Silent Prayer Lyrics - David Wilcox

I used to pray for rescue by burning up my pain 

That's the only kind of prayer I knew back then 

It was a fire of desperation for any wings in flight 

Like a beacon from my lifeboat late at night 

As long as I was waiting under the empty sky out there 

I would feel that sorrow burning like a rescue flare 

I'd fear there's nothing to believe in, nothing that would care 

And the fire of desperation that's my silent prayer 

That's my silent prayer, that's my silent prayer 

I wanna smash the windows, the congregation's asleep 

I wanna feel the wind blow and let the spirit free 

I can't, I can't stand to sit there where their God is pocket-size 

I wanna feel what's real and will not compromise 

This rage I blaze inside me into the empty sky out there 

When I feel that sorrow burning like a rescue flare 

I fear there's nothing to believe in, nothing that would care 

And the fire of desperation, that's my silent prayer 

That's my silent prayer, that's my silent prayer 

She cuts 'til she's bleeding to scream out from her skin 

And he tightens the tourniquet deep within 

Friends fall so fast we call it suicide 

You just scream in silence over time 

Oh, this pain you blaze inside you into the empty sky out there 

When you feel that sorrow burning like a rescue flare 

You fear there's nothing you believe in, nothing that would care 

And the fire of desperation, that's your silent prayer 

That's your silent prayer, that's your silent prayer 

That's your silent prayer 

That's your silent prayer 

That's your silent prayer