Pray (Matthew Bellamy song)
| Matthew Bellamy song | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pray |
| Album/single | For The Throne |
| Length | 3:54 |
| Alternative titles | Pray (High Valyrian) |
| First live performance | 22nd February 2019 |
| Latest live performance | 12th April 2019 |
| Recorded | 2018/19 |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy, David Benioff, Daniel Brett Weiss |
| Producer | Matthew Bellamy, Sebastien Najand |
| Chart position | - |
Information
A cinematic orchestral piece written by Bellamy for Game of Thrones. The song is set to release on April 26th.[1]
Matt also thought it fit well in the Simulation Theory world tour sets as an interlude to The Dark Side, and features Matt on pre-recorded vocals with Chris and Dom playing concert bass drums.
Alongside an orchestra it also features a choir, a piano and a faint synth, similar to the one at the end of The Void, doubling the piano melody.
Alongside Bellamy's English singing, Pray also includes a spoken word, parts of Melisandre's Jon Snow's Prayer (performed by actress Carice van Houten), written in High Valyrian, a fictional language from the Game of Thrones series, hence the song's longer title.
Additional Information
The song was co-produced, mixed and mastered by Sebastian Najand, who previously produced an alternate reality version of Algorithm for Simulation Theory. Additionally, the song was engineered by Adam Hawkins, who did engineering and mixing on Simulation Theory aswell.
It was compared to The Void, and also the intro used on Resistance tour, "We Are The Universe".
As with all the songs on the For The Throne compilation album, having easter eggs/clues to the last season of Game of Thrones, the lyrics and the addition of the spoken word are referencing Daenerys’s resurrection.
Live
A shortened version of it (the last verse, without the spoken word) made the live debut in the first show of the Simulation Theory Tour, in Houston, Dom and Chris playing big drums. The rest was played as a tape. You can see more info here.
Lyrics
Intro (Spoken word in Valyrian): Zyhys oñoso jehikagon Aeksiot epi
Chorus: We will pray Pray with me We can bring her back Pray, remember me
Verse (Spoken word): Zyhys perzys stepagon Aeksio Oño jorepi, se morghultas lys qelitsos sikagon. Hen syndrorro, oños. Hen perzys, hen ñuqir, perzys. Hen syndrorro, oños. Hen ñuqir, perzys. Hen morghot, glaeson.
Chorus: We will pray Pray with, with me We can bring her back Pray, pray Pray with me
Outro (Spoken word): Hen ñuqir, perzys. Hen syndrorro, oños. Hen morghot, glaeson. Please.
Translated from Valyrian:
Intro: We ask the Lord to shine his light
Chorus: We will pray Pray with me We can bring her back Pray, remember me
Verse: We beg the Lord to share his fire, and light a candle that has gone out. From darkness, light. From ashes, fire. From death, life.
Chorus: We will pray Pray with, with me We can bring her back Pray, pray Pray with me
Outro: From ashes, fire. From death, life. Please.
References
- ↑ It was leaked a day earlier. Game of Thrones. (2019-04-09). Twitter / Game of Thrones: Rally the realm. Music is coming April 26.. Twitter. Retrieved 2019-04-09 from twitter.com.