Mean Mary

It always begins as a righteous crusade

But when an eye for an eye seems like a fair trade

Through the night she rides, an unstoppable force

Black boots, black coat, and a blood red horse

In the charcoal sky is a yellow moon

And the moan of the wind is a wretched tune

She sings a dark lullaby full of sorrow and hate

To the rhythm of her horse’s two-beat gait

CHORUS
Revenge she rides on a runaway steed

She would drain this world of all it can bleed

In her twisted idea of what is just

She would gladly watch man turn back into dust

A methodical hunter, a ravening beast

And she rides with the promise of a bountiful feast

She comes like the tide no reprieve or remorse

Black boots, black coat, and a blood red horse

Her pathway is lined with skeleton trees 

They reach for her hair as it whips in the breeze

Her horse never breaks it rhythmic stride

And her hand never leaves the steel on her side

CHORUS

Violence is a contagious disease

And the wrath to come will bring the past to its knees

The evil men sow is what they will reap 

But when the righteous play God the angels weep 

Revenge she rides on a runaway steed

She’s a dark knight with one unholy creed

She’s the right-hand of Hate and she'll see him crowned

She would gladly burn this world to the ground 


music and lyrics by Mary James