My hearts getting bigger so I need a new pant size
When youre the tower of strength people climb up your backside
So you dont stay that way too long
Youre only temporarily strong


Ive got mercy, mercy to go
Ive got mercy, mercy to go
And then its all gone


You dont swim up and grab a drowning man
Cause hell use you as a life raft if he can
Its better to hold a out a branch
Then the tree, and then the whole ranch


Cause Ive got mercy, mercy to go
Ive got mercy, mercy to go
Ive got mercy, mercy to go
And then its all gone


As I mature I learn to speak my mind
On the other hand I learn to be patient let it ride
Between these two traits is a line
You step on it all of the time
Why do these things always happen to you?
I wish I had the time to let them swallow me too
When we count up all of our wounds
Youre the desert, Im one of the dunes


I never met a manipulator that wasnt paranoid
They see in themselves what in others they should avoid
All the devious plans arent there
Ghosts fly out from under their hair
And I get to hear about it, and it comes in heavy waves
And Im lying under your downer, with no breathing space


And Ive still got mercy, mercy to go
And when its all gone
I guess its all gone