Laura Breidenthal Poet Lyric

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

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Jake Ponce May 10, 2014 at 12:48 PM Brutal undertakings yield phenomenal results. The efforts you put into writing this really shows. It's a huge gem.

Justin Bordner February 17, 2014 at 1:46 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.

Peter Walsh February 10, 2014 at 2:42 PM Deep and soulful even at such a young ageLaura....shades of Springsteen in that one...well done you

David Williams February 3, 2014 at 4:31 PM Laura it reads very well to me, so it must be god to music...David

John Beam January 31, 2014 at 7:10 PM Thanks for sharing Laura, Enjoyed , forgive and forget but drive on

Skat A January 30, 2014 at 8:24 PM Laura, I don't know what to say. I'd hate to drive down this mercy road... Alone at that... good poem...SKAT

Robert Pettit January 29, 2014 at 7:29 PM If this is a song, I would love to hear its accompanying melody. Looks like you have something very admirable here. Laura Breidenthal January 29, 2014 at 8:20 PM Thanks Robert! I'm thinking of redoing the piece. Learning guitar little by little. : ) Thanks for visitng. ~Laura