Mercy - Paradise Lost

You live for times of solace

Within a sign there’s a promise

Don’t lose all faith 'cos you shake at night

It’s in the art of the process

In another rhyme beyond this place

The healing’s fast enough

Done a thousand times

A thousand ways, until you’ve had enough

It’s mercy you’re asking for

Cheating life by taking more

It’s mercy you’re asking for

Take my life or give me more

The loss of prize possessions

To cure the mind’s obsessions

Could trade your soul for that normal life

Elite to all objections

See beyond all tears and broken years

Your senses giving up

Lose all confidence at your expense

Your courage swallowed up

It’s mercy you’re asking for

Cheating life by taking more

It’s mercy you’re asking for

Take my life or give me more