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Muse

Mercy

Release date: 3rd June 2015

From DronesTrack 43:52
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About This Track

'Mercy' finds Muse's protagonist in freefall, trapped inside a system of control. The song cycles through pleas for rescue from shadowy forces, from "men in cloaks" and "absent gods", from the machinery of power that reduces human will to compliance. Matt Bellamy's vocal delivery matches the desperation of the lyrics, urgent and strained against the song's propulsive rock framework. The track sits within the larger narrative of Drones, a concept album that traces a human journey through abandonment and transformation. Here, that transformation has already taken hold. The repetition of "show me mercy" becomes both prayer and accusation, a refusal to accept the role assigned. The song balances theatrical ambition with genuine emotional weight, its anger directed not inward but outward, at the systems and the unseen hands that operate them.

"Mercy" is a single by Muse, from the album Drones, released 3rd June 2015. The track is 3:52 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Muse.

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Muse

Muse

Lyrics

Mercy

Help me, I've fallen on the inside
I tried to change the game
I tried to infiltrate, but now I'm losing
Men in cloaks always seem to run the show
Save me from the
Ghosts and shadows before they eat my soul
Mercy
Mercy
Show me mercy, from the powers that be
Show me mercy, can someone rescue me?
Absent gods and silent tyranny
We're going under, hypnotized by another puppeteer
And tell me why the men in cloaks always have
To bring me down
Running from the
Ghosts and shadows the world just disavows
Mercy
Mercy
Show me mercy, from the powers that be
Show me mercy, can someone rescue me?
Show me mercy
Show me mercy, please
Help me, I've fallen on the inside
And all the men in cloaks trying to devour my soul
Show me mercy from the powers that be
Show me mercy from the gutless and mean
Show me mercy from the killing machines
Show me mercy, can someone rescue me?

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Track details

From Drones

3:522015Single
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Album
Drones
Drones
Muse
4th June 2015
Track number
4
Release year
2015
  1. 1Dead Inside
    4:23
  2. 2[Drill Sergeant]
    0:21
  3. 3Psycho
    5:17
  4. 4Mercy
    3:52
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Matt Bellamy
    Producer
    Dominic Howard, Matt Bellamy, Robert John Lange
    Bass
    Chris Wolstenholme
    Drums
    Dominic Howard
    Guitar
    Matt Bellamy
    Keyboards
    Matt Bellamy
    Vocals
    Matt Bellamy
    Additional Engineering
    Adam Greenholtz
    Additional Production
    Rich Costey, Tommaso Colliva
    Additional Programming
    Olle “Sven” Rom
    Arranger
    Matt Bellamy
    Assistant Engineer
    Eric Mosher, Giuseppe Salvadori, Jacopo Dorici, John Prestage, Tom Bailey
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Marlo Borgatta
    Background Vocals
    Chris Wolstenholme, Robert John Lange
    Cello
    Andrea Scacchi, Eliana Gintoli, Francesco Sacco, Martina Rudic
    Concertmaster
    Edoardo De Angelis
    Conductor
    Audrey Riley
    Double Bass
    Linati Omar, Massimo Clavenna
    Mastering Engineer
    Giovanni Versari
    Mixing Engineer
    Rich Costey
    Percussion
    Dominic Howard
    Piano
    Matt Bellamy
    Recording Engineer
    Tommaso Colliva
    Strings Arranger
    Audrey Riley
    Synthesizer
    Alessandro Cortini
    Viola
    Maria Lucchi, Serena Palozzi, Valentina Emilio Eria
    Violin
    Anna Minella, Edoardo De Angelis, Elia Mariani, Freiherr von Dellingshausen, Gian Guerra, Gian Lodigiani, Gianmaria Bellisario, Marco Corsini, Michelle Torresetti, Sarah Cross, Tommaso Belli, Valerio D’Ercole
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