If the new U2 album does not have Mercy, I will be absolutely thrilled. I really can't see the mass appeal. The guitar riff is a snooze, the bass line is just another Clayton root chordorama, the drums aren't much to parade about, and Bono's lyrics are just a mess of needless metaphors. The whiny singing in the "I feeeeel nothing!" part doesn't help either. Oh I know, I know...someone will pipe up to say, your opinion is wrong, GibsonGirl! What each individual member does is not important! It's the way everything comes together that makes the song so fantastic and the best thing U2 have ever written, like ever!
And I'll just say that in my opinion, it all comes together to create a boring song that's not quite worth all the praise. If I want to hear a song that's trying too hard to sound like classic U2, I'll listen to Miracle Drug or something.