Marlene On The Wall Lyrics

Lyric discussion by missme 

Cover art for Marlene On The Wall lyrics by Suzanne Vega

Sounds like a it's about a forbidden relationship. The guys using her, but she's letting him, even though she knows it: "Even if I am in love with you/All this to say, what's it to you?" It's obviously something that shouldn't be happening:

"Of the fingerprints on me from you Other evidence has shown That you and I are still alone We skirt around the danger zone And don't talk about it later"

She knows she should stop, but she can't:

"And I tried so hard to resist When you held me in your handsome fist And reminded me of the night we kissed And of why I should be leaving"

Marlene is a picture or painting in the guys house, and she's always watching girls coming to & from getting up to know good, which is why she's got a "mocking smile"