Lyrics

[Verse 1]
They ask me how my garden grows
With silver tears and shadowed rows
Each bloom a name I dare not speak
Each root a secret buried deep

[Verse 2]
With bells that toll for those I’ve lost
With iron chains and heavy cost
With petals red and thorns that bite
I tend the grave by candlelight

[Verse 3]
I plant regret, I water pain
I sing to ghosts beneath the rain
They bloom in silence, bloom in grief
Their beauty sharp, their time too brief

[Verse 4]
So ask again, but know the truth
This garden grew from shattered youth
From lullabies that turned to cries
From love that wore a thin disguise

[Chorus]
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With blood and bone, with seeds unknown
With sorrow soft and slow

[Chorus]
Mary, Mary, veil and flame
Each flower bears a name
With silver bells and iron chains
She gardens through the pain

[Bridge ]
She wasn’t just a girl with grace
She was the keeper of this place
And every bloom that dares to show
Was born from what she’ll never know