Shawn Mendes

Released: December 23, 2016

Songwriter: Shawn Mendes Teddy Geiger Ilsey Danny Parker

Producer: Teddy Geiger Jake Gosling

[Intro]
Mm-mm-hm, mm-mm-hm, mm-mmm-hmm
Mm-mm-hm, mm-mm-hm, mm-mmm-hmm

[Verse 1]
You've got a hold on me
Don't even know your power
I stand a hundred feet
But I fall when I'm around ya
Show me an open door
And you go and slam it on me
I can't take anymore

[Chorus]
I'm saying...
Baby, please have mercy on me
Take it easy on my heart
Even though you don't mean to hurt me
You keep tearing me apart
Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart?
Please have mercy, mercy on my heart

[Verse 2]
Mm-mm-hm, mm-mm-hm, mm-mmm-hmm
I'd drive through the night
Just to be near you, baby
And heart open, testify
Tell me that I'm not crazy
I'm not asking for a lot
Just that you're honest with me
And my pride, is all I got

[Chorus]
I'm saying...
Baby, please have mercy on me
Take it easy on my heart
Even though you don't mean to hurt me
You keep tearing me apart
Would you please have mercy on me?
I'm a puppet on your strings
And even though you got good intentions
I need you to set me free
Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart?
Please have mercy, mercy on my heart

[Bridge]
Consuming all the air inside my lungs
Ripping all the skin from off my bones
I'm prepared to sacrifice my life
I would gladly do it twice
Consuming all the air inside my lungs
Ripping all the skin from off my bones
I'm prepared to sacrifice my life
I would gladly do it twice

[Chorus]
Oh, please have mercy on me
Take it easy on my heart
Even though you don't mean to hurt me
You keep tearing me apart
Would you please have mercy on me?
I'm a puppet on your string
And even though you got good intentions
I need you to set me free
I'm begging you for mercy, mercy on my heart
Please have mercy, mercy on my heart
Please have mercy, Sing! mercy on my heart
Would you please have mercy, Scream it! (mercy on my heart) Please have mercy, mercy (on my heart)
Would you please have mercy, no, mercy on my heart

[Outro]
Mm-mm-hm, mm-mm-hm, mm-mmm-hmm
Mm-mm-hm, mm-mm-hm, mm-mmm-hmm

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (born August 8, 1998 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He spent his early days learning to play guitar by watching YouTube tutorial videos, when Shawn was younger he was judged for being so invested in watching youtube influencers. He started doing covers on youtube but then, gained millions of followers in a few months for singing on Vine in 2013, becoming the third most-followed artist on the platform in 2014. He was in magcon in 2014 with Jack Gillinsky, Nash Grier, Cameron Dallas, Matt Espinosa, and Jack Johnson.

He officially signed with Island Records in May 2014 and released his first single “Life of the Party” on June 26, 2014. His debut album Handwritten, which included hit single “Stitches”, reached the top 10 in the U.S. and Canada, and number one in the UK. He went to re-release that album under Handwritten Revisted with four new tracks, including collaboration with Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello, “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”

His second studio album Illuminate delivered three hit “Treat You Better”, “Mercy”, and “There’s Nothing Holdin' Me Back”. The latter single peaked in the Billboard Top 10 and also reached number one on the Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart. In August 2017, he became the first artist under 20 to have three number-one songs on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart.

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