Whose Mercy

Never meant betrayal, never meant to leave a scar

Still we cross the line sometimes, never knowing where we are

One small word can cut so deep, leave a shadow in the blood

Pain keeps moving through us like a slowly rising flood

Yesterday, I wore the wound

Today, I passed it on to you

Trying hard to keep the darkness out

Maybe that’s the lie I’m living now

Desert, drifting where the daylight frays

Thirsting for water, trading heart for haze

Hurt somebody somewhere in the rush to escape

Whose mercy could undo what I can’t erase?

Never meant to run away, never meant to raise a war

Still we fall into those hours we never asked ourselves for

Even standing still won’t save you when the silence starts to move

Yesterday, somebody broke

Today, I’m breaking too

Trying hard to live on the brighter side

Maybe that’s another way to hide

Desert, drifting where the daylight frays

Thirsting for water, trading heart for haze

Hurt somebody somewhere in the rush to escape

Whose mercy could undo what I can’t erase?

When the water finally finds me, does that mean that I am saved?

If the desert keeps its hunger, every drop just drains away

No one’s bringing water to me, I’ve got to find it on my own

Keep on moving through the wasteland, even stripped down to the bone

Somewhere past the empty distance, there’s a moment made of gold

Even with a heart in pieces, even when the night turns cold

Life keeps asking for another step, another breath to give

Every motion shaves despair away —

Desert, drifting where the daylight frays

Thirsting for water, trading heart for haze

Hurt somebody somewhere in the rush to escape

Whose mercy could undo what I can’t erase?

Moonlight, but it never reaches where I stand

Shaking, still shaking, coming loose in my hands

Still, somewhere ahead, there has to be a way

Whose mercy could point me where the shadows break?

Be what, I'm moving like a caterpillar

Still, the road keeps showing me where to go

Whose mercy? No — there’s no mercy there