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WE PRAY (Single Version)

Release date: 23rd August 2024

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Coldplay's 'We Pray' brings together Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna and TINI for a track built on collective invocation. Chris Martin's opening verses move through personal supplication, resilience, blessing, forgiveness, before the chorus pivots outward, seeking shelter and guidance whilst invoking the Iranian protest song 'Baraye'. The arrangement holds space for vulnerability without sentimentality, each voice distinct within a shared spiritual framework. Little Simz and Burna Boy deepen the emotional terrain in the second half, moving from individual prayer to ancestral acknowledgment and self-regard. There's particular care in lines about speaking truth, protecting sisters, and the moment a woman sees herself reflected back as royalty rather than diminishment. The bridge strips back further, Burna Boy alone on his knees, the song's architecture suggesting that prayer here is not escape but confrontation with what lives inside the head.

"WE PRAY (Single Version)" is a track by Coldplay, released 23rd August 2024. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about Coldplay.

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WE PRAY (Single Version)

[Intro: Little Simz, Elyanna, Chris Martin & Burna Boy]

Woah

Oh

And so we pray

Ooh

[Verse 1: Chris Martin]

I pray that I don't give up, pray that I do my best

Pray that I can lift up, pray my brother is blessed

Praying for enough, pray Virgilio wins

Pray I judge nobody and forgive me my sins

I pray we make it, pray my friend will pull through

Pray as I take it unto others, I do

Praying on your love, we pray with every breath

Though I'm in the valley of the shadow of death

[Chorus: Chris Martin, Chris Martin & Little Simz, Burna Boy]

And so we pray

For someone to come and show me the way

And so we pray

For some shelter and some records to play

And so we pray

We'll be singing "Baraye"

Pray that we make it to the end of the day

And so we pray

I know somewhere that Heaven is waitin'

And so we pray

I know somewhere there's something amazin'

And so we pray

I know somewhere we'll feel no pain

Until we make it to the end of the day

[Verse 2: Little Simz, Chris Martin & Little Simz, Burna Boy]

I pray that love will shelter us from our fears

Oh, I pray you trust to let me wipe off your tears

Confront all the pain that we felt inside

With all the cards we been dealt in life

Pray I speak my truth and keep my sisters alive

So for the ones who parted seas (Ah, yeah)

For the ones who's followin' dreams (Ah, yeah)

For the ones who knocked down doors (Ah, yeah)

And allowed us to pass down keys (Ah, yeah)

Pray that we speak with a tongue that is honest

And that we understand how to be modest

Pray when she looks at herself in the mirror

She sees a queen, she sees a goddess

[Chorus: Chris Martin, Chris Martin & Little Simz, Burna Boy]

And so we pray

For someone to come and show me the way

And so we pray

For some shelter and some records to play

And so we pray

We'll be singin' "Baraye"

Pray that we make it to the end of the day

And so we pray

I know somewhere that Heaven is waitin'

And so we pray

I know somewhere there's something amazin'

And so we pray

I know somewhere we'll feel no pain

Until we make it to the end of the day

[Bridge: Burna Boy]

On my knees, I pray, as I sleep and wake

'Cause inside my head is a frightening place

Keep a smiling face, only by His grace

'Cause love's more than I can take, hey

[Chorus: Chris Martin & Little Simz, Chris Martin, Burna Boy, Chris Martin, Elyanna & TINI]

And so we pray

For someone to come and show me the way

And so we pray

For some shelter and some records to play

And so we pray

We'll be singin' "Baraye"

Till nobody's in need and everybody can say (Oh)

[Post-Chorus: Choir, Little Simz, Burna Boy, Burna Boy & Choir]

La-la-la, la-la, la-la (La-la)

La-la-la, la-la, la-la (La-la-la, la)

La-la-la, la-la, la-la (Sing it to me)

La-la-la, la-la, we pray, we pray

La-la-la, la-la, la-la (I know somewhere that Heaven is waitin', is waitin')

La-la-la, la-la, la-la (I know somewhere there's something amazin', something amazin')

La-la-la, la-la, la-la (Until we feel no pain)

La-la-la, la-la, we pray, we pray

[Outro: Chris Martin & Choir]

La-la-la, la-la, la-la

La-la-la, la-la, la-la

La-la-la, la-la, la-la

La-la-la, la-la, we pray, we pray, we pray

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Andrés Torres, Burna Boy, Chris Martin, Davide Rossi, El Dandee, Elyanna - إليانا, Guy Berryman, ILYA, JAŸ-Z, Jonny Buckland, Little Simz, Max Martin, TINI, Will Champion
    Producer
    Bill Rahko, Daniel Green, ILYA, Max Martin, Michael Ilbert
    Engineer
    Bill Rahko, Daniel Green, Jake Jackson, Jed Rimmell, Michael Ilbert, Rebecca Hordern
    Drums
    Will Champion
    Guitar
    Jonny Buckland
    Keyboards
    Chris Martin, ILYA
    Vocals
    Burna Boy, Chris Martin, Elyanna - إليانا, Little Simz, TINI
    Additional Engineering
    Tate McDowell
    Assistant Engineer
    Ashley Poh, Bella Corich, Bryant Tan, Eric Eylands, Francesca Edwards, Gianluca Massimo, Jed Rimmell, Leonard Soosay, Maxx Iwamasa, Miguel Lara, Niamh O’Sullivan, Rennie Gomez,
    Bass Guitar
    Guy Berryman
    Choir
    Denise Carite, Dorian Holley, For Love Choir, Jarrett Johnson, Kara Britz, Nayanna Holley, Neka Hamilton, Nelson Beato, Stevie Mackey
    Choir Arranger
    For Love Choir
    Mastering Engineer
    Randy Merrill
    Mixing Engineer
    Michael Ilbert
    Percussion
    ILYA, Max Martin
    Piano
    Chris Martin, Max Martin
    Programmer
    Bill Rahko, Daniel Green, ILYA
    Strings
    Bruce White, Bryony James, Charis Jenson, Davide Rossi, Ellie Stanford, Emma Owens, Hetty Snell, James Douglas, Jenny Sacha, Jessie Ann Richardson, Jordan Bergmans, Kerenza Peacock,
    Strings Arranger
    Davide Rossi
    Synthesizer
    Daniel Green
    Tomás Gagliardo
    , Wil Jones
    Martyn Jackson
    , Meghan Cassidy
    , Michael Trainor
    , Miles Brett
    , Natalia Bonner
    , Natalie Klouda
    , Patrick Kiernan
    , Richard Pryce
    , Rosie Danvers
    , Sarah Sexton
    , Steve Morris (Violinist)
    , Tony Woollard
    , Victoria Harrild
    , Zahra Benyounes
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