(Ambient electric guitar — distant feedback — slow tom build) (Clean vocal, almost spoken) Alarm clock buzz… Dirt on my hands… Bills on the counter… Ring on my hand… (Heavy guitar swell crashes in) Verse 1 (Heavy palm-muted riff — steady groove) Alarm clock buzz, dirt on my hands Bills on the counter, ring on my hand I learned real fast what I can’t control This world’ll break you if you let it own your soul I’ve stood right here with nothin’ left Just a whispered prayer and one last breath Pre-Chorus (Music opens up — melodic tension builds) I ain’t got all the answers But I know where to run Chorus (Huge melodic hard rock chorus — layered harmonies) I’m prayed up when the night won’t end When the weight won’t lift and the doubt sets in When the road gets steep and the plans fall through I don’t tough it out, I talk it through I ain’t bulletproof, I ain’t strong enough That’s why every day I stay prayed up Post-Chorus (Half-time heavy riff — gang vocals) Prayed up Prayed up Every day I stay prayed up Verse 2 (Heavy groove returns — more intensity) I’ve seen pride wreck good men slow Watched fear dress up like self-control I chased peace down dead-end roads Till grace hit hard and brought me home Now I don’t fake it, don’t stand tall I hit my knees before I fall Pre-Chorus (Bigger than first pre-chorus) I don’t walk this life alone I learned that the hard way Chorus (Full instrumentation — wider harmonies) I’m prayed up when the night won’t end When the weight won’t lift and the doubt sets in When the road gets steep and the plans fall through I don’t tough it out, I talk it through I ain’t bulletproof, I ain’t strong enough That’s why every day I stay prayed up Breakdown / Bridge (Drop tuning riff — drums cut in hard) When I don’t have words He still hears me When I don’t have strength He still carries me (Pause — ambient ring out) He still carries me… Final Chorus (Massive melodic climax — double guitars — crash cymbals) I’m prayed up when the night won’t end When the weight won’t lift and the doubt sets in When the road gets steep and the plans fall through I don’t tough it out, I talk it through I ain’t bulletproof, I ain’t strong enough That’s why every day I stay prayed up Outro (Repeated with layered harmonies and heavy sustained chords) I’m prayed up… Steady and sure… Found my peace… Found my cure… When the ground gives way And the answers never show up… I’m prayed up… (Long sustaining guitar feedback fade-out)
