Last night I woke alone with a whisper in my ear   Recanting all my aspirations and my fears   And when the sun came up that voice had disappeared   But it would linger on for years   It said "We can't just blame it on our mothers   Claim everything they did was always wrong"   And there ain't not turning back when our train is off its track   And there's nothing we can do but watch it crash (watch it crash)   And there ain't no right and wrong when we know it won't be long   And there's nothing we can do but watch it crash   So mercy, mercy, mercy me   Praying for the death of a man I'll never meet   Though everyone will know the truth they'll still just make believe   Mercy mercy me   That's all they came for, that's all they took   That's all we had to offer, only dirty looks   And when they realized we'd given all we could, that's when they finally understood   Mercy mercy mercy me   Haunted by the memories of things we'll never see   Guilty for the statements that we'll never get to speak   Mercy mercy me