Damien Rice - Prague Lyrics






I pack my suit in a bag
I'm all dressed up for prague
I'm all dressed up with you
All dressed up for him too...
Prepare myself for a war
BeforeI even open up my door
BeforeI even look out
I'm pissing all of my bullets about...

Wrap myself in a bag
I'm all wrapped up in prague
I'm all wrapped up in you
I'm all wrapped up in him too

Prepare myself for a war
And I don't know what i'm doing this for
Trying to let it all go
But how can I when you still don't know?

I could wait for you
Like that hole in your boot
Waiting to be fixed
I could wait for you
What good would that do
But to leave me pricked?

Cheers darlin'
Here's to you and your lover
...darling
I got years...
Pack my suit in a bag
Pack myself in a bag
Pack my suit in a bag
All dressed up for Prague
Pack my suit in a bag
All dressed up for
All dressed up for
All dressed up for





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  1. C.... ....

    Why isn't this on Spotify 😩

  2. A.... A....

    The King of Melancholy. Morrissey who?

  3. K.... T....

    2019 .......
    3.58 - 4.55

  4. �.... �....

    dearest mr dublin,
    thank you.
    sincerely, prague

  5. M.... ....

    Θυμάμαι που μου έλεγες πως οι ρομαντικές μου εμπειρίες είναι ζηλευτές από εσένα... Πως? Πάντα αναρωτιόμουν. Εγώ δεν είχα ποτέ κανέναν. Εσύ είχες εμένα. Εμένα κανένας δεν με αγάπησε πραγματικά ποτέ. Εγώ σε αγάπησα. Αλλα η αγάπη αυτού που δεν αγαπάμε δεν είναι αρκετή. Είναι σαν να μην υπήρξε ποτέ. Ακόμα κι αν η αγάπη μου ήταν αληθινή. Έτσι εσύ συνέχιζες να παραπονιέσαι πόσο μόνος ήσουν στην ζωή σου. Τώρα ψάχνεις την αγάπη αυτής που θα θεωρείς εσύ άξια αναγνώρισης. Η δική μου αγάπη δεν αναγνωρίστηκε ποτέ. Είναι καλές οι επιλογές σου. Είναι όμορφες. Εύχομαι να είσαι ευτυχισμένος.

    M.... ....

    Κομμάτι χωρισμού πραγματικά, αν κ εδώ απ ότι καταλαβαίνω ο πρωταγωνιστής μας πηγαίνει στο γάμο της πρώην του, τραγικό, ακόμα πιο τραγικό από κάθε χωρισμό. Κουράγιο κ υπομονή οι αγνές ψυχές δεν χάνονται....

  6. D.... p....

    This song opened up old feelings really dark shits.But its normal I only come back to damien when ı'm fucked up and lonely

  7. T.... C....

    I pack my suit in a bag
    I'm all dressed up for prague
    I'm all dressed up with you
    All dressed up for him too...
    Prepare myself for a war
    BeforeI even open up my door
    BeforeI even look out
    I'm pissing all of my bullets about...

    Wrap myself in a bag
    I'm all wrapped up in prague
    I'm all wrapped up in you
    I'm all wrapped up in him too

    Prepare myself for a war
    And I don't know what i'm doing this for
    Trying to let it all go
    But how can I when you still don't know?

    I could wait for you
    Like that hole in your boot
    Waiting to be fixed
    I could wait for you
    What good would that do
    But to leave me pricked?

    Cheers darlin'
    Here's to you and your lover
    ...darling
    I got years...
    Pack my suit in a bag
    Pack myself in a bag
    Pack my suit in a bag
    All dressed up for Prague
    Pack my suit in a bag
    All dressed up for
    All dressed up for
    All dressed up for

  8. a.... A....

    Hi guys if anyone is interested go chech out my cover i did on this beautiful song!

  9. A.... m....

    "Prague"

    I pack my suit in a bag
    I'm all dressed up for prague
    I'm all dressed up with you
    All dressed up for him too...
    Prepare myself for a war
    BeforeI even open up my door
    BeforeI even look out
    I'm pissing all of my bullets about...

