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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Not much is known about this song yet. It 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 contains piano octaves 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.

Lyrics

(These lyrics are a draft version based on the iHeartRadio's gig; feel free to correct and finish 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

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