Begging Mercy
Many men, many many many men
Wish death on me
No I won’t tell the sky no more
Have mercy on my soul.
And hey who told me you’d be coming
begging up for mercy?
I went down to the preacher’s this morning,
I’ve got a couple of confessions to make.
And oh, now put your hands around me,
Ain’t no religion could show you the way.
`Cause I’m ready to go and I take what I own
If you’d let me explore.
Ain’t no satisfaction could free me from my sins,
Now Lord have mercy.
‘Cause I know you’ll be coming begging up for mercy,
It’s not my fault if I got you under my spell.
I said lord have mercy on me
If I could just do my penitence.
And oh, now put your hands around me,
Ain’t no religion could show you the way.
`Cause I’m ready to go and I take what I own
If you’d let me explore.
Ain’t no satisfaction could free me from my sins,
Now Lord have mercy.
And oh, now put your hands around me,
Ain’t no religion,
I said there’s not religion…
I am ready
(`Cause I’m ready to go and I take what I own
If you’d let me explore.)
Ain’t no satisfaction could free me from my sins,
`Cause I’m ready to go and I take what I own
If you’d let me explore.
Ain’t no satisfaction could free me from my sins,
Now Lord have mercy.
Have mercy on me.
About the song
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As their 6th release before their album, `Begging Mercy' was born from a voice note where our singer Maria was originally humming the melody, Begging Mercy is one of the first songs that came out of our early jams together as a band back in 2020. Despite going through multiple changes, this song has been a staple in the band's set since the beginning, maturing and growing with us as our musicality developed through the years.​
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It is a dark, explosive, psychedelic infused blues rock epic, subjugating to rebellion and, ultimately, liberation. Inspired by Maria’s upbringing in a Catholic school, she thought it would be interesting to write a song which is a juxtaposition of Catholic practice and lust to bring tension into the narrative.