Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary Lyrics






[SPOKEN]
[Dr. X:] "Kill her. That's all you have to do."
[Nikki:] "Kill Mary?"
[Dr. X:] "She's a risk, and get the priest as well."

10 P.M., I feel the rain coming down
My face feels the wet, my mind the storm
Flashing lights as people race to find shelter from the pour
Moving silent, through the streets, they're mine, they're mine

Midnite, she sings praises in the Hall
To saintly faces hallowed be their names she can't recall
Sister Mary, virgin Mary, silent with her sin
([Mary:] "What are you doing out in the rain?")
She feels me, I can taste her breath when she speaks
([Mary:] "I've been waiting for you. Come in.")

Mary, Mary just a whore for the underground
They made you pay in guilt for your salvation
Thought you had them fooled? Now they've sent me for you
You know too much for your own good
Don't offer me faith, I've got all I need here
My faith is growing, growing tight against the seam
What we need is trust, to keep us both alive
Help us make it through the night

[Mary]
I've no more want of any faith
Binds my arm and feed my mind
The only peace I've ever known
I'll close my eyes and you shoot

No Mary, listen, you've got to pull your strength from my lips
I pray I feed you well
Your precious cross is gone, it made me wait so long
For what you gave to everyone
The priest is cold and dead on his knees he fed
From my barrel of death, he turned the Holy water red
As he died he said thank you
I just watched him bleed

[Mary]
I feel the flow, the blessed stain
Sweating hands like fire, and flames
Burn my thighs, spread in sacrificial rite
The hallowed altar burns my flesh once more tonight

Mary, sweet lady of pain
Always alone
Blind you search for the truth
I see myself in you, parallel lives
Winding at light-speed through time

No time to rest yet
We've got to stop his game
Before madness has the final laugh
Too much bloodshed
We're being used and fed
Like rats in experiments
No final outcome here
Only pain and fear
It's followed us both all our lives
There's one thing left to see
Will it be him or me?
There's one more candle left to light

[Mary]
Don't turn your back on my disgrace
The blood of Christ can't heal my wounds...so deep
The sins of man are all I taste
Can't spit the memory from my mind
I can't cry anymore

Mary, my lady of pain, always alone
Blind you search for the truth
I see myself in you, parallel lives
Winding at light-speed through time, you're mine





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  1. F.... P....

    Maybe; because I wasn't there..

  2. E.... D....

    Wow what a production!!! Fuc$ing AWESOME!!

  3. D.... ....

    BULLETPROOF all the way around, sometimes late at night I put the videos on and break out my Ryche guitar pic collection, and hope someday that they will set aside the bullshite and Tour one last time with the original line up, if you think guns and roses had a good reunion run or even the Crue, sit back and watch the Ryche dominate the world one last time!!!

  4. T.... ....

    My Queensryche life changing moment happened one day i went to visit my cousin and i was going through some cassettes he had and i saw a bage cassette with no cover. I asked him who these people were and he said, it's an Iron Maiden sounding band, they're ok! And i asked, can i borrow it and he said, i could keep it! The cassette said Queensryche-The Warning, and folks , the rest was history, he missed out on one of the greatest bands ever.

  5. b.... c....

    this is a concert id have loved to have caught.

  6. S.... B....

    🔥👣

  7. M.... K....

    savatage : streets rock of opera..best album.

  8. M.... T....

    In my opinion this is the best song on the album. This album was epic and we'lll never see another band make an album like this again in our lifetimes

  9. T.... T....

    That song is sic

  10. �.... �....

    Wagner's power. You can congratulate the composer on such luck.

  11. A.... D....

    For those that have never listened to Ryche's magnum opus- Operation Mindcrime, suggest reading the lyrics first. Maybe twice.
    Then listen and immerse.

    Your welcome!

  12. r.... S....

    This line up could have been legendary if only...... can’t believe that current Queensryche is a fake version of the original band

  13. B.... I....

    MASTERPIECE!FOR ETERNITY!

  14. M.... R....

    This song is a masterpiece....Fucking epic......This generations Stairway.........mindblowing

  15. A.... A....

    to me this is the best redition of this song ever.if anyone has other tought,

  16. M.... F....

    Not an "official" video bub. This is 100% live from the Operation Livecrime tour.

    M.... F....

    Yes Sir. It is Operation Livecrime tour.

  17. R.... K....

    Awesome song

  18. f.... ....

    A million times best than S&M..You know whom I'm taking about. 👊☝

  19. A.... B....

    Saw them on the Empire tour, they played all of Mindcrime!!! It was my favorite concert to this day! A jewel of my youth!

  20. m.... L....

