Mercy Kill

Verse 1

You still reach for me in your sleep
Like your body hasn’t learned the truth
And I still kiss you like a drowning man
Pretending love can make us new

But every promise hits the floor now
Broken glass beneath our feet
And all the things we never gave each other
Hang between us when we speak

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Pre-Chorus

Neither one of us is leaving
Neither one can make this right
So we hold each other closer
Knowing someone has to strike

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Chorus

And when it ends, it ends like fire
Like a cathedral coming down
Like the last breath of a miracle
Before it leaves your mouth

And all the love that couldn’t save us
Will be ash beneath our feet
When forever finally breaks—
It breaks completely

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Verse 2

We keep building little truces
On foundations made of dust
Still mistaking fear of losing
For enough to call it love

And every night your eyes say something
Your mouth won’t let them confess
Like you’re waiting for the moment
You can’t fake it any less

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Pre-Chorus

Neither one of us is happy
Neither one can walk away
So we wait here in the wreckage
For the other one to break

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Chorus

And when it ends, it ends like fire
Like a cathedral coming down
Like the last breath of a miracle
Before it leaves your mouth

And all the love that couldn’t save us
Will be ash beneath our feet
When forever finally breaks—
It breaks completely

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Bridge

So when your courage outweighs your fear
And you finally speak the words
Know I’ll hate them when I hear them
Even knowing they’re deserved

And I’ll still reach for your hand
While the whole thing comes undone
Because losing you is mercy—
But I’ll never be the one

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Final Chorus

And when it ends, it ends like thunder
Like the sky split open wide
Like the death of something sacred
We were never meant to survive

And all the love that lives between us
Still won’t be enough to keep
What we built from breaking—
From breaking completely

Modern alt pop rock, soaring high tenor falsetto, groovy bass, atmospheric synths, polished production, emotional chorus