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Praying Away the Pain

I bow down and pray That I’ll see the light of day someday When will I ever be free? I cry out to you, baby That I’ll see the light of day, we’ll see Today, I feel dismay Darkness forms in front of me Will I ever be free like a bird of liberty? Darkness forms in front of me, Wishing to pray away the pain of captivity My lonesome soul takes wing of flight Wish you were mine tonight Wish you were mine tonight My beautiful lies lie awake in fright Hoping to see the light in goodbye... Promise I won’t break tonight, I cry Everything is black and white Praying away the pain tonight Everything is out of sight Everything has changed alright Darkness forms in front of me Will I ever be free like a bird of liberty? Darkness forms in front of me, Wishing to pray away the pain of captivity I crawl to bed at night And pray away the demons from my mind That haunt me day and night I call out to you in the light We’ll see to it that you’ll be my kind You’ll be my lovely find Darkness forms in front of me Will I ever be free like a bird of liberty? Darkness forms in front of me, Wishing to pray away the pain of captivity My lonesome soul takes wing of flight Wish you were mine tonight Wish you were mine tonight My beautiful lies lie awake in fright Hoping to see the light in goodbye... Promise I won’t break tonight, I cry Everything is black and white Praying away the pain tonight Everything is out of sight Everything has changed alright Darkness forms in front of me Will I ever be free like a bird of liberty? Darkness forms in front of me, Wishing to pray away the pain of captivity You’re my lonesome song I pray away the pain of strife That cuts me like a knife All along, I do belong In the light, despite this life That has done me wrong That has done me wrong That has done me wrong Praying away the pain Praying away the pain Praying away the pain Darkness forms in front of me Will I ever be free like a bird of liberty? Darkness forms in front of me, Wishing to pray away the pain of captivity My lonesome soul takes wing of flight Wish you were mine tonight Wish you were mine tonight My beautiful lies lie awake in fright Hoping to see the light in goodbye... Promise I won’t break tonight, I cry Everything is black and white Praying away the pain tonight Everything is out of sight Everything has changed alright Darkness forms in front of me Will I ever be free like a bird of liberty? Darkness forms in front of me, Wishing to pray away the pain of captivity Praying away the pain Praying away the pain Praying away the pain The pain of a tragic captivity Sometimes, it gets better in time, You’ll see, you’ll see, you’ll see We’re young in heart, but in the grime, Praying in the rain Praying in the rain Praying in the rain Again

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