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Prayers for Rain Lyrics — The Cure | Dork

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Prayers for Rain Lyrics

Lyrics

Prayers for Rain

From Disintegration (Remastered)1989

Written by Boris Williams, Pearl Thompson, Robert Smith, Roger O’Donnell, Simon Gallup

Produced by Dave Allen, Robert Smith

Lyrics

Prayers for Rain

You shatter me Your grip on me A hold on me, so dull it kills You stifle me Infectious sense of hopelessness And prayers for rain I suffocate I breathe in dirt And nowhere shines but desolate And drab the hours All spent on killing time again All waiting for the rain You fracture me Your hands on me A touch so plain, so stale it kills You strangle me Entangle me in hopelessness And prayers for rain I deteriorate I live in dirt And nowhere glows but drearily and tired The hours all spent on killing time again All waiting for the rain You fracture me Your hands on me A touch so plain, so stale it kills You strangle me Entangle me in hopelessness And prayers for rain Prayers for rain Prayers for rain Prayers for rain

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About this track

"Prayers for Rain" is a song by The Cure from the album Disintegration (Remastered), released in 1989. The song was written by Boris Williams, Pearl Thompson, Robert Smith, Roger O’Donnell, Simon Gallup. It was produced by Dave Allen, Robert Smith.

The Cure profile →Disintegration (Remastered) album →Track profile →

Track 8 of 20UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)

Contributors

Simon Gallup— 293 credits as songwriter & producer →
Boris Williams— 175 credits as songwriter & producer →
Dave Allen— 156 credits as producer →
Richard Sullivan— 27 credits as engineer →
Roy Spong— 11 credits as engineer →
Pearl Thompson— 199 credits as songwriter & producer →
Robert Smith— 883 credits as songwriter & producer →

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Disintegration (Remastered) →

Lol Tolhurst— 246 credits as songwriter & producer →

Roger O’Donnell— 109 credits as songwriter →

Boris Williams— 175 credits as songwriter & producer →

Roger O’Donnell— 109 credits as songwriter →

Dave Allen— 156 credits as producer →

Robert Smith— 883 credits as songwriter & producer →

Robert Smith— 883 credits as songwriter & producer →

Boris Williams— 175 credits as songwriter & producer →

Pearl Thompson— 199 credits as songwriter & producer →

Robert Smith— 883 credits as songwriter & producer →

Roger O’Donnell— 109 credits as songwriter →

Simon Gallup— 293 credits as songwriter & producer →

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