[Verse 1]
For every second you been talking
I've been tryna count the lines around your face
'Cause I don't know if I'll ever be this close again
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel like I'm just wasting time
It's the drawing of the line
It's my ghost you're gonna give up
Got your made up mind
It hurts to see you're alright
So if you're calling it a night
[Chorus]
Oh please have, have mercy
Have mercy on me, you're breaking my heart
Oh please have, have mercy
Have mercy on me, I'm falling apart
Have mercy, my heart
[Verse 2]
I felt you slip away so slowly
I lost my grip a little more each time we touched
I've got no hope I guess I'll never get it back again
Yeah-yeah, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Feel like I was just wasting time
It's the drawing of the line
It's my ghost you're going to give up
Got your made up mind
It hurts to see you're alright
So if you're calling it a night
[Chorus]
Oh please have, have mercy
Have mercy on me, you're breaking my heart
Oh please have, have mercy
Have mercy on me, I'm falling apart
And I just don't know how we got it
So wrong, for so long
Oh please have, have mercy
Have mercy on me, mercy my heart
[Bridge]
Somehow I can't let go
But I know I've been holding on too long
Somehow I can't let go
But I know I've been holding on too long
Oh
[Chorus]
Oh please have, have mercy
Have mercy on me, you're breaking my heart
Oh please have, have mercy
Have mercy on me, I'm falling apart
And I just don't know how we got it
So wrong, for so long
Oh please have, have mercy
Have mercy on me, mercy my heart
Have mercy my heart
I like the idea that whoever it is that’s being dumped has been kind of dancing around the topic. They have been trying to change the subject and stalling for as long as possible because they know as soon the conversation turns to their relationship, it’s going to be over.
So this song for me, is about the moment someone is being told by their boyfriend or girlfriend that they don’t want to be with them anymore. In my head I see it as two people sat across a table from one another and it all plays out in the space of a second. It’s like you’ve been told by your partner they want to break up and time sort of slows down while you process it all. For this line I wanted it to be almost saying ‘I haven’t really been listening to you cause I know what you’re about to say, so I’m just trying to memorize your face because I know I won’t get to see it anymore’.
I think the worst way a relationship can end is when one person just one day realizes they don’t feel like they want to be with the other anymore. Not to say that it’s their fault, it happens all the time and they should obviously not stay in that situation if they don’t feel like they want to be apart of it. But to be the person who’s still in love is a horrible position to be in. There’s nothing worse than seeing the other person not be as torn up about things coming to and end as you are.