The two characters will have a baby due to their close relationship.īased on all these interpretations, the real meaning of the lyrics inside Mary on a Cross has multiple faces: the song is built in a way that always offers an interpretation related to smoking weed, a story about the adventures of the band’s characters, and the blasphemous contrast that profane stories make next to religious topics. According to someone, though, there is a more advanced interpretation to this: “not another bloody Mary” could refer to a woman that won’t have menstruation again, meaning that she’s pregnant. It might mean “we are not talking again and again about the Holy Mary in the Bible, our Mary is different” (according to Ghost’s occult universe), or it could be a profane reference to the famous cocktail placed next to the reference to the Bible character. Instead, she insists that they’re still together no matter what others say. The man drowns and becomes a ghost, but his lover refuses to believe that he’s dead. On the other hand, also this part of the chorus has multiple interpretations: The Ghost on the Shore by Lord Huron The Ghost on the Shore This song is about two lovers who travel together across the sea. We were searching for reasons to play by the rulesīut we quickly found out it was just for foolsįor many, the meaning of the last two lines is again a reference to weed, which is banned in Sweden: realizing that trying to follow the rules is “for fools” would mean that they understood that weed needs to be part of their life, even though it’s illegal. We were scanning the cities, rocking to pay their duesīut besides all the glamour, all we got was bruised We were speeding together down the dark avenuesīut besides all the stardom, all we got was blues This is supported by the lines in the song’s beginning and the second verse:
The other interpretation relates to the story that the band’s characters wanted to build: they went through different adventures, enjoyed the ups and downs, and then realized that they would be together forever, living as outlaws. Those lines may support the weed interpretation, and “riding high” could refer to the altered status you get after smoking weed. There is a couple of lines in the lyrics of Mary on a Cross that come back often:īut through all the sorrow, we’ve been riding highĪnd the truth of the matter is I never let you go, let you go Internal tickling can also have a double interpretation: it can be a sexual allusion (we don’t need to explain all the different ways sex can tickle someone from the inside), or it could be the effect of being high. “Mary on a cross” could therefore refer to cross joints, a particular way to smoke marijuana. At the same time, the repeated “mary on a” could send a different interpretation, as it sounds very similar to the word “marijuana.” From this point of view, “going down” could also refer to getting high with weed (another line in the song supports this interpretation, we will get there in a minute).
The comparison with the Holy Mary is blasphemous, as the Holy Mary was on her knees to pray for Jesus.
“Going down” is usually slang for going on your knees to give oral sex.
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