She lifts the cup up to her lips And leaves reality behind She looks away and takes a sip She's lost what can she find Her thoughts become weary She feels a step behind Her life's been slowly slippin' Away from friends and time CHORUS: Mary drinks And Mary thinks And soon she'll lie down Just to break down and cry It's so degrading She is slowly fading Mary drinks then she'll Break down and cry Mary weeps then she sleeps One more day slippin' away She's drowning in the shallow end The rules she can't obey On the surface so callous Silent screams subside A life without a purpose Her will has already died CHORUS: Mary drinks And Mary thinks And soon she'll lie down Just to break down and cry It's so degrading She is slowly fading Mary drinks then she'll Break down and cry Shadow dreaming Can't feel a thing Her ends they start to fray And then she fades away Shadow dreaming She can't know pain Can't feel a thing Can't feel a thing She can't feel a thing Mary drinks And Mary thinks And soon she'll lie down Break down and cry CHORUS: Mary drinks And Mary thinks And soon she'll lie down Just to break down and cry It's so degrading She is slowly fading Mary drinks then she'll Break down and cry