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You Are Mercy
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Aug 14, 2026 updated
Verified editorial review
Jason Gray's song "You Are Mercy" is a heartfelt confession of human brokenness and a plea for divine mercy. The lyrics acknowledge personal failings—lying, stealing, and feeling like a stranger to oneself—and extend that confession to a broader societal level, noting how people hurt each other despite longing for peace. The chorus repeatedly calls on God as Mercy, asking for forgiveness and transformation. The song moves from a cry for personal mercy to a desire to become an instrument of that mercy, with imagery of rain washing clean and love growing green. It ends with a prayer for God's kingdom to come through the singer's life, emphasizing surrender and renewal.
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I'm a liar, You know it's true
I'm a thief, and a beggar, too
But I've heard You can make me new
There's a stranger I don't want to see
In the mirror staring back at me
He's not the man I hoped he'd be
So help me God, so help me God
You are Mercy
You are Mercy
Dear God have mercy on me
God it's lonely in this crowded street
Where we touch but stay out of reach
And we're all wounded but afraid to bleed
We pray for peace while our hands make war
We've had our fill and still we grab for more
We've forgotten what our hands are for
So help us God, so help us God
You are Mercy
You are Mercy
Dear God have mercy on us
Heaven help us
Please forgive us
Dear God have mercy on us
Let mercy fall like rain to wash
The sidewalks clean
To grow love green
Mercy not just to fall on me
But to set me free
And to flow through me
You are mercy
You are mercy
Dear God have mercy on me
Please forgive me
Heaven help me
Be Your mercy
Through my blinded eyes now see
Through my wounded heart now bleed
With my violent hands now heal
Through my broken life reveal
You are Mercy�?�
(Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done)
(Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done through me...)