If I Should Die Before I Wake by Melissa Somoza

In Poltergeist, Carol Anne recites this prayer when she and Diane, Carol Anne's mother, bury her pet canary in their garden.The books in Rachel Vincent's Soul Screamers series are named from the prayer, and deviations thereof.American Industrial Rock band Sister Machine Gun uses this prayer in the song 'Sins of the Flesh'.Singer Jordin Sparks uses the line 'If I should die before I wake' as the first lines in her song ' No Air'.Rapper JID uses the prayer in the opening verse of his song 'Kody Blu 31'.Record producer Frankie Knuckles uses the prayer in the opening lines of the track 'Baby Wants To Ride'.Singer-songwriter Halsey uses this prayer in the opening lines of the song ' Nightmare'.Rapper XXXTentacion rewrites this prayer in his song 'Before I Close My Eyes'.Rapper Kendrick Lamar uses the line 'If I should die before I wake' in the hook of the song 'The Relevant'.Blackbear uses the prayer 'I pray the Lord my soul to keep' in his song ' Do Re Mi'.Rapper G-Eazy uses this prayer in his song ' Me, Myself & I'.Rapper Kid Cudi uses this prayer in the chorus of the song 'The Prayer'.Rapper Sean Combs uses this prayer in The Notorious B.I.G.'s song 'Ready to Die', from his album of the same name.Rapper Snoop Dogg uses this prayer in his song ' Murder Was the Case'.Bob Dylan uses 'I pray the Lord my soul to keep' in the song ' Roll on John' (2012).American thrash metal band Metallica uses this prayer in the song ' Enter Sandman'.Final verse of Ron Miller's 'Heaven Help Us All,' first recorded and released by Stevie Wonder in 1970: 'Now I lay me down before I go to sleep/ In a troubled world I pray the Lord to keep/ Keep hatred from the mighty/ And the mighty from the small/ Heaven help us all'.American thrash metal band Megadeth uses this prayer in their song 'Go to Hell'.

If I Should Die Before I Wake by Melissa Somoza