Hot Chip have announced their new album, ‘A Long Way From Kansas’•
The Cribs have announced a Wakefield show for ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’ anniversary•
Tate McRae has released ‘Housewife’ with a South of France-shot video•
Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan have released their ‘expectations’ remix•
Tom A Smith is heading up Paint By Numbers this December•
Bleachers have shared new song ‘Blood Brothers’•
Marika Hackman has announced new album ‘False Dogs’ and shared ‘33’•
Nieve Ella, Jamie T, Rachel Chinouriri and Remi Wolf cover Dork's new issue - order now!•
Tate McRae has announced new single ‘Housewife’•
Slayyyter has announced companion album ‘Wor$t Man in America’ for December•
Welly are going to headline a very special Dork’s Night Out at The 100 Club•
Down With Boring returns tonight with The North, plus bags of new music•
Keo have announced their 2027 UK, European and North American headline tour•
Primavera Sound Barcelona has announced its 2027 anniversary line-up•
Madra Salach have released new single ‘Ribbon Factory’•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
Hot Chip have announced their new album, ‘A Long Way From Kansas’•
The Cribs have announced a Wakefield show for ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’ anniversary•
Tate McRae has released ‘Housewife’ with a South of France-shot video•
Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan have released their ‘expectations’ remix•
Tom A Smith is heading up Paint By Numbers this December•
Bleachers have shared new song ‘Blood Brothers’•
Marika Hackman has announced new album ‘False Dogs’ and shared ‘33’•
Nieve Ella, Jamie T, Rachel Chinouriri and Remi Wolf cover Dork's new issue - order now!•
Tate McRae has announced new single ‘Housewife’•
Slayyyter has announced companion album ‘Wor$t Man in America’ for December•
Welly are going to headline a very special Dork’s Night Out at The 100 Club•
Down With Boring returns tonight with The North, plus bags of new music•
Keo have announced their 2027 UK, European and North American headline tour•
Primavera Sound Barcelona has announced its 2027 anniversary line-up•
Madra Salach have released new single ‘Ribbon Factory’•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
Dork
News
Features
Reviews
Magazine
  • Dork
  • Popzines
Shop
Listings
Directory
Festivals
Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST
Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD
The 19755SOSAlessi RoseArctic MonkeysArlo ParksBastillebeabadoobeeBillie EilishBleachersblink-182BlossomsBlur
Bring Me The HorizonCarly Rae JepsenCavetownChappell RoanCharli xcxCHVRCHESCMATConan GrayDeclan McKennaDjoFall Out BoyFoals
Fontaines D.C.Ghostgirl in redGlass AnimalsGorillazGracie AbramsHAIMHarry StylesHolly HumberstoneInhalerJames MarriottThe Japanese House
The Last Dinner PartyLewis CapaldiLinkin ParkLouis TomlinsonMaggie RogersMaisie PetersMUNAMy Chemical RomanceNiall HoranOasis Live '27Olivia DeanOlivia Rodrigo
Pale WavesParamorePhoebe BridgersPinkPantheressRemi WolfReneé RappSabrina CarpenterSam FenderShameSlipknotTate McRaeTaylor Swift
Twenty One PilotsWallowsWet LegWolf AliceYard ActYUNGBLUDZara Larsson
etc.
Film & TV
Gaming
Literature
Culture
Festival Guides-YOUR ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL COMPANION
Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST
Mixtape-DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS
Play-DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT
Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD
Playlist Covers
Playlist Directory
Recommender
Before Doors-LIVE SESSIONS
After Gates-FESTIVAL SESSIONS
Music Video Directory
Down With Boring-THE DORK PODCAST
Chart Attack-UK NUMBER ONES, DISSECTED
Dork Live
Oasis Live ’27Tickets. Dates. What’s the story?Explore the tour
Dork Radio
Live
Live 24/7
Dork Radio
Dork
Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

October 2026

Latest issue variants

View archive
Dork, October 2026 (Cara Delevingne cover)

Cara Delevingne

Dork, October 2026 (Keo cover)

Keo

Dork, October 2026 (Lizzy McAlpine cover)

Lizzy McAlpine

Dork, October 2026 (Tove Lo cover)

Tove Lo

Advertise|Support|About Dork|Editorial standards & corrections|Privacy Policy|Genres|Years|Sitemap|RSS|Cookie settings
© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Powered by PlaywireAdvertise on this site.
  1. Tracks
  2. Beyoncé
  3. COWBOY CARTER
  4. AMEN
AMEN by Beyoncé

TRACK

Beyoncé

AMEN

Release date: 29th March 2024

From COWBOY CARTER
Track 27
2:25
CountryMusicPop
Spotify Apple Music More on Beyoncé

About This Track

The final track on 'Cowboy Carter', 'Amen' is a gospel-inflected meditation on sacrifice, redemption and inherited burden. Beyoncé moves through images of crumbled foundations and stone monuments, invoking the weight of history built into the structures around her. The plea for mercy repeats like a liturgical refrain, a request for compassion amidst personal and collective pain. The song functions as a counterpart to the album's opening, its title invoking an American requiem for old ideas now buried. Beyoncé positions herself as the one to cleanse ancestral sins, turning inward from the album's broader narratives of survival and reclamation. The arrangement strips back to something spare and devotional, letting the voice and the weight of the words carry the emotional work.