    Wrap myself in a bag
    I'm all wrapped up in prague
    I'm all wrapped up in you
    I'm all wrapped up in him too

    Prepare myself for a war
    And I don't know what i'm doing this for
    Trying to let it all go
    But how can I when you still don't know?

    I could wait for you
    Like that hole in your boot
    Waiting to be fixed
    I could wait for you
    What good would that do
    But to leave me pricked?

    Cheers darlin'
    Here's to you and your lover
    ...darling
    I got years...
    Pack my suit in a bag
    Pack myself in a bag
    Pack my suit in a bag
    All dressed up for Prague
    Pack my suit in a bag
    All dressed up for
    All dressed up for
    All dressed up for

  10. N.... ....

    Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.

  11. a.... v....

    I came to prague partly because of this song... So here we are

  12. s.... ....

    Fuck spotify for not including this in O

    s.... ....

    It is, it's a hidden song in the song "Eskimo" as it was in the actual album

    s.... ....

    Dunno where you are but on Spotify in Ireland it is definitely not included in Eskimo. Duration is 5:06 not 15:57 as on the CD

    s.... ....

    sparesyllables That's weird.. have you listened through the whole song?

    s.... ....

    A million times over ! Can’t get it in North Ireland either flips sake

  13. L.... R....

    If waking up in grave, six feet under, had a theme song then this would be it.

  14. r.... b....

    What good would that do but to leave me bruised? ..

  15. Y.... P....

    3:41 - 4:12
    Just powerful...
    Damien Rice is amazing

  16. E.... F....

    0:00 Prague
    5:51 Dead

  17. D.... M....

    Musically, to me this is one of his best songs.

  18. A.... C....

    This song is pure genius! Not for everyone though..

  19. E.... S....

    I love you, Damien!!!!

  20. E.... K....

    DRice is super chill 2day

  21. L.... G....

    This album is complete. Thank you for this masterpiece, Damien!

  22. L.... G....

    This is a dark song. We are all lonely, that's the true.

  23. a.... ....

    "But how can I when you still don't know..?"

    My love life in a nutshell.

    a.... ....

    @HeadInTheClouds
    What if they're already taken?

    a.... ....

    ashtray0belief tell her in a note. express what aches in your heart and then...let it go. if someone is in a relationship that is solid, what you have to say will be no more than a confession. Yet if this is to be more than that, then it could never be with your silence. Just giving Voice to these feelings can be enough to allow the heart to be okay.

    a.... ....

    @HeadInTheClouds
    *sigh* I know you're right.

    a.... ....

    ashtray0belief i feel that as long as we do things with an intention that is not aligned with hurting others, then its okay to proceed. and so many things we suppress and leave unsaid and these things stay with us until they are properly released. i have been doing a lot if this in my healing journey since my mom transitioned (passed)).

    a.... ....

    lol same

  24. R.... G....

    I tought that i know all Damien's rare songs.... I' Am listening him for 7 years (I'm 18 now)
    But that song throws all of Emotions, all of that Pain that cumulated in someone
    just amazing, new fav..

    R.... G....

    can you share the links to other rare tracks? I want his every track in my hdd, mp3 player and mobile too : )

  25. A.... N....

    What a song! amazing

  26. q.... -....

    it's not that hidden when your falling asleep at the end of album and it comes on and grabs you by the feelings

  27. b.... o....

    hurts 8.. you've pinpointed it.

  28. a.... ....

    so fragile

  29. �.... �....

    This is a song to hear at night. It's not for the happy ones, the ones who found love or joy. This is a song for the dark lonely nights. For the drunk poets of 2.00 A.M.

    �.... �....

    @Lisa Buckles was up Lisa

    �.... �....

    1:30 Am for me

    �.... �....

    One of the most precise, true and idiosyncratic comments I’ve read. If you have published work, tell me and I’ll read it.

    �.... �....

    I love this ..

    �.... �....

    This is for the nights where I'm drunk and alone and I feel bad for calling the police after he beat me but I still love him.

