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Genre:	Rock
Released:	November 2019
URL:	/sndblnd.co/43NS

Depression Mercury Space Suicide

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Mercury's Rising

• Liner Notes

Composition

	Simon Wright ("SimonW") Lyrics Edinburgh United Kingdom	More
	George Schiessl ("GeorgeSC") Vocals, bass guitar, and strings Myrtle Beach SC USA	More
	Bobby Watson ("LimberTwig") Guitar, drums, keyboards, violin, and Musical composition Kerrville Texas USA	More

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Sound Recording

	George Schiessl ("GeorgeSC") Vocals, bass guitar and strings Myrtle Beach SC USA	More
	Simon Wright ("SimonW") Lyrics Edinburgh United Kingdom	More
	Bobby Watson ("LimberTwig") Guitar, drums, keyboards, violin, and Musical composition Kerrville Texas USA	More

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Artist's Notes

I was listening to a lot of Chris Cornell's songs (solo, Soundgarden, Audioslave, etc) when I wrote this lyric so it was his voice that I had in my head when I wrote the lyric. Maybe his tragic end also contributed to the theme of the song.

Lyrics

 

Mercury's Rising

 

(Intro)

 

Have you ever felt like you're gonna fall?

 

I felt like I should fly

 

(Verse 1)

 

I put on my spacesuit

 

Said goodbye to my loved ones

 

I guess I'll be on the news

 

But it won't matter anyway

 

(Chorus)

 

Got a little too close to the sun today

 

Mercury's rising

 

Got a little close to the sun today

 

Mercury's rising

 

 

 

(Verse 2)

 

I climbed in my spaceship

 

Oh yeah

 

And then I battened down all the hatches

 

I took this bird for a spin

 

But it won't matter anyway

 

 

 

(Chorus)

 

I got a little close to the sun today

 

Mercury's rising

 

Got a little too close to the sun today

 

Mercury's rising

 

 

 

(Bridge)

 

I can see the light

 

Or is it the fire?

 

I guess I'm gonna find out soon enough

 

Climbing higher and higher,

 

Woah, crash landed

 

Smashed in a wall

 

Tried to fly

 

But I was destined to fall

 

 

 

(Chorus)

 

Got a little close to the sun today

 

Mercury's rising

 

Got a little too close to the sun today

 

Mercury's rising

 

 

 

(Outro)

 

Mercury?s rising

 

 

 

Written by Simon Wright

 

(June 2019)