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Mercy Road

-Kind of an almost forgotten song in my files... written in middle school and edited in 9th or 10th grade- can't remember. First time writing a song for the guitar. It was brutal! xD - There’s something sick inside these walls I gotta get away from here! These empty people lead me nowhere I hope you hear me when I call Cause I won’t waste another year And you know no one else will care when I’m gone As the faces leave my mind It’s only you that I will find Until the traces are left for dead All the heartache left behind I’ll face this world alone I’ll take the only path I know Your heart was my abode And now I take the Mercy Road Mercy Road…Mercy Road… So you left me for the world When there was nothing left of me And every day is getting harder I hope you’re happy in this state Cause I sure as hell am not Before you leave and turn away Watch me rot As the faces leave my mind It’s only you that I will find Until the traces are left for dead All the heartache left behind I’ll face this world alone I’ll take the only path I know Your heart was my abode And now I take the Mercy Road Mercy Road…Mercy Road Driving down the Mercy Road It’s the only path I know You’re gone, and now I hate this way Cause now I drive it all alone

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 5/10/2014 12:48:00 PM
Brutal undertakings yield phenomenal results. The efforts you put into writing this really shows. It's a huge gem.
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Date: 2/17/2014 1:46:00 AM
Mercy Road is a great title, and a greater vision Laura. Makes me wonder where mercy road goes. Alone can be such a powerful tempt, but such an empty vault as well. Being alone, and happy requires a lot of strength, however, apart of that strength is finding a hope that you will discover others to share with too. Great song. J.A.B.
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Date: 2/10/2014 2:42:00 PM
Deep and soulful even at such a young ageLaura....shades of Springsteen in that one...well done you
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Date: 2/3/2014 4:31:00 PM
Laura it reads very well to me, so it must be god to music...David
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Date: 1/31/2014 7:10:00 PM
Thanks for sharing Laura, Enjoyed , forgive and forget but drive on
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Date: 1/30/2014 8:24:00 PM
Laura, I don't know what to say. I'd hate to drive down this mercy road... Alone at that... good poem...SKAT
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Date: 1/29/2014 7:29:00 PM
If this is a song, I would love to hear its accompanying melody. Looks like you have something very admirable here.
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Laura Breidenthal
Date: 1/29/2014 8:20:00 PM
Thanks Robert! I'm thinking of redoing the piece. Learning guitar little by little. : ) Thanks for visitng. ~Laura

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