"Town Of Mercy" lyrics
"Town Of Mercy"
I walked away from Mercy out to the deepest woods
Entered by the river at the only place I could
Fed a fire and watched the smoke like something climbing free
Leaning like a ladder and calling after me
I could rise from what may shine
Keep your place, surrender mine
As if your name as old as time
Waited like a song upon the tongue
Of all the mercy begging to be sung
I've made my peace with Mercy, as quick as it may be
To betray my confidence is how I choose to see
What had come together now are pieces in my hand
Fraying at the knees that buckled long before we stand
So I might rise from what may shine
Keep your place, surrender mine
As if your name as old as time
Waited like a song upon the tongue
Of all the mercy begging to be sung
Begging to be sung
The snow flies its confetti like the end of a parade
Leaves a vacant silence knee-deep in the charade
That here's the end of hunger, this feasting of the soul
When all the while it's waited for the light to swallow whole
So I might rise from what may shine
Keep your place, surrender mine
As if your name as old as time
Waited like a song upon the tongue
Of all the mercy begging to be sung
Writer(s): Joseph Lee Henry, Aoife Maria O'Donovan
- AZLyrics
- A
- Aoife O'Donovan Lyrics
album:
"Age Of Apathy" (2022)
You May Also Like
The Wailin' Jennys - "Asleep At Last" Be my asleep at last
Kiss me slow and hold me fast
Be my sail and be my mast
In the blue forever cast your love
Far from pain and past
Be my this one’s meant to last
Be my I want nothing more
Pull...
Plains - "Easy" Keep your own time
You know, I wasn't gonna be much better
Call a spade a spade
You gotta shield yourself from stormy weather
An onslaught of cynical people, babe
And I'm not
I never was
It's not...
Allison Russell - "The Hunters" Hey Papa, hey Mama
The sun is out, oh, can I play?
Yes my child, yes my child
But do not leave the path today
Why Mama, why Papa?
The trees are my friends, as is the shade
The wolves have come down...
John Moreland - "Dim Little Light" Nothing new to know about, nothing new to see
What I said is what I said, what's that say about me?
Says I couldn't see the signs
With my dim little light
Watching the big stars shine
Show up late,...
Lori McKenna - "You Won't Even Know I'm Gone" I will watch you fold all your clothes
Sort them carefully into rows
Spray the soap from the bathroom tile
Cut the threads off the kitchen towel
I'll wash the dishes in the sink
I could do it all in...