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The Ballad of Spook & Mercy

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The Ballad of Spook & Mercy

Release date: 12th October 2023

From SanguivoreTrack 44:40

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About This Track

"The Ballad of Spook & Mercy" is a track by Creeper, from the album Sanguivore, released 12th October 2023. The track is 4:40 long. It's filed under Hard Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 19 articles about Creeper.

About the Artist

Creeper

Creeper

Lyrics

The Ballad of Spook & Mercy

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Here lies little Mercy
Asleep beneath the honeymoon
And at ten o'clock, the young girl will wake up
And she might come hunting for you

Sleep well, my darling, if you sleep at all
The dark days are coming for us all
But I'll hold your hand in hell

From the shadows she saw her first victim
A newlywed in a Corvette
Mercy slaughtered the bride and put a knife in her side
And sucked all the life from her neck

The groom came back from the truck stop
And saw his wife's blood on the seats
Like an envelope, she tore open his throat
And feasted on every heartbeat

(Ah) sleep well, my darling, if you sleep at all
(Ah) the dark days are coming for us all
(Ah) but I'll hold your hand in hell

So the next time you're out night-walking
Trust me, no word of a lie
Like the sins of men, she will strike again
Every man she sees has to die

Sleep well, my darling, if you sleep at all
The dark days are coming for us all
Sleep well, my darling, if you sleep at all
The dark days are coming for us all (for us all, for us all, for us all)
But I'll hold your hand in hell

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Sanguivore

4:402023

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Album

13th October 2023

Track number

4

Release year

2023

1Further Than Forever
9:13
2Cry To Heaven
4:28
3Sacred Blasphemy
2:54
4The Ballad of Spook & Mercy
4:40

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Creeper — Pavor Nocturnus (feat. Patricia Morrison) (from Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death) [6:27]
Creeper — A Shadow Stirs (feat. Patricia Morrison) (from Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death) [1:16]
Creeper — Headstones (from Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death) [3:01]
Creeper — The Crimson Bride (from Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death) [3:34]
Creeper — Blood Magick (It's a Ritual) (from Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death) [4:13]
Creeper — More Than Death (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [4:39]
Creeper — Teenage Sacrifice (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [4:17]
Creeper — Phantom Fantasia (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [3:07]
Creeper — The Abyss (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [0:43]
Creeper — Cry To Heaven (Count Dalgula's Queen Of The Night Extended Mix) (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [5:27]
Creeper — Chapel Gates (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [2:23]
Creeper — Love and Pain (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [4:13]
Creeper — Lovers Led Astray (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [4:41]
Creeper — Sacred Blasphemy (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [2:54]
Creeper — The Ballad of Spook & Mercy (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [4:40]
Creeper — Shadows of the Night (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [4:03]
Creeper — Further Than Forever (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [9:13]
Creeper — Black Heaven (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [4:16]
Creeper — Cry To Heaven (from Sanguivore (Special Edition)) [4:28]
Creeper — Further Than Forever (from Sanguivore) [9:13]
Creeper — The Abyss (from Sanguivore) [0:43]
Creeper — Teenage Sacrifice (from Sanguivore) [4:17]
Creeper — Chapel Gates (from Sanguivore) [2:23]
Creeper — Lovers Led Astray (from Sanguivore) [4:41]
Creeper — Black Heaven (from Sanguivore) [4:16]
Creeper — Sacred Blasphemy (from Sanguivore) [2:54]
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