Mercy (song)
| Muse song | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mercy |
| Album/single | Drones |
| Length | 3:51 |
| Alternative titles | |
| First live performance | 9th May 2015 |
| Latest live performance | |
| Recorded | 2014/2015 - The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, Canada |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy |
| Producer | Muse, Robert "Mutt" Lange |
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| Psycho | < | Mercy | > | Reapers |
Mercy will be the next single and be aired on radios worldwide on Monday 18th May. The song was live premiered at iHeartRadio's gig in New York in May 2015. The live recording of this live debut was uploaded to SoundCloud but has since been removed. The song was downloadable for those who purchased Drones through the code sent via e-mail. The song was leaked for anybody to download later during the day, when the link for the download was copied and put on Reddit. It is also the first song on the album that does not contain the word "Drones".
The song contains piano in the verses, similar to Starlight. It gets heavy during the build-up and in the choruses, when arppegiated synth also kicks in. The choruses are similar to those of Stockholm Syndrome. The melodies sound fairly positive, in opposition of the previous two songs of the album.
Instrumentation
The song features piano in the verses, alongside the distorted bass guitar playing the melody and drums. In the pre-chorus and the chorus sections, when it goes heavy, it features arppegiated synth, as well as heavily distorted guitar, bass and drums.
Lyrics
[Verse] Help me, I’ve fallen on the inside I tried to change the game I tried to infiltrate But now I'm losing Men in cloaks Only seem to run the show Save me from the ghost to shadows Before they eat my soul [Pre-Chorus] Mercy Mercy [Chorus] Show me Mercy From the powers that be Show me mercy Can someone rescue me [Verse 2] Absent gods in silent tyranny We're going under Hypnotized by another puppeteer Tell me why the men in cloaks always have to bring me down We're running from ghost to shadows The world just dissolves [Pre-Chorus] Mercy Mercy [Chorus] Show me mercy From the powers that be Show me mercy Can someone rescue me Show me mercy Show me mercy please [Bridge] Help me I’ve fallen on the inside And I’m a man in a cloak Trying to devour my soul [Chorus] Show me mercy From the powers that be Show me mercy From the godless and mean Show me mercy From the killing machines Show me mercy Show me mercy Woah