The etymology of "mercy seat" is unclear. From his first visit to the Mercy Seat onward Hutton's life began to change. In 2005 she founded Mercy Seat Gallery in Kansas City. Neil LaBute's 2002 play "The Mercy Seat". He took the role because he liked LaBute's previous play, "The Mercy Seat" (2002). This sanctuary contained the Ark of the Covenant, with its cherubim-covered mercy seat. Like many of Cave's songs, "The Mercy Seat" suggests autobiography. In 2000, Cash, covered Cave's "The Mercy Seat" on the album "".