New Mercies

Bm A D A Bm A D A Bm A D A Bm A D A Don’t look - I’ve seen the ending, it’s worse than you thought Bm A D A Bm A D A Don’t say, don’t say anything - the silence is what you want Bm A D A Bm A D A Bm A D Bm A D Don’t watch - I’ve seen the future, and there are no miracles Bm A D Bm A D I don’t mean to sound so cynical, but no one changes that much G D A Bm Is it too late for me to believe in the morning's new mercies? G D A Bm I’ve been dying just to see a glimpse of the morning and its new mercies Bm A D A Bm A D A Bm A D A Bm A D A Eloi, Eloi, a godforksaken reply Bm A D A Bm A D A If I speak to the daylight, will you hold the sun still in the sky Bm A D A Bm A D A So I don’t have to watch how my heroes die by the hand of the night? Bm A D A Bm A D I wrote their eulogies in my scattered poetry, yeah, I buried them nearby G D A Bm Is it too late for me to believe in the morning's new mercies? G D A E I’ve been dying just to see a glimpse of the morning and its new mercies G D Oooh A E The morning and its new mercies G D G D G D G D Here lies the paradox: the shouting match, the silent God G D G D The push and pull of faith unseen, I nurse my bleeding unbelief G D G D I don’t know what to say, to someone who knows everything G D A E All I do is fight your words, so let’s not act like I deserve the morning and its new mercies G D A E Oh, the morning and its new mercies G D A Bm So, is it too late for me to believe in the morning's new mercies? G D A E I’ve been dying just to see a glimpse of the morning and its new mercies G D A Bm The morning's new mercies