Paper Prayers
by Pelenio
About this track
"Paper Prayers" is a gentle acoustic pop track about the vulnerability of hope. It captures the feeling of sending your deepest wishes out into the universe, unsure if anyone is listening, but doing it anyway. (Verse 1) I’ve got a notebook full of scribbles under my bed Things I couldn't say, so I wrote them down instead Ink stains on my fingers, tears on the page Trying to break out of this silent cage I fold them up into tiny little planes And fly them out the window into the rain (Chorus) These are my paper prayers Caught on the wind, going nowhere But maybe they’ll land in the palm of a hand That can finally understand I’m sending them up, I’m letting them go To the sky above from the world below Just paper prayers, fragile and thin But that’s how the healing begins (Verse 2) I wrote one for forgiveness, I wrote one for the past I wrote one for the moments that went by too fast "Dear God, if you're reading, I’m sorry for the mess" Is usually how I start every single address It’s cheaper than therapy, safer than speech Putting the secrets just out of my reach (Chorus) These are my paper prayers Caught on the wind, going nowhere But maybe they’ll land in the palm of a hand That can finally understand I’m sending them up, I’m letting them go To the sky above from the world below Just paper prayers, fragile and thin But that’s how the healing begins (Bridge) Maybe the rain will wash the words away And turn them into something new today Maybe the ink will bleed into the ground And grow a flower where no hope was found (Chorus) These are my paper prayers Caught on the wind, going nowhere But maybe they’ll land in the palm of a hand That can finally understand I’m sending them up, I’m letting them go To the sky above from the world below Just paper prayers, fragile and thin But that’s how the healing begins (Outro) Fly away, fly away Paper prayers on a rainy day Fly away... (Fade out with acoustic guitar picking)