| W. K. Mahler William K. Mahler 2004-11-18, 11:06 am |
| "mercy" by melissa etheridge
from "lucky" 2004
Well I have lived ten years plus ten
And ten and ten again
I have seen too much to pretend
Then you wanted to come in
I have survived all of the lies
They made me wise
The locks and walls and the peace it buys
Still when I look into your eyes
It's a surprise when you say
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be okay
Just hold on tight
Let it all go away
Oh mercy mercy baby
What do you want from me
Well I plead mercy mercy baby
I do not know what this all means
It's been awhile since I been stylin'
In just my jacket and my jeans
It hurts to walk it hurts to talk
It hurts to think about it
Shout about it
Could I be sure without a doubt
That you could never live without me
I want to fall in you crawl in you
Surrender all in you now
Could I be sure in you pure in you
Finding the cure in you
Now I plead have mercy on me
Now I am kneeling at the alter
In the temple of your eyes
And I am asking for a miracle
I have been too long paralyzed
When you say get up and stand up
And climb the rope of hope
And open up again
Oh the peace you say is promised me
Seems too much to comprehend
"mercy" by u2
unreleased b-side, was to be 1st song on "htdaab"
I was drinking some wine and it turned to blood
What's the use of religion if you're any good?
I know I'm weed killer honey and you're sugar
If you're the prosecution, I'd get away with murder
If you were ice, I'm water
And with your telescope, I can see further
We're binary code, a one and a zero
You wanted violins and you got Nero
You're gravity, searching for the ground
You're silence, searching for a sound
Your heart is aching, your heart is my home
It's fascinating, I know I'll never be alone
But I'm ripping the stitches
We've got two minutes to run
I'm picking the dangers
Of someone else's love
Loves hears when I die
Love puts the blue back in my eye
Love will come again
I'll be gone again ... again
If you're hungry, baby let me feed it
If your heart is full, baby let me bleed it
And happiness is for those who don't really need it
You love me too much, you always love me too much
When I was ripping the stitches
We've got two minutes to run
I'm picking the dangers
Of someone else's luck
Love hears when I die
Love puts the blue back in my eye
Love has come again
I am gone again
Love's got to be with the weak
Only then love gets a chance to speak
Love will come again
I'll be gone again ... again
I ... I can't escape myself
I hear you tall
Feeling nothing, I feel nothing, feel
I can hear someone
Feel nothing
I can hear someone
Feel nothing
Love is come again
I am gone again
Love is the end of history
The enemy of misery
Love has come again
I am gone again
Love is justice, a charity
Love brings with it a clarity
Love is come again
I'm alive again ... alive
I am alive, baby I'm born again and again and again and again and again and
again and again ...
--act of mercy--
november 2003
in an act of mercy from somebody in a bind
a morning dove landed waiting for me
patiently and intently on the telephone line
with a gift, an order, a simple plea
come here young man and talk with me
my eyes roam where danger may be found
my ears listen carefully for any sound
my heart it beats in accordance with you
in chaos and or calm i must remain true
in hopes that i can keep helping our skies be blue
in trust that i remain faithful to you
remember the times devoid of fights
delights of innocent days and or nights
inhibitions left behind while in bliss
for splendors of sharing nakedness
nobody knew the meaning of lies
and nobody heard any painful cries
for nobody dared and nobody implied
to keep a soul from being alive
believe me somebody has tried
my instincts told me where i was bound
for a destination with a stop or two
with and or without a clear image and sound
keeping in time while the words i find
come from a place that is truly divine
still there is this hellish nature by design
i know there is much to keep in mind
i know you and i have to let it all go sometime
i am sure you and i will find in places discreet
nary a moment left in the darkest of the deep
the truths of consciousness that we keep
the forgotten may be a contradiction
perhaps the remembered will create friction
true reality derived from fact and or fiction
there's much we experience and more we are missing
so please take my hand stranger and friend
there is a place for us to be in the end
tell my lover it is she of whom i send
all my love and hopes and prayers whilst i make amends
for crimes past and present for a innocent future
so the next life has a place to live within again
into the next moment and the moment thereafter
in hopes of peace, unity and laughter
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