Lyrics

Mercury Hymn

by Lyra Voss · from Solstice Light (2026)

What is “Mercury Hymn” about?

"Mercury Hymn" pictures a braver, freer self already waiting somewhere in the old stars, and treats growing up as carrying that next version home. The narrator names herself the messenger, the thing the sky is saying, and the chorus repeats a simple creed that "every ending is a start." Fourteenth on Solstice Light and, at 4:35, its second-longest track, it works like a hymn in the literal sense, built on repetition and a bridge that says the same line three times.

Mercury Hymn lyrics

Somewhere in the old stars
A version of me was already this
Already the brave thing
Already the finishing kiss

Somewhere in the old sky
A version of me was already free
Already the unfolded wing
Already the opening sea

I have been carrying
I have been carrying
I have been carrying the next me home

Mercury hymn, mercury hymn
Every ending is a start
Mercury hymn, mercury hymn
Sing the silver in my heart
I am the messenger, I am the messenger
I am the thing the sky is saying
Mercury hymn, mercury hymn
Sing the silver in my heart

Somewhere in the old song
A version of me was already whole
Already the steady bell
Already the steadied soul

(Ahhh, ahhh)
(Ahhh, ahhh)
Every ending is a start
Every ending is a start
Every ending is a start