Lagu ini muncul sebagai trek kedelapan dalam album kedelapan mereka yang diberi nama Disintegration.
Keseluruhan album tersebut direkam di Hookend (Checkendon,Inggris), kemudian dirilis pada 2 Mei 1989 melalui Fiction Records.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Prayers For Rain” dari The Cure.
(Am C Bm C) 2x
(Am C) 4x
Am C Am
You shatter me your grip on me a hold on me
C Am C
So dull it kills you stifle me infectious sense of
Am C Am
Hopelessness and prayers for rain I suffocate I
C Am C
Breathe in dirt and nowhere shines but desolate
Am C Am
And drab the hours all spent on killing time
C Am Bm C
Again all waiting for the rain
(Am C Bm C) 1x
(Am C) 4x
Am C Am
You fracture me your hands on me a touch so
C Am C
Plain so stale it kills you strangle me entangle
Am C
Me in hopelessness and prayers for rain I
Am C Am
Deteriorate I live in dirt and nowhere glows but
C Am C
Drearily and tired the hours all spent on killing
Am C Am
Time again all waiting for the rain
(Am C Bm C) 2x
(Am C) 4x
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