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Code Orange
I Am King
Mercy

TRACK

Mercy

Release date: 1st September 2014

From I Am King

Track 11

4:15

Metal Music Rock Alternative

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About This Track

'Mercy' by Code Orange is a 2014 metal track from the album 'I Am King'. The lyrics press a hard-edged search for forgiveness and survival, framed as self-transformation and a willingness to act without reassurance. Lines such as “I will find the mercy in you” cast mercy as something pursued and engineered, rather than granted. The voice sounds determined, even combative, moving from private resolve to accusations of wrongdoing, then to a final sense of coming alive once the inner work is done.

"Mercy" is a track by Code Orange, from the album I Am King, released 1st September 2014. The track is 4:15 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Code Orange.

About the Artist

Code Orange

Code Orange

Lyrics

Mercy

I will find the mercy in you
To do the things I have to do
I've seen the things I have to see
To become the man I need to be
So I create a world where I can survive
And you wanna talk about repercussions?
As the enemy in everyone
We cleanse ourselves of everlong

I am finally alive
I have swallowed the sun
The machine is one
With the cog

We are taught to pity and pry from the cradle
I will find the mercy in me
Kill, kill

Kill

Kill the way I used to think

I am finally alone
I am finally alive
I am king

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Track details

From I Am King

4:152014

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Album

2nd September 2014

Track number

11

Release year

2014

1I Am King
2:38
2Slowburn
2:32
3Dreams in Inertia
5:01
4Unclean Spirit
2:12

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Jami Morgan, Joe Goldman, Reba Meyers, Shade Balderose
Producer: Kurt Ballou
Bass: Joe Goldman
Drums: Jami Morgan
Guitar: Reba Meyers, Shade Balderose
Vocals: Jami Morgan, Joe Sanderson, Reba Meyers, Shade Balderose
Mastering Engineer: Brad Boatright

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