Mercy For The Rotten

(Style: rap, Rap-meets high-gloss dark-pop with sidechained synth swells, tight trap drums, autotuned male vocals, and gritty indie guitars; verses ride dark, close-mic rap energy, hooks explode into euphoric stacked choruses with punchy stop-start mutes and alt-rock bite, big saturated low end and a snarling, cinematic mix., male vocals, rock, pop, raw)

Verse

Rain crawling down the walls

I’ve been awake for days

Trying not to think of you

You look at me like mercy

Like something almost pure

And I don’t know how you still can

After everything I was

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Chorus

So have mercy for the rotten

For the parts I couldn’t save

For the hunger in my bloodstream

For the mess I became

Hold me like a funeral

Like something already gone

Cause I swear I tried to love you

Before everything went wrong

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Verse

Cold water in the sink

Your footsteps down the stairs

Every little thing about you

Still feels like prayer

And I know I make darkness

Out of everything I touch

But losing you feels worse

Than becoming what I was

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Chorus

So have mercy for the rotten

For the hollow in my chest

For the nights I let the monsters

Sleep beside the bed

And if heaven ever wanted me

It forgot before I did

Now I only hear your voice

When the house goes dim

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Outro

Saints don’t stay long here

Neither do you

Still I leave the lights on

Like a fool