  30. P.... W....

    I see this song happening after "Cheers Darlin." In Cheers Darlin, I imagine he got a letter of invitation to his lovers' wedding. The wedding is in Prague and he goes, at first to support her as his friend, "I'm all dressed up for you. I'm all dressed up for him too" This shows that he is trying to be supportive even though it kills him. But then he realizes his life without her is not worth it. He "prepares [himself] for a war." He is determined to fight for her this time as opposed to to before when he just sulked in his sorrow singing "Cheers Darlin' here's to you and your lover boy." He's not sure what to expect from her, but he is determined to at least reveal his feelings. I get the feeling that he was too late though. Either the timing was never right for him to make a profession of love or he realized himself that the timing would never be right. So he let her go..and it brings us all the way back to Cheers Darlin. So maybe the chronology of the songs is interchangeable.

    P.... W....

    @Bruna Black there was this concert in Florence, a few years ago, where he partially told the story behind Cheers Darlin'. It goes along the same lines as you described it, though the 'wedding' per se wasn't a wedding.

    You'll enjoy Prague a lot. There is one place in particular that I can recommend, it's called Letna Park (near the Prague Castle). If you go there at dusk or dawn, listening to Damien, it's the most perfect and depressive place you can find on Earth.

    P.... W....

    +Constantin Ursu Oh, he problably told the story about the girl in the bar? He always tells this story, sometmes he changes something here and there. I love this story, but sometimes I wonder if Damien is lying, because he's a sneaky bastard that lies hahahaha. Cheers Dalin' always kills me, specially with the 'you gave me three cigarettes to smoke my tears away' argh. I wish I could hate Damien, then he wouldn't hurt me this way (I went to his concert last month and I cried over the full set. I just couldn't handle this fucker). But Prague is my fav sighs.


    And thanks for the tip, I'll write it down, for sure, because I really want some place like you described, so I can get all depressed, listening to Prague over and over and over again! Thank you so much! <3 


    (I once read, I think it was in this video, a time ago, someone saying that Damien translated Prague perfectly in this song. That's a beautiful city, but cold and lonely. I just felt like going there even more D: )

    P.... W....

    +Bruna Black I never made that connection, but I think you're spot on! You're right... those two lines are in both songs. How did I not realize this? I think your chronology makes sense. Adding in Accidental Babies makes sense, as well. Thanks for making me rethink it all! As you know, we've had so many years to wait for new Damo music; I wonder if any of the songs on there continue the narrative? I'll have to think on that one. To me, the new album seems mostly written directly for Lisa.

    P.... W....

    +Paige Wilson Or this song is solely about a threesome between 2 guys and a girl..Kind of like that dreadful movie savages with Blake Lively. One of the guys actually catches feelings even though that's not within their plans or intentions. "Wrap myself in a bag." (condom, but also refers to him protecting himself emotionally). "I'm all dressed up for you." That's the woman he's smitten with. "I'm all dressed up for him too." He's less thrilled to have to be sharing her with another man. "Prepare myself for a war." To explain the aggressive nature of their sexual exploits but also represents how he's at battle with his feelings for her and their mutual agreement to have casual sex. "I don't know what I'm doing this for." He knows he's just torturing himself at this point. By the end, he's packed his suit, his best version of himself, in a bag. He's either going to quit her or grow the fuck up and tell her how he feels.

    P.... W....

    after" cheers darlin'" then "Prague" then i believe the connection to this is "accidental babies " where he sings for her with her other man when he says that they should be back together before she has accidental babies

  31. M.... W....

    ❤️ Prague Memories

  32. e.... w....

    This is by far my favorite DR song. Pure beauty.

    e.... w....

    erica webb mine too it’s unreal !!!

  33. T.... V....

    The way I see it this song is what happens before "Cheers darling"
    The woman he loves is getting married is Prague and he decides to go all the way there to confess his love.
    In "Cheers darling" he is at the wedding, he fails to confess his feelings... we hear his thoughts and him raising a glass to her and just  saying cheers darling...
    Simply Beautiful.

    T.... V....

    +Thanasis Voulgaris The story of cheers darling is him drunk at a pub. He meets a nice girl and they have a nice talk together. She needs to leave for the last bus. They laugh and drink together until the last bus pass. At that moment he told her ''oh no you missed the bus'' she says ''it's ok my boyfriend will come and pick me up'' then seeing him disappointed she realised. She gave him 3 cigarettes to comfort him and left. Cheers Darlin'...You can look it up on youtube he tells the story chugging wine acting drunk. Pretty nice.

