" Prayer " was directed by the Brothers Strause as a music video in late June 2002 and released the next month . Vocalist David Draiman , who wrote the treatment for the music video , explained that the music video is based on the story of Job from the Bible . Throughout the music video , Draiman is walking down a street and passes various scenes of desperation , such as a prostitute , a homeless man , and a preacher predicting the end of the world . As Draiman continues to walk , the other members of Disturbed have various disasters befall them , and are presumably killed . ( Steve Kmak is buried under falling debris , Dan Donegan crashes his car , and Mike Wengren is hit by a nearby construction explosion . ) At the climax of the music video , Draiman survives an earthquake , and the remaining band members eventually come back to life and congregate with Draiman to play the last chorus . Draiman explains , " It 's like Job being put through trials and tribulations and still coming through unscathed and achieving his redemption . " Upon release , various media outlets refused to air the music video for " Prayer " , citing its alleged similarities to imagery from the September 11 attacks in the United States . Disturbed originally made plans to edit the video for airplay , but eventually chose not to . Draiman explained this choice when he said , " If we agreed to edit the video ... then it 's assuming that we 're agreeing with the decision that there 's something about the video that is offensive enough or provocative enough that it 's dangerous for them to play it . We do n't agree with that . " Draiman further criticizes the decision to take the video off of the air instead of other videos , " We do n't have a character in our video who portrays Osama bin Laden and jumps and dances around , which is a direct recollective factor to 9/11 . " The intent of the music video was not to depict similarity to the September 11 attacks , according to Draiman . He explained this by saying , " It was meant to be apocalyptic , but it was never intended to be derivative of the situation that happened on 9/11 . Because of the subject matter ... we needed something grandiose like an earthquake or a meteor shower or some kind of act of God to show the hand of the supernatural or some greater power . " He further explained that the video was actually meant to be uplifting . Draiman said , " The video is about getting through life 's obstacles and all the tests that fate may throw at you in the process . It 's trying to convince you that you have the strength to get through whatever trials and tribulations may come your way . It 's supposed to inspire hope . " Despite " Prayer " receiving little airplay , Disturbed continued to promote the music video by including it on their album , '' Believe '' , and by posting it on various websites
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Prayer (Disturbed song)