NEEDTOBREATHE
NEEDTOBREATHE
NEEDTOBREATHE
NEEDTOBREATHE & Drew & Ellie Holcomb
NEEDTOBREATHE
NEEDTOBREATHE
NEEDTOBREATHE
NEEDTOBREATHE
NEEDTOBREATHE
NEEDTOBREATHE
NEEDTOBREATHE
NEEDTOBREATHE & Elle King
“Mercy’s Shore” is a song composed by the Christian rock band, NEEDTOBREATHE. “Mercy’s Shore” is the starting song of their seventh album, “Out of Body”, released during the Covid Pandemic in 2020.
[Intro]
My arms are tired and weary
These wounds are on full display
I've tried every door in the hallway
There's just nowhere that I feel safe
[Chorus]
I see the light but never find the surface
I don’t know if I can swim no more
White knuckles and wild horses
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
(Ooh oooh oooh oooh)
[Verse 1]
I'm lost in the waves that crush me
They bring discovery where darkness hides
Just over the ridge in front of you
Another mountain that you'll have to climb
[Chorus]
I see the light but never find the surface
I don’t know if I can swim no more
White knuckles and wild horses
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
(Oh woah woah woah)
[Verse 2]
We're a child in the car asleep
In the driveway at night
Our mother's gonna slowly sneak
Our body inside
We can rest in the arms of trust
There's no way that we can say
We've earned our way into light
All we have to do is stay
[Chorus]
I see the light but never find the surface
I don’t know if I can swim no more
White knuckles and wild horses
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
(Oh wo-oah wo-oah wo-oah)
(Oh wo-oah wo-oah wo-oah)
[Outro]
I've been battling a broken heart
Everybody knows I'm torn apart
Since I was eight years old and I thought that
God was a girl in my school
If we can wind up on a sandy beach
Breathin' air that only death can reach
And singing songs that only heaven leaves
It's okay with me
And God is wanting us to make believe
But knowing something is only a dream
Like the absolutes and the in-between
Are out of line, sometimes, intertwined, behind
A mind, in line, and fights that only fools are still trying to fight
Mercy’s Shore was written by Bear Rinehart & Tyler Burkum.
Mercy’s Shore was produced by Cason Cooley & Jeremy Lutito & NEEDTOBREATHE.
NEEDTOBREATHE released Mercy’s Shore on Fri Aug 28 2020.
I wrote this song with Tyler Burkum, a guitar player we’ve collaborated with over the years but never written with before. We built this song based on this idea of what it’s like when a kid is asleep in their car when they get home, how a parent or loved one takes them inside, there’s a complete tru...