"AMEN" is a track by Beyoncé, from the album COWBOY CARTER, released 29th March 2024. The track is 2:25 long. It's filed under Country. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 15 articles about Beyoncé.

About the Artist

Beyoncé

Beyoncé

Lyrics

AMEN

Mercy on me, baby
Have mercy on me
Mercy, mercy
Hurtin' badly, I can see you're hurtin' badly
Hurtin', hurtin', hey

Mercy on me, baby
Have mercy on me
(Mercy) mercy (mercy)
I see you hurtin', see you, please, have mercy on me, oh-oh
(Mercy, mercy) oh-ooh-ooh

This house was built with blood and bones
And it crumbled, yes, it crumbled
The statues they made were beautiful
But they were lies of stone, they were lies of stone
Trumpets blare, with silent sound
I need to make you proud
Tell me, can you hear me now?

Mercy on me, mercy, have mercy on me
(Mercy) yeah (mercy) yeah
I can see you hurtin', see you hurtin' badly
Can see you hurtin', see you hurtin' (mercy, mercy)

Say a prayer for what has been
We'll be the ones to purify our fathers' sins
American Requiem
Them old ideas (yeah), are buried here (yeah)
Amen
'Men (amen)

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

View full lyrics page →

Track details

From COWBOY CARTER

2:252024
Listen
Album
COWBOY CARTER
COWBOY CARTER
Beyoncé
29th March 2024
Track number
27
Release year
2024
  1. 1AMERIICAN REQUIEM
    5:25
  2. 2BLACKBIIRD
    2:12
  3. 316 CARRIAGES
    3:47
  4. 4PROTECTOR
    3:04

More from Beyoncé

Albums & EPs

BREAK MY SOUL REMIXES - Single
BREAK MY SOUL REMIXES - Single
2022
RENAISSANCE
RENAISSANCE
2022
BREAK MY SOUL - Single
BREAK MY SOUL - Single
2022
The Lion King: The Gift [Deluxe Edition]
The Lion King: The Gift [Deluxe Edition]
2020
The Lion King: The Gift
The Lion King: The Gift
2019
HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM
HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM
2019

Explore

More tracks by Beyoncé

  1. 16 CARRIAGESCOWBOY CARTER
    3:47
  2. Ameriican Requiem
    5:25
  3. AMERIICAN REQUIEMCOWBOY CARTER
    5:25
  4. AMERIICAN REQUIEM (Physical Version)
  5. Beyoncé Bowl (NFL Halftime Show Performance)
  6. Blow / Telephone (Mixed)
  7. Born To Love You
  8. BREAK MY SOUL (Dee Laden Jay Remix) [Mixed]
  9. By Now
  10. COWBOY CARTER AND THE RODEO CHITLIN' CIRCUIT Tour DatesBEYONCÉ

Showing 10 of 50

If you like Beyoncé

The Carters

The Carters

Destiny's Child

Destiny's Child

Chloe x Halle

Chloe x Halle

Solange

Solange

Kelly Rowland

Kelly Rowland

Chlöe

Chlöe

  • 5MY ROSE
    0:53
  • 6SMOKE HOUR ★ WILLIE NELSON
    0:51
  • 7TEXAS HOLD 'EM
    3:53
  • 8BODYGUARD
    4:00
  • 9DOLLY P
    0:23
  • 10JOLENE
    3:10
  • 11DAUGHTER
    3:24
  • 12SPAGHETTII
    2:38
  • 13ALLIIGATOR TEARS
    2:59
  • 14SMOKE HOUR II
    0:30
  • 15JUST FOR FUN
    3:24
  • 16II MOST WANTED
    3:29
  • 17LEVII'S JEANS
    4:18
  • 18FLAMENCO
    1:40
  • 19THE LINDA MARTELL SHOW
    0:28
  • 20YA YA
    4:35
  • 21OH LOUISIANA
    0:52
  • 22DESERT EAGLE
    1:12
  • 23RIIVERDANCE
    4:12
  • 24II HANDS II HEAVEN
    5:41
  • 25TYRANT
    4:11
  • 26SWEET ★ HONEY ★ BUCKIIN'
    4:56
  • 27AMEN
    2:25
  • —BLACKBIIRD
    2:12

