mother of mercy

Singer:iron maiden

sitting waiting in the falling rain

getting ready to begin again

wounded lying

crying

bodies moving

dying

all around there is the smell of death and fire

here the planes are coming

hear the soldiers running

killing on a scale to comprehend

why are we here

in this place.here to kill

please god forgive us for

what we have done

i always thought i was doing right

as of now i'm not feeling so sure

i'm at a place where

i give no grace

i'm a soldier of war

i sit waiting for my darkest hour to come

i cannot think about the things that i have done

it shouldn't take a fool to see that i believe

accept the consequence

repent for what i've done

you tell me what is certain but i'll tell you what is true

you tell me what is honesty

when all around is death and cruelty

the making of a man is fire

not giving into our desires

within the truth it lies within the only thing

mother of mercy

angel of death desire

mother of mercy

taking my last breath of fire

mother of mercy

angel of pain

mother of mercy

taking my last breath

some say you are a lost cause

some say you're a saint

just being here's an act of suffering and restraint

walk down the long dark road to ruin and panic not

i'll die a lonely death of

that i'm certain of

rivers flow with blood there's nowhere left to hide

it's hard to comprehend there's anyone left alive

sick of all the killing and the reek of death

will god tell me what religion is to man

i don't hold with bad religion understand what's underneath it

now i come to think of it

i just don't hold at all you know it

you say you are a holy man

but what is it you do

from where i stand is nothing but a hollow man i see

mother of mercy

angel of death desire

mother of mercy

taking my last breath of fire

mother of mercy

angel of pain

mother of mercy

taking my last breath

mother of mercy

angel of death desire

mother of mercy

taking my last breath of fire

mother of mercy

angel of pain

mother of mercy

drawing my last breath

i'm just a lonely soldier fighting in a bloody hopeless war

don't know what i'm fighting

who it is

or what i'm fighting for

thought it was for money

make my fortune

now i'm not so sure

seem to just have lost my way