Mercy's Shore

My arms are tired and weary

These wounds are on full display

I've tried every door in the hallway

There's just nowhere that I feel safe

I see the light but never find the surface

I don't know if I can swim no more

White knuckles and wild horses

One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore

One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore

I'm lost in the waves that crush me

They bring discovery where darkness hides

Just over the ridge in front of you

Another mountain that we'll have to climb

I see the light but never find the surface

I don't know if I can swim no more

White knuckles and wild horses

One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore

One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore

We're a child in the car asleep

In the driveway at night

Our mother's gonna slowly sneak

Our body inside

We can rest in the arms of trust

There's no way we can say

We've earned our way into the light

All we have to do is stay

I see the light but never find the surface

I don't know if I can swim no more

White knuckles and wild horses

One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore

One day we'll wash up on mercy's shore

I've been battlin' a broken heart

Everybody knows I'm torn apart

Since I was eight years old when I thought

God was a girl in my school

If we can wind up on a sandy beach

Breathin' air that only death can reach

And singin' songs that only Heaven leaves

It's okay with me

And God is wantin' us to make believe

But knowin' something is only a dream

Like the absolutes and the in-betweens

Are out of line, sometimes, intertwined, behind

A mind, in line and fights that only fools are still tryin' to fight