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Mary

Not the Mary you are thinking of, if you are a reader here. This is Sarah’s Mary. What brought me to Sarah was “Angel”, through the movie. But it was never that. It was Mary. :^). Always Mary. I think every song Sarah has ever recorded but this one is on the web, on youtube. I don’t know why I am so attracted to this song. jen says I will know, but I don’t yet. It just haunts me. She sings it to me ALL the time. And this young chinese woman who tries her best to sing it too. There is a synchronicity here that I am missing. So what I’m going to do is just post the lyrics.

Mary walks
down to the water’s edge
and there she hangs her head
to find herself faded
a shadow of what she once was
She said “How long have I been sleeping
and why do I feel so old
why do I feel so cold
my heart is saying one thing but my body won’t let go”
With trembling hands she reaches up
a stranger’s flesh is offered
and I would be the last to know
I would be the last the let it show
I would be the last to go

Take her hand
she will lead you through the fire
give you back hope
and hope that you won’t take too much
respecting what is left
she cradled us
she held us in her arms
unselfish in her suffering she could not understand
that no one seemed to have the time
to cherish what was given
and I would be the last to know
and I would be the last to let it show
I would be the last to go…
Mary walks.

I believe, ultimately, this is the woman who will lead us through the fire, unselfishly. Perhaps, okay definitely, not yet born, :^). But her day will come.  Mary.   gawd i love this song…