I was drinking some wine... and it turned to blood
What's the use of religion... if you're any good
I know I'm weedkiller honey... and you're sugar
If you're the prosecution... I get away with murder
If you were ice... I'm water
And with your telescope... I can see further
We're binary code... a one and a zero
You wanted violins... and you got Nero
You're gravity... searching for the ground
You're silence... searching for a sound
Your heart is aching... your heart is my home
It's fascinating... I know I'll never be alone

I'm rippin' the stitches
You got two hands to rub
I'm in the ditches
Of someone else's love

Love is when I lie
Love puts the blue back in my eye
Love will come again
I'll be gone again... again

If you're hunger... baby let me feed it
If your heart is full... baby let me bleed it
And happiness is for... those who don't really need it
You love me... too much
You always loved me... too much

When I was rippin' the stitches
You got two fists to rub
I'm in the ditches
Of someone else's luck

Love is when I lie
Love puts the blue back in my eye
Love has come again
I am gone again

Love's got to be with a wink
Only then love gets a chance to speak
Love will come again
I'll be gone again... again

I... I can't escape myself
I hear you talk
Feeling nothing
I fear nothing
Feel....

I can hear so much
Fear nothing
I feel so much
Fear... nothing

Love has come again
I am gone again
Love is the end of history
The enemy of misery
Love has come again
I am gone again

Love is justice, a charity
Love brings with it a clarity
Love has come again
I'm alive again
Alive...

I am alive, baby I'm born again and again
And again, and again and again and again
Again



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    General Comment:OK, this is the only song of the band's I like, and NOBODY has interpreted it. (OK, some of you did but I do NOT see any religious inferences so in my book you are just plain WRONG-O.) Any ideas on the song's meaning???? It has something to do with loving and leaving, but I'm at a real loss.
    Flag rolypolywoofwoofon December 13, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:i think Mercy is one the most powerful, strong, emotional songs ever made by U2 ... i hope to hear it on a prorper album soon, that would be magnificent...
    Flag HankSayson December 10, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:the sang a different version last week live and the same one today. anybody figure out those lyrics??
    Flagged RicoMacPhistoon September 15, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I'm not sure the lyrics are right (though since there's no offical release, its hard to say) I thought he was "digging" the ditches of someone elses love/luck,that love "hears" when he lies and has to be with the "Weak" not a wink.
    Also the "I can hear so much" sounds more like "I consult my..." which makes no sense, but eh...

    I really hope this gets released one day as a single. Its six and a half minutes of u2 at their most u2ish. If it had been on HTDAAB it would have surely been my favourite by a long way.
    Flag logggerfloodleson May 24, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I feel so fortunate to have a copy of this song, and I know I wouldn't get tired of it.

    I like I Know Things explaination. It make sense to me since the Delux Booklet to HTDMAAB has a whole page of lyrics of the song and the title Mercy is also mentioned in the time-line page of the booklet too, and the song is way too good to be a B-side song and as it was simply omitted.

    I Think You Know tell us more. Why can't we handle the truth?
    Flag freewayon June 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:If you want this song... PM me...
    Flag Richard2468on March 21, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:yay found it, !!! i have to day i dotn like it nearly as much as other songs on HTDAAB. i am quite ok with it being left off. or tho i do really love the line this bit

    I... I can't escape myself
    I hear you talk
    Feeling nothing
    I fear nothing
    Feel....

    that deff seems like hes talkign to god, so i guess its about religion.
    what great guy. [bono, not god]
    Flag charlotte474on February 28, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:ME TOO
    !!!! where can i get it!
    Flag charlotte474on February 26, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:where can i download this song? i really want to hear it
    Flag pondoon February 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This song has become my favorite u2 song, it sends shivers down my spine every time, bono's vocals sound so free, this is truly one of there best
    Flag NewYearsDayon February 23, 2007   Link

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