There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) The Revenan… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) The Revenants was an American band formed in 1996 in Louisville.
2) The Revenants was a Canadian band formed in 2002 in Vancouver.
3) The Revenants was an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in the early 90s.
4) The Revenants were a 1990s Phoenix/Tempe alt-country band.

1) The Revenants was an American band formed on Oct 12 1996 that began playing in Feb 1997. The music was a fusion of Punk, Black Metal, Gothic, and other darker forms of music. The band is well known for the random display of macabre theatrics while performing. Discography: 1999 -Self titled- released by ssendam music 2000 -Live album -released D.I.Y. 2002 -Falselight E.P. -released by D.I.Y. New album and e.p. due summer of '07 Compilations: Cheap Thrills Vol. 1 Cheap Thrills Vol. 2 Music to murder that someone special to. Contributions: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Original soundtrack for The Baxter Avenue Morgue, a haunted attraction in Louisville Ky.
http://www.myspace.com/revenants
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2) The Revenants was a Canadian band formed in 2002 in Vancouver consisting of childhood friends Jessica Emdee and Ariel Kwiatkowski, two Vancouver, Washington middle school students who shared similar tastes in music and a DIY punk ethic. Jessica had taught herself how to play guitar and was writing songs since the age of twelve.
“What got me to talk to her,” Jessica says, “was her constant drumming her hands on the table.”
Ariel lacked a drum kit, and says she “was inexperienced, but started banging on pots and pans anyways”.
Eventually they built up some musical equipment, as well as a catalog of songs. Despite hardships and lineup changes these two young women skeletized the band they had created literally from scratch. Guitarists Chris Loveland, Teryn Kilgore, and Winona Ruth; and bassists Blake Petersen, Shannon O'Brien, and Katherine Krajnak, were Revenants at different times between 2002-2008.
About half of the seven tracks on Kiss Me Deadly, their record, date back to those first practices in Ariel’s garage in Vancouver, where The Revenants still practice every Sunday.
- http://www.myspace.com/wearetherevenants

3) The Revenants was an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in the early 90s out of the remains of Dublin indie band and John Peel favourites, the Stars of Heaven. They released two albums of literate guitar pop, Horse of a Different Colour and Septober Nowonder.
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Marie
The Revenants Lyrics

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In dead of night
She dances forever more
She moves with purpose
She's lookin' to score
In these arms of mine
She's limp like a rag doll
She closes her eyes
They'll open no more

Heaven knows she's baked grass
For chippin' at this hard vase
Marie
Every night I sling a light
Her golden arms will burn bright
Marie

Through wasted eyes
There's nothing that I can't see
She holds me with vision
When she comes to me
Now I know that love
Can be told in a child's phrase
I don't know what I'd do for her
I don't know what it means

Heaven knows she's baked grass
For chippin' at this hard vase
Marie
Every night I sling a light
Her golden arms will burn bright
Marie

Heaven knows she's baked grass
For chippin' at this hard vase
Marie
Every night I sling a light

Her golden arms will burn bright
Marie

Overall Meaning

The Revenants’ song “Marie” is a haunting ballad that tells a story of a woman who dances forevermore in the dead of night. The lyrics reflect the singer’s inner turmoil and his complicated relationship with a woman named Marie. He sings about how she moves with purpose and is always looking to score, but in his arms she is limp like a rag doll. The chorus of the song repeats the line, “Heaven knows she's baked grass, for chippin' at this hard vase, Marie,” which could be interpreted to mean that Marie has turned to drugs to cope with the difficulties in her life.

The second verse showcases the emotional depth of the song, with the singer revealing that even though he is wasted, he can still see everything clearly when Marie holds him with vision. He acknowledges the power of love, even though he doesn’t exactly understand it. The final chorus is a repetition of the first, with the singer once again singing about Marie and her golden arms burning bright. The haunting melody and the repetition of the chorus builds a sense of despair, emphasizing the singer’s conflicted feelings about Marie.

Line by Line Meaning

In dead of night
During the darkness of night

She dances forever more
She dances continuously without end

She moves with purpose
Her movements are intentional and with a specific goal in mind

She's lookin' to score
She's seeking to achieve a certain outcome or success

In these arms of mine
In my embrace

She's limp like a rag doll
She's completely relaxed and passive, like a toy

She closes her eyes
She shuts her eyes

They'll open no more
Her eyes will never open again

Heaven knows she's baked grass
It's known that she's smoked marijuana

For chippin' at this hard vase
As a coping mechanism for dealing with difficulty

Marie
The person being sung about