Lyric discussion by emily_diane 

Cover art for Tell Mary lyrics by Meg And Dia Band, The

this song is really beautiful

I think it is basically about a guy named Adam who meets someone else and he tells her that he would leave his current lover for them, but before he does, someone else tells Mary that Adam is leaving her. It sounds like this is coming from the prespective of a friend of Mary's maybe, or the other woman

"Oh play along. she wills it. Oh Sunday came. Promised you'd tell her."

So maybe the person was playing along and pretended she didnt know Adam was going to break up with Mary, and she waited untill sunday for him to tell her but he didn't, so she met with Mary to tell her

I'm not quite sure what "Meet me at the pictures Mary" means, but obviously she's meeting her somewhere

So to sum it all up, I think its basically about someone wanting Adam to just tell her, hence "Tell her, tell Mary"

@emily_diane But what about the line. "You fell in love with a girl you knew. You've come to say goodbye." That implies that Adam was going to leave Mary but I think he is second-guessing himself. I think that Adam realized he loved mary and now he doesn't want to leave her anymore and this song is on the perspective of the other girl.

@emily_diane But what about the line. "You fell in love with a girl you knew. You've come to say goodbye." That implies that Adam was going to leave Mary but I think he is second-guessing himself. I think that Adam realized he loved mary and now he doesn't want to leave her anymore and this song is on the perspective of the other girl.