Pray

Listen
I told him pray

I told him pray, searching for better days
Shoulders can't take this weight
And I told him wait, his impatience will show him fate
He tried to greet it with open arms, stopped in his broken sparks
I tried to tell him
I told him pray

All my visions of death resurfacing
Purchases and worship of vices has been my only swing
Take a swig of glass cleaner, open up my mind to possibilities, the mad dreamer
Wake up in the bathroom with my glass steaming
I see my body folded on the floor
Blue jeans and the shirt that I was wearing just before
Never felt so holy, my pores were opened up for sure
Was I being shown a second chance or was the end assured
I swear I never cleaned it up so quick
Was this my purgatory punishment or phony parlor trick
I never took the chance to therapize
Tears well in my eyes, the love's what came before the hate
I wanted to prioritize
My life flashed before my eyes, my parents and my brother were concurrent, same with gloomy skies
And every time I felt ungrateful, looked between the lines
I saw the same man every time, devil in disguise

Shit, I told him pray, beacons of hope shining light up inside the gray
You need to wake up now, be grateful for the day
The only way through is optimism
And every day down is a day, the clocks is winning
You gotta move while you still can, walked then ran
Backed up by my people even though I'm just one man I finally prayed
Shit, I finally prayed
It's me