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Artist: Big Thief
Track: Mary

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Burn up with the water
The floods around the plains
The planets in a rose
Who knows what they contain?
And my brain is like an orchestra
Playing on, insane
Will you love me like you loved me in the January rain?

Mom and Dad and violins
Somber country silence
The needle stopped the kicking
The clothespins on the floor
And my heart is playing hide and seek
Wait and count to four
Will you love me like you loved me and I'll never ask for more

What did you tell me Mary
When you were there so sweet and very
Full of field and stars
You carried all of time
Oh and, heavens, when you looked at me
Your eyes were like machinery
Your hands were making artifacts in the corner of my mind

Monastery monochrome
Boom balloon machine and oh
Diamond rings and gutter bones
Marching up the mountain
With our aching planning
High and smiling
Cheap drink
Dark and violent
Full of butterflies
The violent tenderness
The sweetest silence
The clay you find is fortified
We felt unfocused fade the line
The sugar rush
The constant hush
The pushing of the water gush
The marching band
When April ran
May June bugs fly in
Push your gin Jacob
With the tired wiry brandy look
Here we go around Mary in your famous story book

We overcome the sirens
We look both left and right
And I can feel the numbness accompany my plight
And I know that someday soon I'll see you
But now you're out of sight
And you'll kiss me like you used to in the January night

What did you tell me Mary
When you were there so sweet and very
Full of field and stars
You carried all of time
Oh and, heavens, when you looked at me
Your eyes were like machinery
Your hands were making artifacts in the corner of my mind

Monastery monochrome
Boom balloon machine and oh
Diamond rings and gutter bones
Marching up some mountain
With our aching planning
High and smiling
Cheap drink
Dark and violent
Full of butterflies
The violent tenderness
The sweetest silence
The clay you find is fortified
We felt some focus fade the line
The sugar rush
The constant hush
The pushing of the water gush
The marching band
When April ran
May June bugs fly in
Push your gin Jacob
With the tired wiry brandy look
Here you go around Mary in your famous story book
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Big Thief - Mary Lyrics
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Genius Meanings
Big Thief – Mary
‘Mary’ was written by Adrianne Lenker in the home which inspired the sentiment of the lyrics. In an interview with NPR, Lenker spoke about the inspiration for the song. She first
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Big Thief – Pretty Things
In an interview with Stereogum, Lenker says: “Well the main thing that I’ll say without ruining the song is that the chorus is something that I like to focus on as a mantra. “
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Big Thief – Great White Shark
[Verse 1] / Mercury, creeping on the sea / How she wails, flails her arms and weeps / Accumulation of debris / Lips apart, flapping as a lark / For in the dark there is release / [
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Genius Artists
Big Thief
Big Thief is an alternative rock band from Brooklyn, formed in 2015. Adrianne Lenker is the lead singer and songwriter for the group. She also contributes guitar melodies. The
Genius Albums
Wide Winged Bird by Big Thief
Wide Winged Bird is an experimental EP by Big Thief and the band’s first release since 2017’s Capacity. 200 copies were printed and distributed on their 2018 American tour with The
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You by Big Thief
On 16 November 2021 the band announced their 5th LP (as well as a 5th single from the album, “Time Escaping”) alongside the following statement: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe
Genius Q&A
Q:Who wrote “Mary” by Big Thief?
“Mary” by Big Thief was written by Adrianne Lenker.