

In the accompanying music video, the band performs in a retail store, with intermittent shots of foreign workers making the store products. Critics praised the contrasting verse-chorus format, as well as the simple yet effective lyrics. Commercially, "Prayer of the Refugee" reached number seven on the Alternative Songs chart, and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. After four records, that aspect about Rise Against has not changed one bit as their second major label release The Suffer and The Witness will show. Rise Against Poster The Sufferer and the Witness Poster Album Cover Poster, Wall Art, Custom Poster. It was released as The Sufferer & the Witness's second single on December 6, 2006. Fine Art Print - Tim McIlrath - Rise Against. The song uses a contrasting verse-chorus form, with slow and melancholic verses against fast-paced and chaotic choruses. The lyrics were written by lead vocalist Tim McIlrath, and deal with the themes of forced displacement and the societal issues surrounding refugees. Going to be my most played record hands down.

"Prayer of the Refugee" is a song by American rock band Rise Against, featured on their fourth studio album The Sufferer & the Witness (2006). 1999 saw the beginning of Rise Against, a band from Chicago. referencing The Sufferer & The Witness (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, White And Black Swirl) B000697601 This is one of the only repressings that doesn’t have Wolves on the b side.