    "Kill her. That's all you have to do"
    "Kill Mary?"
    "She's a risk, and get the priest as well"
    Ten P.M., I feel the rain coming down
    My face feels the wet, my mind the storm
    Flashing lights as people race to find shelter from the pour
    Moving silent, through the streets, they're mine, they're mine
    Midnight, she sings praises in the Hall
    To saintly faces hallowed be their names she can't recall
    Sister Mary, virgin Mary, silent with her sin
    ("What are you doing out in the rain?")
    She feels me, I can taste her breath when she speaks
    ("I've been waiting for you, come in")
    Mary, Mary just a whore for the underground
    (They made you pay in guilt for your salvation)
    Thought you had them fooled? Now they've sent me for you
    You know too much for your own good
    Don't…

  21. m.... ....

    Is there a dvd of an entire show like this?

  22. f.... ....

    If you put 2 and 2 together. ....this is where Tool got it from.

  23. p.... ....

    Love it! My fav song off Operation:Mindcrime.

  24. T.... Q....

    Their Mine!

  25. K.... S....

    I saw this in Detroit a week after this was filmed. It was every bit as awesome!!!

    K.... S....

    I'll go with you. I'll pay with time! Lol or not pay at all, but we will have a timetastic time. This comment is the best doc Scobey

  26. N.... S....

    Dammit where's my DeLorean, I'm sick of 2019

    N.... S....

    Marty McFly stole it

  27. F.... ....

    Tucson and LA shows for me and Mary was at both! My wife and I were at Tucson (her first QR concert) and it rocked better than LA

  28. A.... A....

    Pamela Moore
    ❤❤❤❤❤

  29. R.... D....

    Was beyond lucky. Bought their first ep the day it came out, huge fan ever since. Two weeks before they started the Empire/Operation Livecrime tour they rented out the civic center to get the bugs out of their new system & prepare. Got to know every member (minus Tate) very well during those weeks. The guys were just cool as shit is all I can say. They were on top of their game on this tour.

  30. J.... F....

    this is my definition of a truly EPIC song..and album...never heard a more interesting or better

  31. A.... A....

    Pamela Moore the Goddess of metal

  32. U.... F....

    Omg, what a performance...

  33. G.... P....

    Queensryche is such a incredible band. Why are they having such trouble? So sad.

  34. L.... 7....

    Put your headphones on....play it loud and close your eyes....the beauty of this song will fill every corner of the body....this album is not a masterpiece....it‘s a step beyond....

  35. S.... F....

    Still so many years later still a master piece.

  36. M.... J....

    Well, Pink Floyd the Wall... which is referenced. But top three favorite bands of mine...

  37. M.... J....

    If you don't count Rush, then it is the best.

  38. D.... J....

    Queensryche were just in a league all their own.

  39. L.... R....

    Operation Mindcrime....A Fuck'n MASTERPIECE.....

  40. T.... M....

    Surprisingly persuasive production after being spoiled by the Japanese '80s ones.

  41. F.... C....

    The breaks at 4:29 and 7:42 in this song have always killed me. I have loved Queensryche since their initial "demo" Queen of the Ryche. And they only got better. The culmination of our music. We have only gone downhill since.

  42. T.... T....

    Anyone else have the Operation: Mindcrime and Empire box sets???........I wore mine out, wish I had the money to get them again

  43. L.... W....

    I saw this band from the very beginnings before they were a headliner. In 2015 my husband went to see them twice like two months apart.

  44. B.... S....

    Saw the Empire tour at the Omni in Atlanta, GA in 1991. This was when Silent Lucidity was big. They even had an orchestra. Was not expecting to hear the entire Operation Mindcrime album though. Was totally blown away. Still my favorite concert to this day! Just amazing!

  45. S.... H....

    Chris Degarmo ❤

  46. �.... �....

    Talented composition. Super-performance of a singer endowed with a dramatic talent. He can play in the theater. Phenomenal sense of rhythm.

  47. D.... L....

    This era of metal was doomed after this album. There was no way to top it. Still my fav to this day. Too bad Geoff went crazy after this

  48. V.... C....

    this never gets old. Still the Shit!!

  49. D.... Y....

    [Intro, spoken]
    [Car window rolls down]
    Dr. X: Kill her. That's all you have to do
    Nikki: Kill Mary?
    Dr. X: She's a risk. And get the priest, as well

    [Car window rolls back up, drives off]
    [Instrumentation begins]
    [Latin chanting]

    [Spoken, Verse 1]
    10 P.M., I feel the rain coming down
    My face feels the wet, my mind a storm
    Flashing lights as people race to find shelter from the pour
    Moving silent, through the streets, they're mine, they're mine

    Midnight. She sings praises in the hall
    To saintly faces, hallowed be their names she can't recall
    Sister Mary, virgin Mary, silent with her sin
    [Mary: What are you doing out in the rain?]
    She feels me, I can taste her breath when she speaks
    [Mary: I've been waiting for you. Come in.]

