The Room Where Mercy Sleeps

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Eighteen forever and a thousand years deep

I watched the temples crumble into sand

They crowned me girl they should have crowned me grief

The first believers never understand

I predate every prayer they ever wrote

Before the cross before the burning scrolls

I wear this face like some forgotten coat

And bury centuries in shallow holes

Pre-Chorus

And every night I rise

Hungry and alive

And every night I swear

I won't

Chorus

But I do I do I do

Something in me needs the proof

I do I do I do

Nothing left of me but truth

Regret is just a room I keep

Where all my mercy goes to sleep

I do I do I do

And I hate the way I do

Verse 2

I was somebody's daughter once

Somebody's hope somebody's dawn

Now I am patient as a stone

Counting heartbeats till they're gone

I know the taste of every kind

Of goodbye whispered in the dark

I leave them warm I leave them kind

And carry home a quieter heart

Pre-Chorus

And every night I rise

Ancient and disguised

And every night I pray

For the end

Chorus

But I do I do I do

Something in me needs the proof

I do I do I do

Nothing left of me but truth

Regret is just a room I keep

Where all my mercy goes to sleep

I do I do I do

And I hate the way I do

Bridge

No stake no sun no holy water

Ever taught me how to stop

I am daughter I am monster

I am everything I'm not

Turn me loose or turn me over

Either way I'll still be here

Older than the oldest altar

Young enough to disappear

Breakdown

I do I do I do

(I do I do)

I do I do I do

(I do)

Chorus

But I do I do I do

Something in me needs the proof

I do I do I do

Nothing left of me but truth

Regret is just a room I keep

Where all my mercy goes to sleep

I do I do I do

And I hate the way I do

Outro

I do

I do

I do I do I do