Mercy
Sarah Mclachlan


Mercy
Pure and simple
Longing
Cold and hollow
With sweet breath
You'd come to warm me
But I held on too hard
To only a memory

You lie there on the swollen ground
Deserted in your heart
Still longing for what yesterdays lost
And for all that tomorrow might bring
And for all that tomorrow might bring


The passion lost
Taken, stolen
The dreams we had and we shared
Shattered, broken
With kind words
You'd come to soothe me
But I, so blind and filled with fear
Would send you away from me
There's no hope in regretting now
All the pain that we could not see
We both knew what we wanted
And we took it, believing it free
And we took it, believing it free

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