Have You Seen Mary
Sponge Lyrics

If you see Mary please will you help her
Sponge is requesting for assistance in locating Mary

She seems to be looking for answers
Mary appears to be searching for explanations

with questions that go unanswered
Her queries continue to elude her

Like why does she feel all dead on the inside
Mary is struggling with emotional numbness

But as a child she remembers feeling alive
She recollects being full of vitality in her younger years

who was that man that made
She reflects on the person responsible for causing harm

my mother cry all night
Her mother was deeply upset by someone's actions

was that my father who was my father
Mary expresses uncertainty about her biological parentage

The men that walked into her life
The individuals who entered Mary's life

are no different than all the others
They are not unique compared to people from her past

that promise the world and then they leave her
They make grand pledges but ultimately abandon her

She says I should have known better,
Mary experiences regret and self-blame

Will she always feel so all alone
Mary wonders if she will forever be lonely

Why was there never a man in her home
She reflects on the absence of a male presence in her household

and will I end up like my mother
Mary fears emulating her mother's fate

by myself with no other
She dreads being alone without companionship

with no other
Again, Mary expresses fear of being without anyone else