The band named their demo Demonstration. That’s musician humor.

The lead off song is our highlighted track “Let This World Burn.” Kind of a goth sentiment, and there is some latter day goth, darkwave tang in the echoing pop hooks and frosty vocals. Does the Boston-based Mercy Ruin really want to see the world burn? OK, looks like a lovelorn sentiment.

“I would let this whole world burn just to waste my time with you.”

Compare with this line from “Melt With You” by Modern English

“I'll stop the world and melt with you.”

Melting versus burning. Stopping versus wasting. All kind of itches the same scratch, doesn’t it?

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