Songs about Prayer and/Religion

[BeatleloverKT]

After checking thru all our topics, I could not find one about songs about prayer and religion. There are, I think, a lot of rock songs out there that fall into this category. The song can have it in the title or in a verse, talking about prayer or religion. We should have fun with this! I will start with a fav of mine:

"Losing my religion" by REM

[MaVolta]

If God Will Send His Angels - U2

Song meaning:

"It's a song of quiet anger at the way the world is and God's failure to intervene," Bono explains in the book U2 by U2. "A few people around me had experienced some awfulness that they just couldn't forgive God for. Personally, I don't look at the world as a place where God is in charge of everything that happens. I think it is up to us how much we let God into our lives. It's a world of wild and unexpected winds, earthquakes, and tsunamis where accidents can happen. I don't blame God for them. I think this is what happened when we threw God out of the garden, which is my own interpretation of what happened in Eden!"

I can relate to what he is speaking about.

[MarybethG691589]

Bartender. Dave Matthews Band

[BeatleloverKT]

@MarybethG691589  Bartender- another awesome choice 👍

[1968Hoya46]

Mrs. Robinson: S&G (Heaven holds a place for those who pray).

[MarybethG691589]

BeatleloverKT Thank You and what a great topic you chose! There are so many classic songs that you don't realize that have some kind of form or saying about faith and religion! I really enjoy this topic!! Now I have a great song                                         Bartender.  Dave Matthews Band 

[MarybethG691589]

Dream Weaver Gary Wright 

[BeatleloverKT]

@MarybethG691589 @What a clever choice for this thread! 👍👍

[BeatleloverKT]

Saved by Bob Dylan

I was blinded by the devil

Born already ruined

Stone-cold dead

As I stepped out of the womb

By His grace I have been touched

By His word I have been healed

By His hand I've been delivered

By His spirit I've been sealed"......

[1968Hoya46]

My Woman, My Woman, My Wife: Marty Robbins (Lord, give her my share of heaven, if I've earned any here in this life).

[1968Hoya46]

Slip Slidin' Away: Paul Simon (God only knows; God makes his plan, the information's unavailable to the mortal man).

[BeatleloverKT]

Take me to church by Hozier (Don't think he's really singing about Church- lol- but he's certainly doing his share of praying)

"Take me to church 

I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies

I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife

Offer me that deathless death

Good God, let me give you my life"......

[cm9889168]

All Songs From Godspell the Musical (1971)

  Music by Stephen Schwartz

"Day by Day"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEqoZE7aSw

"Prepare Ye The Way of The Lord"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuUl522_8jQ

"We Beseech Thee"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6gKPKMyglU

"Light of The World"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg4GOgZ-L1I

"Oh Bless The Lord My Soul" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZZulHl0X4M

"By My Side"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWYBKoWl4b4

[BeatleloverKT]

Shine by Collective Soul

[MarybethG691589]

I Still Haven't Found  U2 

[1968Hoya46]

Darling Lorraine: The Knockouts (you are an angel, angel divine; you're sent from heaven, you're really mine).

[BeatleloverKT]

Jesus just left Chicago by ZZ Top

"Jesus just left Chicago 

And he's bound for New Orleans

Well now, Jesus just left Chicago 

And he's bound for New Orleans

Yeah, yeah

Workin' from one end to the other and all 

points in between"......

[MaVolta]

Oh, that reminds me of this song - - -

American Pie - Don McLean

Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock and roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend

Oh and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell

And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died

And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken

And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died

[BeatleloverKT]

When I pray by Todd Rundgren

"Now I lay me down to sleep

I'm praying Lord my soul to keep

If I die before I wake

Somebody make a big mistake".......

[MaVolta]

Unanswered Prayers - Garth Brooks

Sometimes I thank God
For unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin'
To the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
'Cause some of God's greatest gifts
Are unanswered prayers

[1968Hoya46]

May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You: Kate Smith, Jim Reeves, Perry Como, others.

[BeatleloverKT]

Ghost by Ella Henderson

"I keep going to the river to pray

'Cause I need something that can wash out the pain

And at most I'm sleeping these demons away

But your ghost, the ghost of you

It keeps me awake"......

[1968Hoya46]

There Was A Tall Oak Tree: Dorsey Burnette

[BeatleloverKT]

Pray to God by Calvin Harris, feat. Haim 

(Lots of prayer involved when love disappears)

"Ooh, I remember when this road was my own

I pray to God, I just don't know anymore

I pray to God, I just don't know anymore 

And ooh, I lost the feeling, but I'm tryin' a hold on

I thought the end of love is what made you strong

I pray to God, I just don't know anymore".....

[MarybethG691589]

From A Distance             Bette Midler

[1968Hoya46]

A Hundred Pounds Of Clay: Gene McDaniels

[1968Hoya46]

Rivers of Babylon: The Melodians (Rasta song based on two Old Testament Psalms; found on the soundtrack of The Harder They Come, by Jimmy Cliff).

[MaVolta]

Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan

[MarybethG691589]

Kyrie. Mr Mister 

[BeatleloverKT]

See me through by Van Morrison

"When I think of that dear rugged cross

Where the dear Savior gave his all

When I feel like I'm on my last go round

See me through"......

[MarybethG691589]

Carry On My Wayword Son. Kansas