It's All in the Hearing

"Mercy comes softly to those who will wait
but it goes by quickly you can't hesitate,
the dead can't speak, the dead can't sing
but they can tell you what mercy means,
'cause they've seen it, just listen to them,
'cause they've seen it, just listen to them,
'cause it's all in the hearing.

Picturesque faces locked in timless smiles
long hollowed spaces barren for miles,
searching for something, somewhere beyond
searching for someone whose already gone,
'cause they've seen it, just listen to them,
'cause they've seen it, just listen to them,
'cause it's all in the hearing.

Gods and goddesses they come and they go
and when they die it's painful and alone,
mercy...
mercy...
mercy...
mercy."

A song about modern celebrity, and particularly the "reality TV" celebrity in all its manifestations, more apropos today than ever, as "entertainment news" provides us with a constant parade of "picturesque faces locked in timeless smiles, long hollowed spaces barren for miles."

Paul Kimball