Mary's Surgeon

Here, this are right and complete:

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

From what i glean from the patchy lyrics, it sounds like a girl struggling with bulimia (i'd like to see you decipher better).

How can lyrics that are so patchy even be permittted to be put up? What happened to standards of quality? Christ.

But anywho, much thanks to WhereIsJF? for posting the complete song. I definitly interpret this songs meaning as being of the experience of bulimia. I played it for my friend who suffers from the disorder, and he started to cry halfway through. He said it really felt like it hit home, especially the verse-

"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"

where can i find this song?

Oh dear. These lyrics coming back to haunt me...

This transcription was originally mine, that I posted to the Dresden Dolls message board years ago. It was only ever intended as a work-in-progress, in the hope that people would help me figure out the bits I wasn't sure about. But then every time anyone asked about the song, someone always ended up reposting this as it was. And now it's ended up here. Sorry about that, but it wasn't my fault.

Good to see somebody has sharper ears than me, at least. Nobody's managed to figure out that multi-tracked overlapping bit at the end, then?