The Mercy Beat Songtext
von The The

There′s a high wind blowin, & the stars are shining bright,
Oh what a night, this is gonna be--
I think I'll let the world sleep without me.
I got one eye open, one eye closed.
& My thin body′s trembling beneath the bedclothes,
My hearts beatin' against the roof of my mouth
--It's almost time to get out of this house.

I got one hand on the radio, one hand on the wheel,
I got my right foot on the floorboard,--
& I′m preparing to kill or be killed.

There′s a high wind blowin', & the stars are shining bright.
& The rain upon the tarmac,
--helps me sail through the traffic lights,
I′m heading down to the dock of the bay,
--to feel the power of the waves,
I'm gonna move up close to that wind,
& Wrestle with the thoughts solitude always brings.


Y′see I'm stuck between hell & the deep blue sea,
& I know that water′s sucked under better man than me,
I was just another western guy,
--with desires that couldn't be satisfied,
So one day, I asked the angels for inspiration,
--but the devil bought me a drink,
& He's been buying them ever since,
He′s had the liquor on my tongue
--feel like the sea upon the sand,
He′s had me signing confessions
--from this shaking hand,
He's had me struggling to hang onto hope--
Like a drunken sailor in a tugboat
With a bottle of vodka in my overcoat,
& My dog eared bible lost--overboard

Y′see he tricked me into temptation,
So I've tricked him into this confrontation,
I never said I was the man I appeared to be
Not the flesh wrapped around the bones of necessity.
Or the soul on fire--scribbling thoughts for posterity.

I′m gonna have little lucifer, runnin' off to purgatory,
--with his tail between his legs,
I′m gonna teach him a lesson
--he ain't ever gonna forget.
All the vultures & crows are fixin up some tombstones
But they won't be chewing the meat off my bones.

There′s a high wind blowin′ & the stars are shining bright.
Me & him are gonna have a little knife fight,
--in the bowels of the big city skyline,
Oh this feelin' inside runs dark & deep
--Tonight my hearts not thumping
--A Mercy Beat

I was just another western guy,
With desires that couldn′t be--satisfied.