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KMFDM

Mercy

Release date: 23rd September 1997

From Symbols
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About This Track

"Mercy" is a track by KMFDM, from the album Symbols, released 23rd September 1997. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

KMFDM

KMFDM

Lyrics

Mercy

[Verse 1: Sascha]

I went through too many people

I went through heaven and hell

I went from Rome to Bagdad

Too many stories to tell

[Chorus: Sascha and En Esch]

What do you mean by that?

Mercy is all you get

Do what you won't regret

Freedom's your self-respect

What do you mean by that?

[Verse 2: Sascha]

I lived through too many aeons

I've risen up, and I fell the fall

I have been there, and I have done that

I've seen it all and all

[Chorus: Sascha and En Esch]

What do you mean by that?

Mercy is all you get

Do what you won't regret

Freedom's your self-respect

What do you mean by that?

[Verse 3: Sascha]

My time is running like water

Deeper I dive and deeper

Last of nine lives of the cat

I saved my soul for the reaper

[Chorus: Sascha and En Esch, (Abby Travis)]

What do you mean by that?

(I saved my soul for the reaper)

Mercy is all you get

(Deeper I dive and deeper)

Do what you won't regret

(I saved my soul for the reaper)

Freedom's your self-respect

(Deeper I dive and deeper)

[Chorus: Sascha and En Esch, (Abby Travis)]

What do you mean by that?

(I saved my soul for the reaper)

Mercy is all you get

(Deeper I dive and deeper)

Do what you won't regret

(I saved my soul for the reaper)

Freedom's your self-respect

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

What do you mean by that?

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Track details

From Symbols

1997
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    En Esch, Günter Schulz, Sascha Konietzko
    Lyricist
    Sascha Konietzko
    Producer
    Chris Shepard, KMFDM
    Guitar
    Günter Schulz, Michel Bassin
    Vocals
    Abby Travis, En Esch, Sascha Konietzko
    Cymbal
    En Esch
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    Sascha Konietzko
    Sequencer
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