Mother of Mercy Sitting waiting in the falling rain Getting ready to begin again Wounded lying, crying, bodies moving, dying All around there is the smell of death and fire Here the planes are coming Hear the soldiers running Killing on a scale to comprehend Why are we here In this place...here to kill Please God forgive us for What we have done I always thought I was doing right As of now I'm not feeling so sure I'm at a place of where I give no grace I'm a soldier of war I sit waiting for my darkest hour To come I cannot think about the things That I have done It shouldn’t take a fool to see that I believe Accept the consequence, repent for what I’ve done You tell me what is certain but I’ll tell you what is true You tell me what is honesty, when all around is death and cruelty The making of a man is fire, not giving into our desires Within the truth it lies within the only thing Mother of Mercy Angel of death desire Mother of mercy Taking my last breath, of fire Mother of mercy Angel of pain Mother of mercy Taking my last breath Some say you are a lost cause, some say you're a saint Just being here's an act of suffering and restraint Walk down the long dark road to ruin and panic not I’ll die a lonely death of That I'm certain of Rivers flow with blood there's nowhere left to hide It’s hard to comprehend there's anyone left alive Sick of all the killing and the reek of death Will god tell me what religion is to man I don't hold with bad religion understand what's underneath it Now I come to think of it, I just don't hold at all you know it You say you are a holy man, but what is it you do From where I stand is nothing but a hollow man I see Mother of Mercy Angel of death desire Mother of mercy Taking my last breath, of fire Mother of mercy Angel of pain Mother of mercy Taking my last breath Mother of Mercy Angel of death desire Mother of mercy Taking my last breath, of fire Mother of mercy Angel of pain Mother of mercy Drawing my last breath I'm just a lonely soldier fighting in a bloody hopeless war Don't know what I'm fighting, who it is, or what I'm fighting for Thought it was for money, make my fortune, now I'm not so sure Seem to just have lost my way
Here's my changes: Sitting waiting in the falling rain Getting ready to begin again Wounded lying, crying, bodies moving, dying All around there is the sound of death and fire Hear the planes are coming, Hear the soldiers running Killing on a scale to comprehend Why are we here In this place Here to kill Please god forgive us for what we have done I always thought I was doing right As of now I’m not feeling so sure I’m at a place of where I give no grace I’m a soldier of war I sit waiting for my darkest hour to come I cannot think about the things that I have done It shouldn’t take a fool to see that I believe Accept the consequences for the things I’ve done You tell me what is certain but I’ll tell you what is true You tell me what is honesty, when all around is death and cruelty ____________________________By not giving into our desires _________________________________________________ __________ Mother of Mercy Angel of death's desire Mother of mercy Taking my last breath and fire Mother of mercy Angel of pain Mother of mercy Taking my last breath Some say you are a lost cause, some say your a saint Just being here is an act of suffering and restraint Walk down the long dark road to ruin and _________ I’ll die alone in __________________________________ River flows with blood there is nowhere left to hide It’s hard to comprehend if there is anyone left alive Sick of all the killing and the reek of death Will god tell me what religion is to man __________________________ understand what's underneath it Now I come to think of it, I just don't hold out __________ You say you are a holy man, but what is it you do From where I stand there's nothing but a hollow man I see Mother of Mercy Angel of deaths desire Mother of mercy Taking my last breath and fire Mother of mercy Angel of pain Mother of mercy Taking my last breath I'm just a lonely soldier fighting in a bloody hopeless war Don't know what I'm fighting, who it is, or what I'm fighting for Thought it was for money, made my fortune, now I'm not so sure __________________________________ I must say this is one damn good song.
Anyone else hear a bit of John Arch-era Fates Warning in the chorus? Not a bad thing at all--in fact, quite the opposite!
Okay here is my [as I listen] take on Mother Of Mercy: This song most reminds me of AMOLAD. Not just because of the soldier tie in. It has a darker, meaner sound than the others on FF. But oh man. It rocks. Bruce is scolding us brilliantly. That chorus is unreal. I had lower expectations for Mother', man I think this one has it all. I love it. "Taking my last breath of fire!!" Dio style rockin-outro.
Sorry, I hear "on fire". Take my last breath of fire? Take my last breath, (I'm) on fire... makes a little more sense to me. You could be right though. We'll see when the lyrics are released.
Corrections and additions in RED, below... Straight off the lyric sheets....so yes, I'm sure these are correct.
Have mercy, indeed! It almost doesnt even feel like a song about the horrors of war and what it does to a man. As it kicks in, I love the twin harmonized guitars...very different for Maiden. Settles in to a nice mid-tempo gallop with a very nice melody in the verse, and a different chorus for them...but great. The words on this song after the first chorus, and relaly throughout this whole album, sometimes seem very odd in their phrasing. Very good song here.
Very good song. Although BRuce struggles a bit too hard in the chorus. I think he should have spent a few more takes on it.