Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: grindcore
Song Meaning of “Prayers of Lies” by Kevlar Skin
Prayers of Lies is a song that speaks of how the life we live and the lives we craft to present to the world can be so full of deception behind the scenes. It portrays the inner monologues and feelings of a person who is stuck in a cycle of lies, never able to break free from the falsehoods they tell and the expectations they cannot live up to. It speaks of how suppressing emotions and giving into falsehoods and expectations only intensifies the sense of helplessness, despair and ultimate isolation.
The lyrics of the song personify those feelings of emptiness and helplessness as the “prayers of lies” they are repeatedly sending into the world with every falsehood they tell. But it also provides a glimmer of hope, beckoning a change within to start living true to oneself and find a way out of self-deception and despair.
“Prayers of lies, lies I tell myself,
Caught in a spiral, falling slow,
Pressured to be something somebody else,
But I’ll start anew, yes I know.
I’m not alone, my prayers of lies fly,
Each one suppressing my feelings inside,
I’ll feel I can survive, but I’m forced to deny,
Reach deep within and be who I am inside.”