    T.... V....

    +iSim0641 We knows the story behind Cheers Darlin's is not related to Prague (even tho sometimes I think Damien is a liar who lies about the meaning of Cheers. He always change the story a little bit, everytime he tells it).


    I love to think in this sequence: Accidental Babies > Prague > Cheers Darlin'.


    Accidental Babies is them having an affair (that really was doomed from the start 'we use cushions to cover happy glands, in the mild issue of our disgrace') while she's engaged and he sorta gives her the ultimatum: 'but do you really feel alive without me? if so, be free. if not, leave him for me'. She chose her finacé.



    Prague is really him going to her weddening. And the line 'how can i when you still don't know' shows that, maybe, she's still a little bit confused and this's torning him apart. But he got years to wait around for her, he loves her, so he pretends everything is all right.


    Cheers Darling, for me, is like the wedding reception. The bride and the groom are smiling all around, dancing, kissing, and he is sitting on a table in the back, drinking the bottle of wine he stole from the kitchen, smoking the 'three cigarettes you gave me, to smoke my tears away'. I don't know if I see him making a scene, drunkly screaming 'WHAT AM I DARLING? YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE?' at the bride, while she's dancing with her husband, or he screams it at the empty room or going home. The fact that both songs have the 'i've got years to wait around for you' and 'to your lover boy' breaks me everytime.


    Maybe Damien never intended to link these songs, but they really tell us a story.

    T.... V....

    Bruna Black this makes the lyrics of Prague 100000 times more impactful and they suddenly make a lot more sense. Thank you for this!

  34. S.... N....

    Beautiful. I cry

  35. M.... ....

    I really love this song, so I made a cover of it.. I would really appreciate it if you check it out :)

  36. L.... ....

    this song is just something amazing!!

  37. M.... ....

    Deep mixed emotions going on

  38. d.... b....

    J-Lo should cover this.

  39. A.... G....

    I could wait for you
    Like that hole in your boot
    Waiting to be fixed
    I could wait for you
    What good would that do
    But to leave me pricked?

    A.... G....

    Alice Goatfish feel this on every level !!! ..... it’s like he has given words to that gut wrenching heart ache that you can’t even begin to explain !!!

    A.... G....

    Alice Goatfish w

  40. L.... R....

    I fell asleep listening Eskimo then this song started to sound. I had no idea that it was there. It was truly amazing.

  41. S.... ....

    patience - i'm working on it

  42. M.... B....

    Same thing happened to me, then I went back and listened to it again once, twice, nay...thrice.

  43. C.... ....

    This is hidden?

  44. H.... T....

    Darling, Here's to you.....and your Lover.

  45. m.... a....

    oh Damien oh.you are awesome.Please make a new album.I love you so much...

  46. J.... S....

    /watch?v=OcbM9jRd4-Q enjoy :)

  47. d.... ....

    this song feels like Prague so much. i love that city but sometimes it just gets to you like that. when i was a kind i always felt like that everybody in Prague is somehow lonely. but that is a wrong definiton for it, but i doubt that anyone has a good definiton for that beautiful and breathtaking city. this song is quite accurate to me now. to me he sings about dressing up into a lie that he doesn't care for someone. and i don't care either, i don' t care.

  48. b.... ....

    Why is there not one live performance of this on youtube?

  49. O.... D....

    Every time I listen to this, I close my eyes and It almost feels like he's performing In front of me haha. This is song breathtaking.

  50. K.... H....

    I'm happy to see jeff buckley in the related videos. More amazing artists :)

  51. N.... B....

    i listened to this song years ago.. before sytycd

  52. d.... ....

    first time i heard this, i had no idea there was anything on the CD after the last song...it was raining, i was half asleep, then the loud parts SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME. awesome story.

  53. d.... ....

    chills.

  54. R.... R....

    the song reaches out to the beauty of Praha

  55. D.... W....

    A Great One by Damien!!!!!

