A Fire Inside (AFI) - the prayer position

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the prayer position
now! peel the skin back from the flesh. steal the flesh back from the starving static minds. from nature we must stray, to clarity we'll climb. deadly impulse seems to natural. just look beyond it and we'll find a brand new evolution. here begins a brand new line. and in the distance there's a gathering, that no longer seems so far away. pushed to our knees to let us pray, and all together we'll bring the real rain. watch all that's wasted wash away, so let it come. our will be done. stature retrieved, regain our form, break free from instinct thats's left us all confined. from nature we must stray to clarity we'll climb. tradition ingrained, not impermissible. not comes a coll for all to find a brand new evolution. here begins a brand new line. i can't help but fear, look to my species and tremble, to think that God is just...and in the distance there's a gathering that no longer seems so far away.