Tender Mercies - Eliza Gilkyson

Across the world she tapes explosives to her chest

Steps into a shopping mall

A life devoid of all of mercy’s tenderness

Really isn’t any life at all

Tender mercies, tender mercies, come before despair

Shine down all your tender mercies

It’s every mother’s prayer

Down below the factory along the riverside

Children swimming in a poison pool

Playful afternoon of unintended suicide

Gone before they ever knew

Tender mercies, tender mercies, come before despair

Shine down all your tender mercies

It’s every mother’s prayer

Across the world she holds her loved ones to her chest

Lays them down and listens at the door

Everybody safe and warm among the truly blessed

How can we even dare to ask for more

Tender mercies, tender mercies, come before despair

Shine down all your tender mercies

It’s every mother’s prayer