Released: June 29, 1991
Songwriter: Sarah McLachlan
Producer: Pierre Marchand
[Verse 1]
Mercy - pure and simple
Longing - cold and hollow
With sweet breath you'd come to warn me
But I held on too hard to only a memory
[Chorus]
You lie there on the swollen ground
Deserted in your heart
Still longing for what yesterday's lost
And for all that tomorrow might bring
And for all that tomorrow might bring
[Verse 2]
The passion lost - taken, stolen
The dreams we had and we shared - shattered and broken
With kind words you'd come to soothe me
But I so blind (And filled with fear)
Would send you away from me
[Chorus]
There's no hope in regretting now
All the pain that we could not see
We both knew what we wanted now
And we took it believing it free
And we took it believing it free
Mercy - pure and simple
Longing - cold and hollow
With sweet breath you'd come to warn me
But I held on too hard to only a memory
[Chorus]
You lie there on the swollen ground
Deserted in your heart
Still longing for what yesterday's lost
And for all that tomorrow might bring
And for all that tomorrow might bring
[Verse 2]
The passion lost - taken, stolen
The dreams we had and we shared - shattered and broken
With kind words you'd come to soothe me
But I so blind (And filled with fear)
Would send you away from me
[Chorus]
There's no hope in regretting now
All the pain that we could not see
We both knew what we wanted now
And we took it believing it free
And we took it believing it free
more tracks from the album
Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan
- I Will Remember You
- Into the Fire
- Vox
- Fallen
- Stupid
- The Path of Thorns (Terms)
- Hold On
- Good Enough
- Building a Mystery
- Sweet Surrender
- Adia
- U Want Me 2 (Radio Mix)
- Don’t Give Up on Us
- Mercy
- Possession
- Angel
- Ice Cream
- World on Fire
- Drawn to the Rhythm
- Push
- I Will Remember You (Live)
- U Want Me 2
- Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
- Ben’s Song
- Steaming
- World On Fire (Radio Mix)
From the albums
- Solace (1991)
- Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan (2008)
Sarah McLachlan popular songs
- Angel
- Angel (Acoustic)
- When She Loved Me
- I Will Remember You
- Building a Mystery
- Adia
- Sweet Surrender
- Possession
- Fallen
- World on Fire
- Prayer of Saint Francis (Traditional)
- Prayer of St. Francis
- Answer
- I Love You
- Out of the Shadows
- Push (Live)
- What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
- Unchained Melody
- Train Wreck
- Fear
- I Will Not Forget You
- U Want Me 2
- Find Your Voice
- Perfect Girl