Prayin' For Daylight – English Lyrics

• By: Rascal Flatts

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the emotional depths of “Prayin' for Daylight” by Rascal Flatts, a song about heartbreak and hope. This debut single not only showcases the band's musical style but also provides an opportunity to understand the nuances of expressing longing and vulnerability in country music. Discover how this song paved the way for Rascal Flatts' success and learn to articulate feelings of loss and yearning through its poignant lyrics.

[English]

- Ready to go?

- Let's do it.

- All right, fellas, let's take it.

- Are you guys ready?

One, two, three, four.

♪ I don't wanna spend another lonely night ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

(upbeat cheerful music)

♪ I've got the lights turned up ♪

♪ The door is locked, the bedroom TV's on ♪

♪ Doing the only thing that gets me through the night ♪

♪ Since you've been gone ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Waitin' for that mornin' sun ♪

♪ So I can act like my whole life ain't goin' wrong ♪

♪ Baby come back to me ♪

♪ I swear I'll make it right ♪

♪ Don't make me spend another lonely night ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ I made a bad miscalculation bettin' you would never leave ♪

♪ You would never leave ♪

♪ 'Cause if you're gettin' on with your new life ♪

♪ Then where does that leave me ♪

(upbeat cheerful music)

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Waitin' for that mornin' sun ♪

♪ So I can act like my whole life ain't goin' wrong ♪

♪ Baby come back to me ♪

♪ I swear I'll make it right ♪

♪ Don't make me spend ♪

♪ Another lonely night ♪ ♪ Make me spend ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Hopin' that I didn't wait too long ♪

♪ I didn't wait too long ♪

♪ But this is just the dark before the dawn ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Deep in my heart I know that you love me ♪

♪ As much as I love you ♪

- You know I love you, girl.

(upbeat cheerful music)

♪ And that you must be lyin' somewhere ♪

♪ Lookin' up to heaven too ♪

(upbeat cheerful music)

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Waitin' for that mornin' sun ♪

♪ So I can act like my whole life ain't goin' wrong ♪

♪ Baby come back to me ♪

♪ I swear I'll make it right ♪

♪ Don't make me spend another lonely night ♪

♪ Make me spend another lonely night ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Waitin' for that mornin' sun ♪

♪ So I can act like my whole life ain't goin' wrong ♪

♪ Baby come back to me ♪

♪ I swear I'll make it right ♪

♪ Don't make me spend ♪

♪ Another lonely night ♪ ♪ Don't make me spend ♪

♪ Another lonely night ♪ ♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ I don't wanna spend another lonely night ♪

♪ I don't wanna spend ♪

♪ Another lonely night ♪ ♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

♪ I don't wanna spend another lonely night ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Prayin' for daylight ♪

(TV screeching)

Key Grammar Structures

• I don't wanna spend another lonely night

  ➔ Present simple with 'wanna' (contraction of 'want to')

  ➔ The phrase 'I don't wanna' uses the contraction 'wanna' for informal speech, typical in conversational English.

• Since you've been gone

  ➔ Present perfect in 'you've been gone'

  ➔ The present perfect 'you've been gone' indicates an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present.

• Prayin' for daylight

  ➔ Gerund form 'Prayin''

  ➔ The gerund 'Prayin'' functions as a noun, describing the action of praying as the subject of the sentence.

• So I can act like my whole life ain't goin' wrong

  ➔ Use of 'ain't' (non-standard contraction of 'is not')

  ➔ The word 'ain't' is a non-standard contraction often used in informal or colloquial speech, replacing 'is not' or 'are not'.

• Baby come back to me

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give a command or make a request, as in 'come back to me'.

• I swear I'll make it right

  ➔ Future simple with 'will'

  ➔ The future simple with 'will' is used to express a promise or a prediction, as in 'I'll make it right'.

• Hopin' that I didn't wait too long

  ➔ Contraction 'Hopin'' and past simple in 'didn't wait'

  ➔ The contraction 'Hopin'' is informal, and the past simple 'didn't wait' indicates a completed action in the past.

• Deep in my heart I know that you love me

  ➔ Present simple with 'know'

  ➔ The present simple 'know' is used to express a fact or certainty, as in 'I know that you love me'.