“Pray” explains how jxdn is going through the downward spiral of depression and its impact on his life. It features raw vocals describing the struggles he went through and faced during this rough patch of his youth.
The track was marked as the breakout hit off of the Tell Me About Tomorrow album b...
[Verse 1]
Heaven only knows when I'm in hell
None of my friends can even tell
I wanna fucking die, but I never say it
Sick of getting high, but I do the same shit
I can't even cry, so I try to fake it
I hate it
[Chorus]
I pray to God, let me die in my sleep
I pray to God, let me die in my sleep
You're as sick as all the secrets you keep
But the truth is, I don't wanna be me
I pray to God, let me die in my sleep
[Verse 2]
Now I'm waking up and I'm not dead
Living off the words I know you said
I feel like I'm alive and I'm gonna make it
Maybe if I cry, I don't have to fakе it
I'm giving up my pain, so you can take it
I hate it
[Chorus]
I pray to God I don't die in my sleep
I pray to God I don't die in my sleep
I'm as sick as all these secrets I keep
But the truth is, I can only be me
I pray to God I don't die in my sleep
[Outro]
I pray to God I don't die in my sleep
I pray to God I don't die in my sleep
I pray to God I don't die in my sleep
And now I'm sick of all the secrets I keep
I pray to God, let me die in my—
Pray was written by jxdn & Dark Waves & Travis Barker.
Pray was produced by Travis Barker.
“Pray” is without a doubt the realest and most prominent song [I’ve made]. It’s just something that people struggle with daily, talking about depression. “Pray” is kind of like a prayer that I was calling out before while I was in the depression, I would pray to God, “Let me die in my sleep.” And co...