mary, mary...

this is probably the most angry song i have ever been a part of, maybe heard. but it gave me chills every time we played it because it was such a statement of freedom at the time (for my friend and the rest of us who were close to him at the time). it is about one of my best friend's relationships that went bad. it was really hard for me and my other friends to watch how this relationship was killing this person, whom we cared for so much, from the inside out. here it is

mary, mary

take your hand from this, bear.
take, that smile off your face.
burn all the letters i wrote,
pretend i didn't mean it anyway.

and i hate this cross that i bear,
to fall in love with you.
i'll still come crawling back,
no matter what you do to me.

this is goodbye.

and take all your pictures back.
take off that mask that you made,
to hide who you really are.
take, because it's all you did anyway.

this is goodbye.

and i'm not going to change who you really are,
i've tried too long to see straight through,
the calloused girl who cares for nothing,
except for keeping me close to you.
to take all the love that i gave,
i drove to far and it's all that i have.
you are the centerpiece,
that raped me of what dignity i had.