Mercury – English Lyrics

• By: Steve Lacy

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the intricate world of Steve Lacy's 'Mercury,' a soulful R&B track that masterfully blends '60s bossa nova with '70s funk. This song offers a unique opportunity to explore English vocabulary related to emotions, relationships, and even astrological concepts, all while enjoying Lacy's distinctive vocal style and genre-bending production. Discover how personal introspection and cosmic influences intertwine in this captivating musical journey.

[English]

(shoes clomping) (choir humming)

(gate creaking)

(latch clicking)

(shoes stomping)

♪ Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ♪ ♪ ooh ah ooh ah ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ♪ ooh ah ooh ah

(upbeat music)

♪ Gemini ♪

♪ I'm a myth and I'm a legend ♪

♪ Whom never wins ♪

♪ And might not ever play again ♪

♪ Keep falling in ♪

♪ Keep falling in yeah ♪

♪ Love so fast and back out again ♪

♪ Speeding ♪

♪ When I should ease in ♪

(upbeat music)

♪ Oh I know myself my sins ♪

♪ Dug my pit then I fell in ♪

♪ Pulled the trigger killed us both ♪

♪ Lesson learned but truth gets old ♪

♪ Little of heaven little unpleasant ♪

♪ ooh ah ♪

♪ I don't know ♪ ♪ ooh ah ♪

♪ Little of pleasure little depression ♪

♪ ooh ah ♪

♪ I don't know ♪ ♪ ooh ah ♪

♪ Little of heaven little unpleasant ♪

♪ ooh ah ♪

♪ I don't know ♪ ♪ ooh ah ♪

♪ How can I tell if How can I measure ♪ ♪ ooh ah ♪

♪ If I don't know ♪ ♪ ooh ah ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ♪ ♪ ooh ah ooh ah ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ♪ ♪ ooh ah ooh ah ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ♪ ♪ ooh ah ooh ah ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ♪ ♪ ooh ah ooh ah ♪

♪ Mercury running amuck in my mind ♪

♪ Can't tell if I'm winning or falling behind ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ♪ ♪ ooh ah ooh ah ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ♪

♪ ♪ Venus in retrograde got me in bed ♪

♪ And thinkin' 'bout all of the shit that I said ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ♪ ♪ ooh ah ooh ah ♪

♪ Ba ba ba ♪ ♪ ooh ah ooh ah ♪

♪ Gemini scope give me depth 'til I'm dead ♪

♪ But I can't seem to get the fuck out of my head ♪

♪ Well fuck it I'll just cop a Porsche instead ♪

♪ I do as I please and you see where it lead ♪

♪ Guess somethin' bad ain't 'bout to happen to me ♪

♪ You think I'm two faced I can name twenty three ♪

(single note blares)