  56. C.... K....

    Nothing I can say or do will take that pain away, just know you are not alone, much love xx

  57. L.... V....

    everytime I'm about to go to Prague I play this song to get into the right mood...it's become a tradition for me over the years :)

  58. H.... ....

    I'm from Prague! :)

  59. V.... ....

    A 13 year old and a 9 year old of very close family friends died yesterday... they were on the lake with their family and another family, when a drunk boater crashed into them. Their older brother watched them die.

    I have been listening to this nonstop, trying to accept the fact that this just happened. I don't know if it's helping me, all I know is I have cried too many tears the past two days.

  60. a.... ....

    After listening to this, I felt my heart was broken into pieces...

  61. c.... ....

    I wish this was its own track so I could just buy it!!

  62. t.... ....

    Why do they hide tracks? Amazing song by Damien

  63. c.... ....

    @Goortateatowel Hahaha Thanks for the medical advice mate.

  64. M.... ....

    I wish this was longer.

  65. P.... F....

    and I thought I knew all Damien Rice's songs...

  66. k.... o....

    Forgot how much I liked this song......

  67. S.... ....

    @Heymonkey81, In The House, In a Heartbeat was there in 28 Weeks Later, right?

  68. m.... ....

    it's like you waited all album for this track and he gave it to you right at the end. AWESOME song, thanks for uploading

  69. c.... ....

    When you listen to this song, every breath you breathe can't help but be painful. Heavy. Crushing.

  70. G.... Q....

    @lovelife11 o jesus .......

  71. N.... R....

    @jebas1322 So You Think You Can Dance

  72. G.... Q....

    Whats SYTYCD ?

  73. L.... G....

    @missrandomgirl1 In my opinion it's about a guy who's getting ready for his ex's wedding.

  74. a.... ....

    at 5:24 I thought he was coming out of my computer! xd

  75. a.... ....

    this song is so powerful.

  76. R.... M....

    1:35 to 2:07 is by far one of the best solo's I have heard.

  77. C.... ....

    love this song.

  78. C.... ....

    words can't describe this song.

  79. K.... ....

    i love this song sooo much!

  80. L.... B....

    GR8 song and cd

  81. M.... ....

    My God, I love this whole song but Every Single Time, it gets to the part 1:35 - 2:07 I feel my heart soar! *chills*

  82. L.... ....

    @fraises1967 its seven minutes after eskimo, on the album. i doubt they'd do have it on itunes unless you buy the whole album

  83. N.... T....

    @74princessbuttercup , I've bought the Eskimo track and can not access this beautiful Prague song. How did you get it??

  84. S.... ....

    Thank you sytycg for introducing me to this AMAZING song!!

  85. A.... Y....

    damien rice is a wonderfuil musician...genius! <3

  86. f.... ....

    @musicmama888 that doesnt rhyme with bag though.

  87. J.... ....

    sytycd is expanding my music taste...

  88. m.... ....

    I love this song, and I really think it's beautiful. But it's super annoying that he can't pronounce Prague (Pr-AW-gue) right.

  89. T.... ....

    SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME! I need some sort of a download for this song without the lyrics just the music behind it for a project I'm working on. If anyone could help me that would be the best! A link or something would be great thanks I just don't know if there's anything like this out there.

  90. S.... L....

    I really want to use some of the choreography I saw on SYTYCD from this song. It was so emotional and it fit the song so perfectly.

  91. P.... M....

    SYTYCD, has done it again, exposing another piece of beautiful music, that's literally gripping my soul, thanks!!!

  92. J.... ....

    i like how all of the comments on here are because of sytycd. honestly, that's why i'm here too. :D

  93. s.... ....

    @Spectral202 Beautifully put!

  94. T.... V....

    @MyRandomSong SYTYCD totally brought me here to look it up. The dance was as amazing as the song!

  95. T.... ....

    Haha. So you think you can dance brought me, too :D

  96. w.... ....

    let me say it before everyone else does...So You Think You Can Dance

  97. D.... B....

    @Heymonkey81 I know you asked a month ago, but you're thinking of either East Hastings by Godspeed You! Black Emperor or In A Heartbeat by John Murphy. Both are great. and while you're at it, check out AM180 by Grandaddy. You'll recognize that one for 28 Day Later too.