- Don't Mistake My Mercy

Intro You're still breathing. Ever wonder why?

Verse 1 You walk this town like the ground forgave you Like the handshake in that courtroom saved you You don't know how close the dark has come How many nights I've cleaned a loaded gun

Pre-Chorus And set it back down slow For a reason you don't know

Chorus Don't mistake my mercy for a weakness I let you walk — that was the gift Every day you wake is me forgiving What I lost that I can't lift

Verse 2 She'd have hated who I'd have to be If I gave the dark what it wants from me So it's her hand, not yours, that holds me back The only thing between you and the crack

Pre-Chorus And I set it back down slow For a reason you'll never know

Chorus Don't mistake my mercy for a weakness I let you walk — that was the gift Every day you wake is me forgiving What I lost that I can't lift

Bridge Mercy ain't the same as peace Mercy's just a leash I keep And leashes fray, and hands get tired And one day, boy, she won't be there to hold me Don't mistake my mercy for a weakness I let you walk — that was the gift Every day you wake is me forgiving What I lost that I can't lift

Outro Say thank you to a dead woman. She's the only reason.

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