NEEDTOBREATHE - Mercy's Shore Lyrics

NEEDTOBREATHE Lyrics

"Mercy's Shore"

My arms are tired and weary
These wounds are on full display
I've tried every door in the hallway
There's just nowhere that I feel safe

I see the light but never find the surface
I don't know if I can swim no more
White knuckles and wild horses
One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore
One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore

I'm lost in the waves that crush me
They bring discovery where darkness hides
Just over the ridge in front of you
Another mountain that you'll have to climb

I see the light but never find the surface
I don't know if I can swim no more
White knuckles and wild horses
One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore
One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore

We're a child in the car asleep
In the driveway at night
Our mother's gonna slowly sneak
Our body inside
We can rest in the arms of trust
There's no way that we can say
We've earned our way into light
All we have to do to is stay

I see the light but never find the surface
I don't know if I can swim no more
White knuckles and wild horses
One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore
One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore

I've been battling a broken heart
Everybody knows I'm torn apart
Since I was 8 years old and I thought that
God was a girl in my school
If we can wind up on a sandy beach
Breathing air that only death can reach
And singing songs that only heaven leaves
It's okay with me
And God is wanting us to make believe
But knowing something is only a dream
Like the absolutes and the in-between
Are out of line, sometimes, intertwined, behind
A mind, in line, and fights that only fools are still trying to fight

Submit Corrections

Writer(s): William Rinehart, Tyler Burkum

NEEDTOBREATHE's frontman, Bear Rinehart, told Apple Music the following about writing "Mercy's Shore" with his friend Tyler Burkum, "We built this song based on this idea of what it's like when a kid is asleep in their car when they get home, how a parent or loved one takes them inside, there's a complete trust, and they don't wake up. Everybody either has kids or at least remembers being a kid when that happened and how sweet that was. The song is about the realization that we all need somebody."

Describing this song on Facebook and Instagram on the 26th of August 2020, the band posted the message "...one of our favorite moments on the record. It's about giving way to a power that is much stronger and important than us. Despite our struggles, we're all eventually faced with the same understanding that we can't do it alone".

album: "Out Of Body" (2020)

Bottom Of A Heartbreak

Seasons

You May Also Like

Tenth Avenue North - "By Your Side" Why are you striving these days Why are you trying to earn grace Why are you crying Let me lift up your face Just don't turn away Why are you looking for love Why are you still searching As...

Ben Rector - "I Like You" There's no need to complicate it Dress it up or overstate it Without too much hesitation Here's the way I feel I like you, I like you Even when I don't try to Yes, I do, that's the truth I like you...

Kings Kaleidoscope - "Sticks & Stones" Did I pledge my allegiance For the purpose of progress To a priest or a prophet Playing god in the process? Was I chasing convenience In a wave of disaster Where the captain’s a captor And I’m a...

We The Kingdom - "God So Loved" Come all you weary, come all you thirsty Come to the well that never runs dry Drink of the Water, come and thirst no more Well, come all you sinners, come find His mercy Come to the table, He will...

Zach Williams & Essential Worship - "RATTLE!" Saturday was silent Surely it was through But since when has impossible Ever stopped You Friday's disappointment Is Sunday's empty tomb Since when has impossible Ever stopped You This is the sound...

"Mercy's Shore" lyrics

NEEDTOBREATHE Lyrics