just saying
Lyrics Have Mercy (Andersson/Ulvaeus)
by GeminiThere’s a wave of quiet anger
In the streets tonight
And a sense of loss and sorrow
mixed with helpless fright
As a newborn hope was rising
it was cruelly swept away
And the gloom of twilight
overtook the light of dayHave Mercy
Mercy on everyoneThere’s a flood of mourning faces
In the streets tonight
A procession in the honour
of a fearless fight
How can anyone believe
that there’s a place for decent men
If the world is meant to suffer
time and time againHave Mercy
This is a trying time
And the bell that used to chime
Hushed to silence
by the violence
Have mercy
Mercy on everyone
Now that the misdeed is done
After this vicious blow
Which is the way to go
MercyThere’s a feeling of belonging
In the streets tonight
Those who were against him
have all vanished out of sight
They’ll remember how he used to
tear their poor defence apart
With the quiet wisdom
of the language of the heartThere’s a sense of deprivation
In the streets tonight
For the candle burned out
just as we could glimpse a light
How we hungered for a vision
and he gave us all a dream
and a time of pride and passion
we cannot redeem…Have Mercy
This is a trying time
And the bell that used to chime
Hushed to silence
by the violence
Have mercy
Mercy on everyone
Now that the misdeed is done
After this vicious blow
Which is the way to go
Mercy
Mercy on everyone
Anna
Eloquent post, thank you. ~~dru~~
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The perfect song for my mood. Poor mother earth. I’m afraid someone else will have to save her. It’s all about coal now.
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Yes it’s sad. We have so much knowledge about the climate changes and still we do far too little to save the planet.
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Is this the same Benny of Abba?
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Yes it is. Gemini was a music project in the 80’s after Abba shut down. Bjorn and Benny then wrote songs for Anders and Karin Glennmark (brother and sister) who are the group Gemini. Their first album is still amazing songs. I never get tired of those songs. Falling, To much love is wasted, Live on the love and many more.
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They both sing very well indeed…. Nice song, the two wrote. Very different from Abba stuff. I hated Abba then. I like them once in a way now!
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I was a kid when Abba came so I thought they were great and I never changed my mind, so I like them today too 🙂
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So apt
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I thought so too 🙂
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