Last night I woke alone with a whisper in my earnRecanting all my aspirations and my fearsnAnd when the sun came up that voice had disappearednBut it would linger on for yearsnIt said We can't just blame it on our mothersnClaim everything they did was always wrongnAnd there ain't not turning back when our train is off its tracknAnd there's nothing we can do but watch it crash (watch it crash)nAnd there ain't no right and wrong when we know it won't be longnAnd there's nothing we can do but watch it crashnSo mercy, mercy, mercy menPraying for the death of a man I'll never meetnThough everyone will know the truth they'll still just make believenMercy mercy menThat's all they came for, that's all they tooknThat's all we had to offer, only dirty looksnAnd when they realized we'd given all we could, that's when they finally understoodnMercy mercy mercy menHaunted by the memories of things we'll never seenGuilty for the statements that we'll never get to speaknMercy mercy me