Danny Wilson’s ‘Mary’s Prayer’

So I was playing this weird game with my friend Shameeka, which involves texting song lyrics back and forth. The lyrics have some semblance of a relationship with each other, so it’s like a very funny chat which is suddenly overtly romantic and suddenly extremely angsty.

So something she sent reminded me of this song I had heard a few times on the radio, which I didn’t know by name. So I did what anybody does–I Googled it. What I searched for, of course, was ‘leave a light on in heaven for me lyrics’, and the results showed up ‘Mary’s Prayer’. And I was like, ‘What? what Mary? what prayer? this is a love song for goodness’ sakes!!’ Continue reading