Disturbed - Prayer Song Meanings
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... See the rest of these lyrics Prayer Lyrics on KOvideo
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March 7th, 2006 09:16AM
actually this is a song about christian faith. When your a chirtian God puts them trough trials to test their faith. "Another dream that will never come true..." All this is what God is saying... "Let me enlighten you, this is the way I pray... Living just isn't hard enough burn me alive inside..." This is supposed to be the person being tested. "Return to me..." All this is also God speaking. After God speaks to your heart after so long he just stops. So I can see how people thinks it about his grandfather, but even on the Disturbed Ones forum that they took down fro some reason it said it was christian faith and stuff
March 19th, 2006 02:24PM
This is a religous song no doubt about it. I thought it had more to do with the devil messin with him as well. It's like his faith towards his god is being tested, anyone ever read in the bible where the devil messed with that one guy and tried to make him break his faith towards god, the guy got that flesh eating disease I think and he never broke his faith that god was there. I think this song is similar to that part in the bible. It is also about close people of him turning away from him, he seems pretty sad and mad about it.
March 22nd, 2006 09:01PM
The person above me is wrong. The song is acctually a song David wrote for his grandfather who passed away. "Living just isn't hard enough. Burn me alive, inside. Living my life's not hard enough, Take everything away" is refering to god taking his grandfatehr away. And these are words strait from davids mouth. "This is a convorsation between me and god"
May 4th, 2006 10:34AM
if you listen to the special DVD thing on the believe album, David himself says that the song is about the book of Job, and how god takes everything away from him. David is simply saying that living his life isn't hard enough, and he wants to test his faith by asking god to take everything away.
July 1st, 2006 12:18AM
This is a religious song, but it is also about his grandfather. However, it is not about the Christian faith exclusively, if at all, as David was born into a Jewish family. It's actually about a conversation between David and God david saying "Throw everything you've got at me, I can take it," and yes, he also mentioned it was based on the Book of Job
March 26th, 2007 02:28AM
He's jewish, but he doesn't practice. He's actually not religious at all, and it wasn't written about his grandfather, he may have inspired it, but it wasn't about him. A conversation with the idea of the god that common judeo-christian theology would have you believe in. if god truly inflicts vengeful acts of pain and suffering upon its creations as a sort of temper tantrum in order to elicit a response, then bring it on. there is nothing that can be thrown at you that will deter you from your chosen path, or break your spirit. it speaks to the indomitable nature of the human spirit, that no matter what life, fate, or god throws at you, you have the strength and wherewithal to get through it.
March 28th, 2007 04:11PM
Uhh, He Never Was A Christian, He's Jewish And He's Not Religious At All So He States. The Song However, Is About The Ability Of The Human Spirit To Triumph Over Anything Thrown At You, You Can Make It Through.
May 12th, 2007 12:54AM
David said it himself it is NOT religious it is about how you can overcome the obstacles put in the path of your life.
May 12th, 2007 12:58AM
Watch that beginning he is NOT Christian whatsoever damn you people know nothing of Disturbed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA_q2tNK1rA
May 13th, 2007 01:41AM
Ok, First, My Name Is Not Erwin, Try Reading, Second, DAVID DRAIMAN IS NOT A CHRISTIAN OR RELIGIOUS AT ALL, HE'S JEWISH!! Try Knowing Something About This Band Before You Start Trying To Talk About Them. Lastly, The Meaning Of The Song That I Gave Came Straight From David's Mouth, If You Think It's Wrong, Take It Up With The Writer.
May 15th, 2007 04:06AM
Oh And, He Was Brought Up In Very Religious Family, He's Been Practicing His Jewish Faith All His Life, But No Longer Does, So It's Been A Big Influence On His Life, Maybe That's Why He Mentions God, Jewish People Do Believe In God After All. And Please Do Not Quote Their Lyrics To Me, I Know Them All Front And Back.
February 25th, 2008 12:15AM
Hey, this song is all about my life at the moment! (Sorta...) I love it! Basically, I think it's clear in the chorus, where you have so much that you can love, and then those people who don't understand just take it all away from you. U try to pretend that you're happy, but it's all just a lie, and you find that it's burning you alive inside! Or, something like that...