    [Sung, Verse 2]
    Mary, Mary just a whore for the underground
    They made you pay in guilt for your salvation
    Thought you had them fooled? Now they've sent me for you
    You know too much for your own good
    Don't offer me faith, I've got all I need here
    My faith is growing, growing tight against the seam
    What we need is trust, to keep us both alive
    Help us make it through the night

    [Mary verse 1]
    I've no more want of any faith
    Binds my arm and feed my mind
    The only peace I've ever known
    I'll close my eyes, and you shoot

    [Verse 3]
    No Mary, listen, you've got to pull your strength from my lips
    I pray I feed you well
    Your precious cross is gone, it made me wait so long
    For what you gave to everyone
    The priest is cold and dead, on his knees he fell
    From my barrel of death, he turned the Holy water red
    As he died he said, 'thank you'
    I just watched him bleed

    [Mary verse 2]
    I feel the flow, the blessed stain
    Sweating hands like fire, and flames
    [Latin chanting]
    Burn my thighs, spread in sacrificial rite
    The hallowed altar burns my flesh, once more tonight

    [Chorus]
    Mary, sweet lady of pain
    Always alone
    Blind, you search for the truth
    I see myself in you, parallel lives
    Winding at light-speed through time

    [Guitar solo, Mary moaning sexually]

    [Instrumentation fades out, Latin chanting]
    [Instrumentation returns]

    [Verse 4]
    No time to rest yet
    We've got to stop his game
    Before madness has the final laugh
    Too much bloodshed
    We're being used and fed
    Like rats in experiments
    No final outcome here
    Only pain and fear
    It's followed us both all our lives
    There's one thing left to see
    Will it be him or me?
    There's one more candle left to light

    [Mary verse 3]
    Don't turn your back on my disgrace
    The blood of Christ can't heal my wounds, so deep
    The sins of man are all I taste
    Can't spit the memory from my mind
    I can't cry anymore

    [Verse 5]
    Mary, my lady of pain, always alone
    Blind you search for the truth
    I see myself in you, parallel lives
    Winding at light-speed through time
    You're mine

    [Door closes]

  50. T.... ....

    This song and album is a masterpiece

  51. K.... I....

    So cool with no fucking cell phone cameras ruining the experience back in the day. These days people are more concerned about recording the music than just being in the moment, in the present and getting lost for a couple of hours.

  52. T.... W....

    My word what a production! I liked these guys in the 80s with rage for order. What a group of very talented guys. I've never seen them live. Awesome!

  53. M.... O....

    I like the band a lot! But my musical trained ear tells me it's a very satanic brainwashed creative melody for all to fall under the spell when they hear it!!

    M.... O....

    "it's a very satanic brainwashed creative melody"


    Explain ..


    Music / melody is a neutral medium ..


    Humanity cannot derive and/or manufacture intent via mere collection of notes ..


    I would pay more attention to the lyrics of this song and perform an analysis thereof ..


    There is definitely something satanic / anti-Christ going on here .. (at least on the face of things)


    However, the intent of the composer(s) (DeGarmo, Tate) one will have to discuss with the "horse's mouth."


    Perhaps one the composers got wind (or a copy of) "Windswept House" by Father Malachi Martin?


    Or truly began to contemplate what Luther actually witnessed in Rome that was never recorded for humanity?


    And then translated this revelation(s) into a modern epic of human tragedy?


    Careful about noticing "the speck" vs. "the log."

  54. D.... C....

    Whos the woman?

  55. A.... O....

    Took me YEARS to figure out who killed Mary!

  56. l.... o....

    Amazing.... All these years.
    I can quote lyrics word for word....

  57. B.... M....

    This is a true masterpiece. The song as a whole is great, but the chills really set in at 4:36. One of those esoteric moments rarely captured. I don’t know if you are really steering the wheel to create something of this magnitude.

  58. Z.... ....

    My god what musical perfection!

  59. k.... ....

    I saw this tour. One of the best concerts I have ever seen!

  60. D.... ....

    Totally mesmerizing, I never grow tired of this masterpiece

  61. L.... ....

    ❌A BEAUTIFUL MASTER PIECE

  62. A.... Y....

    Eat your fuckin' heart out children. You can't touch this shit in a million years

  63. A.... P....

    Just an FYI to the fans who would love a reunion original lineup show......Uh....This was 28 years ago? I mean nothing is impossible, but it might be the biblical old man long gray beard version slowed down to a crawl with prunes and depends in the green room. Lol. Lets just let history be just that.....

