Devil Pray
Lyrics
Take my sins and wash them away
Teach me how to pray
I've been stranded here in the dark
Take these walls away
I've been swimming in the ocean
'Til I almost drowned
Give me something I can believe in
Teach me how to pray
And we can do drugs
And we can smoke weed
And we can drink whisky
Yeah we can get high
And we can get stoned
And we can sniff glue
And we can do E
And we can drop acid
Forever be lost with no way home
Yeah we can run and we can hide
But we won't find the answers
If you go down and you'll get help along the way
But if you want to save your soul
Then we could travel altogether
And make the devil pray
(Save my soul, gonna save my soul)
Devil's here to fool ya
(Save my soul, gonna save my soul)
Devil's here to fool ya
Ohh save my, ohh save my, ohh save my
Devil's here to fool ya
Ohh save my, ohh save my, ohh save my
Devil's here to fool ya
Mother Mary, can't you help me
Cause I've gone astray
All the angels that were around me
Have all flown away
The ground beneath my feet's getting warmer
Lucifer is near
Holding on, but I'm getting weaker
Watch me disappear
And we can do drugs
And we can smoke weed
And we can drink whisky
Yeah we can get high
And we can get stoned
And we can sniff glue
And we can do E
And we can drop acid
Forever been lost with no way home
Yeah we can run and we can hide
But we won't find the answers
If you go down and you'll get help along the way
But if you wanna save your soul
Then we could travel altogether
And make the devil pray
Oohh sing Hallelujah
Oohh save my soul
Oohh the devil's here to fool ya
Until my story's told
I said
Oohh sing Hallelujah
Oohh save my soul
Oohh the devil's here to fool ya
Until my story's told
Credits
Written by Madonna, Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha, Dacoury Natche and Michael Tucker
Produced by Madonna, Avicii, DJ Dahi and Michael Diamonds
Guitars, keyboards and programming by Carl Falk
Keyboards and programming by Avicii
Album
Song
This track was part of the album pre-order on December 20th, 2014. Madonna mentioned in several interviews that the track was one of her favourites on the album. In June 2015, it was sent out to French radio stations, together with Bitch I'm Madonna.
Tour
Being one of Madonna's favourites, this song made its live debut on the Italian TV show Che Tempo Che Fa in March 2015.
After the Holy Water orgy at the Rebel Heart Tour, Madonna finds herself alone and tied up on the altar. She sets out to repent and seeks guidance with a priest. He offers her the Bible to wash away her sins, also symbolized by water elements in the background video. Madonna then continues to spread the Message to the dancers in different religious outfits before disappearing into the Light.