Maria’s Awful Disclosure Drive-By Truckers

"Maria’s Awful Disclosure" by Drive-By Truckers, released in 2021, is a #Rock song that explores themes of betrayal, trauma, and the complexities of human relationships. The lyrics reveal a painful story of personal revelation and emotional struggle. Musically, it features gritty guitar riffs and storytelling elements typical of Southern rock. The song reflects the band's continued impact on contemporary Americana music, addressing societal issues with raw honesty.

An uncontrollable child, given to fantasy
A leaded lobotomy left Maria wild
With a mob in her head holding Magdalene's down in asylums

Ghost-written pornography
Tailored to readers in need of a righteous excuse to indulge
Maria’s awful disclosures

Born of illicit liaisons the babies of Hôtel-Dieu convent weren't meant to survive
Baptized then strangled then buried mass infanticide
Something worse done to something more innocent's consistent presence
Alongside the tales of the times
The monks of the presents connection to Maria’s mind

If some know nothing, nothing's keeping some from knowing it all
What nobody saw is anybody's call
Predispositions turn spaces in men
Into thirsty pages for a hell bent pen

Professional victims with recycled lies
Stoking satanic panic in fear addled minds
Maria's awful disclosures

Ghost-written pornography tailored to readers
In need of a righteous excuse to indulge
Maria's awful disclosures

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