  64. d.... 1....

    not really live

  65. d.... 1....

    they were great, but too much lyp sync

    d.... 1....

    not lip sync, just some overdubs. I saw a couple of times in this era and Geoff was spot on.

  66. M.... ....

    ieeeeee....... cannot believe I have NEVer seen this video until now. I don’t usually feel that live versions of songs compare with the studio version and rarely prefer the over the studio versions. But THIS was outSTANDing. The background vocal dynamics in the first chorus:
    “Mary, my lady of pain
    always alone....”
    I don’t know if they did any “studio magic” to this afterward but it sounded incredible.
    THEN, there was the sight of someone long gone whose stage presence and performance in this video was unlike any other I have seen.
    Chris DeGarmo was arguably the Heart of Queensryche from a music and songwriting standpoint.

  67. N.... C....

    Cada año que pasa, esta cancion, este disco y esta Banda me gustan más. Son únicos, incomparables.

  68. n.... ....

    Been listening to this album for almost 30 years now, and it never gets old. Absolutely love the story that it tells, definitely a very good listen.

  69. D.... P....

    METAL OHPRA 😮🤔🤐🤔😯🤔🙃🤔☺🤔😲🤔😆 !!!

  70. P.... C....

    efsane performans....

  71. C.... H....

    The best

  72. d.... p....

    superband,just so unfair they never got the aknowledgement they deserved,maybe afterall they just were unfair with each other,i mean they are amazing musicians all of them but they never became a real team!anyhow great stuff!tate was the man back then

  73. D.... ....

    If you think guns and roses had a hell of a reunion run?
    If the original Ryche did a run they would dominate!!! I can only hope that happens one day

  74. A.... ....

    So much talent on one stage. Mind blown.

  75. M.... ....

    This is so good. This really is "the s**t" !

  76. N.... ....

    143 morons still breathing that don't like this, I see! If you're that dumb, how do you get to and from work without getting lost? Oh, yea, you don't have a job, now I get it! You must be a mama's basement dweller!

  77. J.... H....

    Possibly the BEST song ever written! The skill of writing such a song. This marks DeGarmo as a genius.

  78. A.... M....

    Chris is the best it’s just not the same with out him

  79. 1.... ....

    I saw them in California on this tour. It was awesome. I had already been thru 2 cassettes.

  80. S.... N....

    Could be encoding but sound is just terrible. Listen to studio track.

  81. J.... L....

    damm there voices are perfect together

  82. N.... W....

    Masterpiece ~ Still Gives Me Chills...
    Thanks Queensryche!

  83. V.... ....

    This song strikes me as the "awakening" of the unwilling patsy that Operation Mindcrime was utilizing to do their dirty work. The patsy wakes up to the chilling reality of his purpose, with the help of Mary's mercy and vulnerability.

  84. J.... L....

    2019 and this masterpiece hasn't reached 1M yet? C'mon people !!! :(

  85. L.... D....

    Hi Vevo!

  86. I.... P....

    Goosebumps each time I hear this🔥EPIC ALBUM

  87. d.... ....

    had he privilege to preform with Pamela Moore aka sister mary

  88. s.... ....

    2019 yep this song still gives me goosebumps. This song is so epic! You thought bohemian rhapsody was huge, no this is. It's timeless. Geoff tate is the best singer of all time.

  89. Z.... R....

    I saw them Thanksgiving Night 1988, opening for Metallica, they played the entire Operation Mindcrime Album, I met Geoff Tate and his wife the night before along with Metallica, great memories

  90. P.... H....

    this album is only 2nd to Pink Floyd The Wall! Prove me wrong!

  91. M.... A....

    AWESOME!!!

  92. J.... H....

    THIS BAND KICKS ASS!

  93. L.... C....

    oh i love it, it is so awesome

  94. J.... C....

    New Orleans UNO Lakefront Arena, 1991. Right about here I was wondering if I was ever going to let Queensryche give me my mind back. A musical and visual masterpiece. 2 weeks prior I had just been released from a long hospital stay, and I grew up Catholic. This show was relevant.

  95. W.... P....

    They fired Geoff why ?

  96. N.... D....

    If it were easy nobody would do it.

  97. t.... ....

    A real and true supergroup, in that every member was an outstanding musician. It's sad I hope they work it out and reunite, life is short guys, don't let money stop your friendship, or the art you make together, the fans deserve it, and so do you. I've seen both versions of the bands since the break up. They need each other, I saw the "not Taite" guy forget words to their songs, and laughed about it onstage. I seriously wanted to kick his ass.

  98. A.... A....

    Anypne know which girl this is??

    A.... A....

    Pamela Moore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Moore