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Mary's Surgeon Lyrics

Mary's surgeon
Called me urgent
Get down to ward
And take...my god!
Who would date me in the dark
And for this labor
I was savoured
Tender and braindead
It went to my head

And we kept our lives
If your mouth keeps going where your mind won't go
You don't want to choke so chew it slowly
Nibble the edges on the kitchen floor
If it suits your taste, taste some more
If youre worried that it's bitter like a barbie doll
Hold your nose and swallow it all
If youre worried that it's all gonna go to your hips
Roll it round your rosy lips
If youre worried that it's all gonna go to your thighs
Close your eyes for a big surprise....

And Mary's Surgeon
Called me certain
Brand new flavour
I can savour
Such pity for the part

Mary's running away where we can't find her
Far away from smells that would remind her
Her hometown has burned down

But you will look
Staring at your face reflected in the fetid water
What shadows will it cast today
Familiar smells of fresh decay
You wish that you could flush yourself away

Complicitly leave your mark

And Mary's surgeon
Called me urging
Lord God, save us
It's contagious
It's contagious
It's contagious
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Cover art for Mary's Surgeon lyrics by Amanda Palmer

this song is about a anorexic and her problem leads to her death after it gettin so bad she is admitted into medical care

i think she is dying in this song,theres an eary tone to this song,alightly ghostly

"Mary's surgeon Called me urgent Get down to ward And take...my god! Who would date me in the dark And for this labor I was savoured Tender and braindead It went to my head "

But you will look Staring at your face reflected in the fetid water What shadows will it cast today Familiar smells of fresh decay You wish that you could flush yourself away Complicitly leave your mark

more refferences to self abuse and death

the anorexics thought while in her death bed

Mary's running away where we can't find her [in other words shes not running anywhere shes dying]

Far away from smells that would remind her Her hometown has burned down

It's contagious [ i know some people who have been anorexic and iv nearly become that myself it iss contagious]

Lord God, save us [because shes dying]

im sorry if that answer is all over the place but you get the just

does anyone know what Brand new flavour I can savour andBut you will look Staring at your face reflected in the fetid water What shadows will it cast today means in this song thanks

Cover art for Mary's Surgeon lyrics by Amanda Palmer

stupid contentious technicality, but i'm feeling a more bulimic vibe here, "Staring at your face reflected in the fetid water " being the toilet after you've just purged it.

Cover art for Mary's Surgeon lyrics by Amanda Palmer

A very powerful song about a girl struggling with bulimia. The feeling of horror and disgust with oneself is so aptly expressed in the lyrics that I can't help but think that Mary experienced something even more gruesome --- say, her hometown was torched because it was the subject of a germ warfare test (If you read into the story of Manchukuo, you'd see what I was getting at)

And some double entendres --- "brand new flavour, I can savour" could be "brand new flavour, I can't save her."

 
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