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Written by: Greg Graffin
Released in: 2007
BPM: 163
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Pilgrim, those are dry and bitter tears and lonely
Eyes that look way beyond your years
Pilgrim, did you drink the mercury?
Your lips turned blue and you're struggling just to see,
You were too far gone to carry on, now your life has stalled,
As you march ahead yet go no place at all..

Pilgrim, when you left them all behind
The loneliness destroyed your able mind,
Pilgrim, see the writing on the door?
It's taking you back to a place you were before

And the next in line paces your stride waiting for your fall,
With a hope that lies in a hidden master's call

Pious eyes ignoring passers by
Headlong to their grave
Don't despair this world of toil and care.
This pilgrim lost his way

Pilgrim, will you ever find your call?
Is truth so pure that you're willing to risk it all?

Pious eyes ignoring passers by
Headlong to their grave
Don't despair this world of toil and care.
This pilgrim lost his way

Versions
Version Length Release Catalog ID Country Format Year
Album version
2:28 New Maps of Hell 6863-1 Europe 12" 2019
2:28 New Maps of Hell Europe 12" 2019
2:28 New Maps of Hell 86863-1SMO (SMOKE) United States 12" 2015
2:28 New Maps of Hell 80803-1 United States 12" 2010
2:28 New Maps of Hell RAD 6005 Brazil CD 2009
2:28 New Maps of Hell 86914-2 United States CD 2008
2:28 New Maps of Hell 86914-2 Europe CD 2008
2:28 New Maps of Hell 86863-1 United States 12" 2007
2:28 New Maps of Hell 80803-1 Europe 12" 2007
2:28 New Maps of Hell Europe CD 2007
2:28 New Maps of Hell EICP-800 Japan CD 2007
2:28 New Maps of Hell 86863 2 United States CD 2007
2:28 New Maps of Hell EICP-800 Japan CD 2007
2:28 New Maps of Hell Australia CD 2007
2:28 New Maps of Hell 86863-2P United States CD 2007
2:28 New Maps of Hell n/a Russia CD 2007
2:28 New Maps of Hell MR 2667-2 Ukraine CD 2007
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Blenderhead
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05/07/2021 at 02:47
Guest wrote:

"Drink the mercury" could refer to mercury being administered as medicine.
Guest wrote:

"Drink the mercury" could refer to mercury being administered as medicine.
you cannot use mercury as medicine coz it's poison in any form,unless you want the opposite effect, which is death,perhaps the due to the pilgrims regrets of choosing his vocation has drank the mercury to kill himself.
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11/19/2009 at 14:01
To me this is the anthem of the disillusioned to those under the illusion. It's about the pain of coming out of a religion or any system of lies. This song conveys the pain someone has to go through to leave the indoctrination they were bred into; the pain of realizing just how quickly you are shunned and replaced by your peers afterward. And then the pain of having people point at you and actually ask if "truth is so pure that you're willing to risk it all?" e.g. if truth is more important than simply leading a happy life where you have a place under a lie. And finally the admission that you are no longer a "pilgrim" of that system, and have lost your way.
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08/27/2009 at 12:22
This song Im very sure is just about a hopeless person who disregarded his relations with his roots and abandoned everyone he knew and ventured out aimlessly in the world convinced he we would acquire something more and irrational to find nothing and being left all alone in senility and loneliness; sobbing repentance and disillusionment.
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10/09/2007 at 21:51
"Drink the mercury" could refer to mercury being administered as medicine.
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10/09/2007 at 20:51
I feel that this song is about a person going on a pilgrimage in the search for knowledge. A journey that is an unending one; one that only opens more doors and isolates.
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