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John Cale – MERCY (2023) | Track profile | Dork

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John Cale
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MERCY

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MERCY

Release date: 20th January 2023

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"MERCY" is a track by John Cale, from the album Mercy, released 20th January 2023. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about John Cale.

About the Artist

John Cale

John Cale

Lyrics

MERCY

[Intro]

Lives do matter

Lives don't matter

(Wolves getting ready)

[Verse 1]

Wolves getting ready

They’re gonna buy more guns

Rolling around in the snow and the mud

Lights exploding above

[Refrain]

Colder

Colder

Colder

Cold

[Verse 2]

The celebration started early (The celebration started early)

Everybody was upset (Everybody was upset)

Couldn't find a way to stop it (Stop it)

With so many left for dead

[Bridge]

I'm looking for mercy

More and more

[Refrain]

Colder

Colder

Colder

Cold (Lives do matter)

(Lives don’t matter)

(Mercy, mercy)

(Cold)

[Verse 3]

Days and days were spent in anger

Nights were filled with lust

Lift me up and show me mercy

Now everybody's upset

(Lift me up)

(Lift me up)

[Refrain]

Mercy

Mercy

Have mercy

Mercy

Mercy, mercy

Mercy on me

[Refrain]

Waiting

Waiting (Lift me up)

Please have mercy

On me

[Bridge]

Lift me up

Lift me up

Lift me up

Lift me up

[Outro]

Mercy, mercy

One more time

(Wolves getting ready)

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Track details

From Mercy

2023

Listen

Album

20th January 2023

Release year

2023

1MERCY (feat. Laurel Halo)
7:00
2MARILYN MONROE'S LEGS (Beauty Elsewhere) [feat. Actress]
6:53
3NOISE OF YOU
5:16
4

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STORY OF BLOOD (feat. Weyes Blood)

7:32

5TIME STANDS STILL (feat. Sylvan Esso)

6MOONSTRUCK (Nico's Song)

7EVERLASTING DAYS (feat. Animal Collective)

8NIGHT CRAWLING

9NOT THE END OF THE WORLD

10THE LEGAL STATUS OF ICE (feat. The Fat White Family)

11I KNOW YOU'RE HAPPY (feat Tei Shi)

12OUT YOUR WINDOW

—MARILYN MONROE'S LEGS (Beauty Elsewhere)

—I KNOW YOU'RE HAPPY

—MERCY

—THE LEGAL STATUS OF ICE

—TIME STANDS STILL

—EVERLASTING DAYS

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: John Cale
Producer: John Cale, Nita Scott
Bass: John Cale
Drums: John Cale
Vocals: John Cale
Additional Vocals: Laurel Halo
Mastering Engineer: Mike Bozzi
Mixing Engineer: Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce
Piano: John Cale
Recording Engineer: Dustin Boyer
Sound Effects: Laurel Halo
Synthesizer: John Cale, Laurel Halo