Mechanized Prayer

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro Lyrics written by: David Wolfe [Intro] "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me." [Verse I] Gears in the chapel, they turn when you kneel, Hands to the heavens but nothing is real. Scriptures recited like lines in a play, Thoughts not your own but you speak them anyway. Ritual rhythm, a pulse in your chest, Say it again like the others—confess. Echoes of voices that sound just the same, Every believer mechanically trained. Faith isn’t freedom, it’s patterned behavior— You call it devotion, I call it a savior... PROGRAMMED! [Pre-Chorus I] Say the words like you mean it, Even if you don’t. Bow your head in sequence— Feel what you won’t. [Chorus I] MECHANIZED PRAYER! WHISPERED IN DESPAIR! MECHANIZED PRAYER! NO ONE’S REALLY THERE! VOICES! — HOLLOW AND DRAINED! KNEELING! — OBEDIENT AND TRAINED! CONFESSION! — DISSOLVES INTO AIR! ANGELS! — BUT WITH DEAF EARS! FAITH!— TRAPPING YOU HERE! YOU’RE JUST ANOTHER PULSE IN — MECHANIZED PRAYER! [Verse II] Programmed responses, conditioned belief, Hope sold in sermons, disguised as relief. You’re chasing a voice that was never your own, Built from the fear that was carefully sown. Mother and doctrine, the same in design, Control in the name of the holy divine. Chains in the shape of a cross that you wear, Carved into thought like a permanent prayer. You think you are chosen—you think you are saved— But every decision was already hard-wired... IN YOUR BRAIN! [Pre-Chorus II] Feel the script inside you, Running through your veins. Every word they gave you— Still remains. [Chorus II] MECHANIZED PRAYER! WHISPERED IN DESPAIR! MECHANIZED PRAYER! NO ONE’S REALLY THERE! VOICES! — HOLLOW AND DRAINED! KNEELING! — OBEDIENT AND TRAINED! CONFESSION! — DISSOLVES INTO AIR! ANGELS! — BUT WITH DEAF EARS! FAITH!— TRAPPING YOU HERE! YOU’RE JUST ANOTHER PULSE IN — MECHANIZED PRAYER! [Breakdown I] KNEEL! — like they taught you to... PRAY! — like they programmed you... SPEAK! — what they want from you... THINK?! — no, they silence you... CHAINED! — in the name of grace... BOUND! — to a sacred place... FAITH! — but it feels like fear... GOD?! — do you even hear?! BREAK the script they gave! TEAR the mask away! THIS is not divine— THIS is all designed! [Breakdown II] NO VOICE ABOVE— JUST AN ECHO YOU REPEAT! A CYCLE OF WORDS THAT WERE NEVER COMPLETE! YOU PRAYED FOR A SIGN— BUT WERE FED A DESIGN! A SCRIPT YOU MISTOOK FOR A TRUTH THAT WAS MINE! I FOLLOWED THE PATTERN— I PLAYED THROUGH THE PART! CONFESSION ON CUE BUT IT TORE ME APART! NO HEAVEN WAS WAITING— NO ANSWER WAS THERE! JUST SILENCE DISGUISED AS A WHISPERED PRAYER! AND ALL THAT I WORSHIPED… WAS NEVER ALIVE!!! [Pre-Chorus III] You gave your voice to silence, You called it something true… Now hear the question rising— Who built your god for you…? [Final Chorus] MECHANIZED PRAYER… THERE WAS NOTHING THERE… MECHANIZED PRAYER… JUST AN EMPTY STARE… — WHO BUILT YOUR GOD?! — VOICES! — THE PATTERN EXPOSED! ILLUSION! — BEGINS TO CORRODE! BELIEF! — YOU THOUGHT WAS YOUR OWN! BUILT! — FROM A SCRIPT UNKNOWN! NO GOD! — NO ANSWER! NO CARE! YOU’RE JUST ANOTHER PRODUCT OF — MECHANIZED PRAYER! MECHANIZED PRAYER! MECHANIZED PRAYER! [Outro] No answers… No sound… Just gears… spinning around… And all that you thought… was holy there... Was nothing… But mechanized prayer... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Album "Truth & Illusion" OUT NOW!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------