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"Mary Jane" is the fourth song in Megadeth's album So Far, So Good… So What!, written by Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson.
[edit] Lyrical content
"Mary Jane" is not about marijuana, as is commonly thought; it is actually about a girl who takes up witchcraft, and seeks forgiveness from her father only to be buried alive as punishment.
Most of the lyrics refer to a man being haunted by the girl.[1] Ironically, or perhaps intentionally, the song's last beat is on 4:20, a reference to marijuana. Mustaine and Elefson confirmed in 1994 at a show close to where Elefson grew up that the song was about the "witch's grave", a local Iowa/Minnesota legend about a grave in Loon Lake Cemetery, Near Jackson, Minnesota, where a witch was buried and that if disturbed, the person who disturbed it would die within a year. It is also claimed to be about taboos in culture; at a live performance, Dave Mustaine claimed that the song is about a girl who is caught masturbating by her father, who then kills her.[2]
[edit] Musical style
Janiss Garza, writing for the Los Angeles Times, describes the song as "darkly melodic".[3]
[edit] Tracklist
- Mary Jane - 04:25
- Hook in Mouth - 04:40
- My Last Words - 04:45
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