March 31st, 2008 10:02PM
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 That's a mockery of religion, or to better explain it is it's a mockery on how people go about using "religion". 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 This is supposed to be the "God" of the person speaking, quoting the actions of the person that "worships" them, returning to them in their time of need, leaving, returning again, leaving then returning again, turning to them in their time of need, then when they're finished and have gotten their satisfaction (assuming there is a God, and he would grant such wishes through prayers.) they cast that entity aside, going back to ignoring their religion. 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 same as above, except in the end of it all (again, this assuming there IS a God, just for the sake of explaining.) this could have two meanings. It could either mean that the "God" (assuming there IS one, again.) has given up on the soul for treating him as a genie, or the person finds a reason to give up on the "God", for not fulfilling a prayer or something of that sort. Let me enlighten you This is the way I pray Just another small note that could be thrown in here, this is a mockery of how a lot of religious people will openly flaunt their religious habits, this being the person basically saying "Watch me pray! I love me sum Gawd! " So, in closing I do not think this is a religious song, instead it's more of a song mocking the whole idea of religion. Edit: Also, as far as the video for the song goes, it has along the same message as the lyrics. The times when the light engulfs David Draiman for a short amount of time then leaves when he's finished is symbolism to how people only talk to their "God" when they're wanting to something, then "cast him aside" when they're finished, which is the light quickly moving behind him, as if he's leaving it behind. Also, every time he finishes with "the light" he would violently scream "F*CK". Expressing how people go back to their normal ways of being miscreants when they're not wanting something.
April 18th, 2008 12:40AM
This song is not about faith at all except for the fact that it is about praying. The song is about how David shows that he does things the way he thinks they should be and if you have seen the Music Video (which is awesome) it shows people watching him as he stands in the street and prays with light shining down on him.
April 20th, 2008 07:10PM
My interpretation of the song is short, I think he's being sarcastic when he says "living my life's not hard enough, take everything away" - to me this surgests he's angry at god for making his life hard, as shown in the video there's lots of people suffering and to quote Greg Graffin from Bad Relgion "And what I’m frightened of Is that they call it “God’s love” ". Also "Return to me, Leave me no one" to me means god has taken away a loved one and he has a, why don't you leave me with nothing? attitude. "You make me turn away" suggests that he's has turned away from religion for this very reason. But on the other hand I could be completely wrong about it all.
May 23rd, 2008 01:30AM
Well here I am again to say that the song is not about religion, it's not about praying, it's not about mocking religion. In the video, he's not praying in the street, the light is symbolism and he's simply walking down the street seeing all of things shown in the video, but they are not watching him, the video in general is symbolic. The song is about the ability of the human spirit to triumph over anything, no matter what's thrown at you "by the course of life or by the hand of God or however you interpret it", you can make it through, you can survive the bad of life. The video shows that by showing all of the people, all of the bad things, and then the band has something bad happen to them, and they die, which would be the badness of life. Then debris starts falling, not from an earthquake or anything, oh no, but symbolizing life, in the most lamens terms, life falling apart, and then the band cames back and they are standing on top of the rubble, they have triumphed over the horrors of their lives. I promis, this really is what Prayer is about.
August 15th, 2008 11:59AM
Most of you guys are morons. David's family are Orthodox Jews, meaning he's Jewish. Thats why he wears a Star of David around his neck.
December 21st, 2008 10:31PM
Actually I saw a making of the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26fZQ035BlQ) , and he explains how it is about living strong, taking all the hard-ships in life and keep pushing forward, its even more evident in the video where all the band members get hurt, but then get back up and rock out together, powerful song and one of their best.
December 22nd, 2008 02:52AM
erinw88...dude i am a huge Disturbed fan, and i want to know everyting about them. im not so much of a lyricist so thats why i came to this site. i have all of their albums and the making of "Indestructible" DVD. just to throw this out there, i tune to the Music Choice channels on TV everyday. several times when a song from Disturbed is played, there is a quote from David Draiman like this, "I am a very religious person, and I do believe in the existance of God." recently, i have yet to see that same quote again. i imagine the guys who run the channels removed it because David is not religious anymore. i'd really like to get more info from you about this band. :D
March 19th, 2009 06:17PM
ErinW is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Every word she's said about this song is DEAD ON ACCURATE. This is absolutely not some BS about God or the Devil or Draiman's religiousness. It's about triumph over anything that comes your way. Geez, the symbolism is all over the video. David's walking through streets lined with death, drugs, prostitution, and horror. As those light flashes wash over him they destroy things around him. Each time he stands firm and is not knocked down. Defiantly he screams "THIS is the way I pray... " which is basically "BRING IT ON F*CKER, I'm not going down". Erin is TOTALLY right. Near the end of the video God (or life, or whatever) is throwing EVERYTHING at David and the band. Buildings are crumbling, things are exploding... and the band is just UNMOVED. Its totally one of those moments where everything is falling down around you. The band's response is basically "is that ALL you got, b*tch?" I get so much from this song and the video. If you can get to the point in life where you really BELIEVE you can do anything, there's nothing that can take you down. Nothing. David says "You made me turn away!" which sounds more to me like he's saying he's tired of praying to a God to come save him when all we have down here is pain and suffering. Nevermind... I'll save MYSELF. For all you Christians who want to believe David is shouting at the Devil and he's withstanding all this horror because of God's love. WHATEVER. If that's what helps you sleep at night, go for it. But that is NOT what this video is about. Erin nailed it with every single interpretation she wrote. 1 2 Next Page >
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