Ode To The Devil (Mother Mary)

I've been sitting in the cold for three days
I've been trying to understand the cause of your wicked ways
I'm looking for an answer I know I'll never find
Because as soon as I have the question, it dissolves and leaves my mind

And this part of the garden is mine
It's where I sit and wonder about what happens when you die
I hope the truth turns out to be a lie

Oh, Mary, oh, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary
I wonder if you could save me from this
Oh, Mary, oh, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary
Was I put here so others know what suffering is?

And every day swims by, I'm a swan in a lake
Encumbered with thoughts about making my next mistake
I try to reach out and grab a hand
But I'm met by people with sadness of their own
In abandoned, barren lands

Oh, if I could only
Oh, if I could only
Grow flowers so bright and so new
On the land they tried to take from you
Where the sky is never blue
Just grey and eating away at everything that tries to bloom

Oh, Mary, oh, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary
I know you'll never save me from this
Oh, Mary, oh, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary
Was I born so others know what suffering is?

I'll take the burden
'Cause nobody should know darkness like mine
And father, father, father, I know
I'm too far gone
Not even you can punish my foe

It's just too evil, too evil to prolong
Too dark for your light
Too monstrous for you to see my plight
That keeps even your angels up at night

Oh, Mary, oh, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary
I know you'll never save me from this
Oh, Mary, oh, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary
Was I born so the gods know what suffering is?
Mother Mary, oh, mother Mary, mother Mary, mother Mary

There's no hero
No martyr in this book
Don't know why I pray or remember the day
My heart the fiends laughed at and took

Oh, Mary, oh, mother Mary, mother Mary, mother Mary
I know you can never save me from this
Oh, Mary, oh, mother Mary, mother Mary, mother Mary
I know I was born so others know what suffering is

Mother Mary