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AMEN by Beyoncé

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Beyoncé

AMEN

Release date: 29th March 2024

From COWBOY CARTER
Track 27
2:25
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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.

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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)

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From COWBOY CARTER

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COWBOY CARTER
COWBOY CARTER
Beyoncé
29th March 2024
Track number
27
Release year
2024
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    • 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
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    LaMarcus Eldridge
    , Mabvuto Carpenter
    , Naarai Jacobs
    , Nava Morris
    , Phylicia Hill
    , Princess Fortier
    , Steve Epting
    , Storm Chapman
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