Oh Mary of Silence
You pick my heart with a smile
Oh sweet Mary
Come inside for a while
Help me get a hold on you
Or I look in the night
I thought of myself beside you
Take me into your skin

Oh, Sweet Mary of Silence
Oh, Sleeping Mary of Silence

We have a steady confusion
You're looking at fear
It doesn't seem like the first time
You walked out in a hurry

Oh, Sweet Mary of Silence
Oh, Sleeping Mary of Silence

I look in, in your window
To check my head in your pane
My last thoughts, they come to me
I can't take the pain

Oh, Sweet Mary of Silence
Oh, Sleeping Mary of Silence

Help me walk with you
To the sky that we see
Shuddering in myself
In-my-self
Oh where
Oh when
Oh well
Sweet Mary of Silence

Sweet Mary of Silence
Sweet Mary of Silence


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Mary of Silence Lyrics as written by Hope Sandoval David Roback

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    I feel the she is talking about a sexual curiosity toward another female. "I thought of myself beside you" "We have a steady confusion You're looking at fear It doesn't seem like the first time You walked out in a hurry" They feel confused by their feelings and the other female gets scared.

    death0angelon November 09, 2011   Link

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