    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    070 Shake, Beyoncé, Cam, Dave Hamelin, Derek Dixie, DIXSON, Ian Fitchuk, Ricky Lawson, Sean Solymar, Tyler Johnson
    Producer
    Beyoncé, Dave Hamelin
    Co-Producer
    Cam, Tyler Johnson
    Additional Production
    070 Shake, Derek Dixie, Ian Fitchuk, Sean Solymar
    Assistant Engineer
    Cameron Hogan, conjust8, Danforth Webster, Garrett Duncan, Jeremy Dilli, Jonathan Lopez Garcia, Matheus Braz, Nick Sutton, Patrick Gardner, Terena Dawn
    Background Vocals
    070 Shake, Cam
    Brass
    Arnetta Johnson, Christopher Gray, Christopher Johnson, Crystal Torres, Gabrielle Garo, Jesse McGinty, Lemar Guillary
    Choir
    Broke Brewer, Camille Grigsby, Cedric Leonard, Chelsea Miller, Donald Paige, Dwanna Orange, George Young, Jason Morales, Jenelle Dunkley, Jerome Wayne, Kiandra Richardson, Lakeisha Lewis,
    Choir Conductor
    Derek Dixie
    Digital Audio Editor
    Andrea Roberts, John Cranfield, Matheus Braz
    Mastering Engineer
    Colin Leonard
    Mixing Engineer
    Stuart White
    Organ
    Dave Hamlin, MyGuyMars, Tyler Johnson
    Piano
    Ian Fitchuk
    Recording Engineer
    Dani Pampuri, Dave Hamlin, John Cranfield, Konrad Snyder, Kyle Huffman, Lester Mendoza, Stuart White, Tyler Johnson
    Synthesizer
    Dave Hamlin, Derek Dixie
    Vocal Producer
    Beyoncé
    LaMarcus Eldridge
    , Mabvuto Carpenter
    , Naarai Jacobs
    , Nava Morris
    , Phylicia Hill
    , Princess Fortier
    , Steve Epting
    , Storm Chapman
    READ MORE ABOUT BEYONCÉREAD MORE ABOUT BEYONCÉREAD MORE ABOUT BEYONCÉREAD MORE ABOUT BEYONCÉ
    READ MORE ABOUT BEYONCÉREAD MORE ABOUT BEYONCÉREAD MORE ABOUT BEYONCÉREAD MORE ABOUT BEYONCÉ
    Lady Gaga did confirm a ‘Telephone’ sequel, but the details remain scarce
    Features

    Lady Gaga did confirm a ‘Telephone’ sequel, but the details remain scarce

    What Gaga said in her February 2025 Vanity Fair lie-detector interview, and what it did not confirm about Beyoncé or a release date.

    6 Oct 2026 • 7:50 am
    How Beyoncé and Rihanna turned the 2016 VMAs into two very different career showcases
    Features

    How Beyoncé and Rihanna turned the 2016 VMAs into two very different career showcases

    At Madison Square Garden, Beyoncé condensed Lemonade into a collective statement while Rihanna used four medleys to map the range of a Video Vanguard career.

    20 Sept 2026 • 12:20 pm
    How Marika Hackman turned lockdown writer’s block into ‘Covers’
    Features

    How Marika Hackman turned lockdown writer’s block into ‘Covers’

    Released in November 2020, Marika Hackman’s ‘Covers’ found a route around the blank page: ten songs she already knew well, rebuilt at home with a drum machine, sparse production and room for experimentation.

    19 Sept 2026 • 11:45 am
    Can musicians stop political campaigns using their songs? Licensing and endorsement explained
    Features

    Can musicians stop political campaigns using their songs? Licensing and endorsement explained

    A song at a rally can be licensed without carrying an artist’s approval. Here’s why campaign events, adverts and social posts can raise different questions.

    18 Sept 2026 • 6:55 pm
    What made Bob Mackie’s pop performance looks so unforgettable?

    What made Bob Mackie’s pop performance looks so unforgettable?

    From Cher’s television costumes to Sabrina Carpenter’s archival revival, Bob Mackie understood that a stage outfit had to read as character, silhouette and spectacle all at once.

    18 Sept 2026 • 11:10 am
    Beyoncé’s ‘B’Day’ has reached Number One on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart
    News

    Beyoncé’s ‘B’Day’ has reached Number One on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart

    The 20th-anniversary deluxe edition has returned Beyoncé’s 2006 album to the top, while ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’ claims an airplay record.

    16 Sept 2026 • 4:09 am