The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
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
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
Lyrics submitted by numb, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Mary of Silence Lyrics as written by Hope Sandoval David Roback
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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