of the world
Under shooting stars that sink the
Skies and offer prayer without words
Justice rides with jaundiced eyes, jaded judges bleed the broken bench
Liberty is a homicide, she's been flogged
To death with money as monkey wrench
Desperate apostates set fire to every holy word we've heard
Silence billows from the burning books and offers prayer without words
Surrender that sweet cleaning girl, she
Folds white flags in Hallelujah Square
She can't remember where she's been, one day I'm gonna join her there
Unpack my battered traveling case, hang
Out the sign that says "Do Not Disturb"
Dissolve into a dreamless sleep that offers prayer without words
Written by: Mary Gauthier, Tom Damphier

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