Mercy Lyrics

Lyric discussion by seahen 

Cover art for Mercy lyrics by KMFDM

This song reminds me a little of the Highlander movie. It's definitely from the POV of someone who's hundreds of years old or remembers past lives, but is about to die permanently.

Maybe the narrator isn't a person at all, but an abstract concept (tyranny?). The 2nd verse reminds me of the idea of history (especially the rise and fall of tyrants' regimes) being a cycle. The line "deeper I dive, and deeper" suggest that the cycle is gradually turning into an inward spiral, like a planet in unstable orbit gradually falling into a black hole. It runs through its 360 degrees in less and less time, until it reaches an unsustainable pace. Then we go to Singularity.

Song Meaning