Song Lyrics

The sun ablaze as Maria's foot touches the sand
On northern land, as human contraband
She got her name passed down to the boss
Now she stuck on a truckbed, clutching her cross
Yanqui guns, blood debts on the loans
Smoldering fields with rape, rubble, and bones
Graves hidden, trapped up in visions of war
She prays to nothing, no one, nobody, no more

Tear away at the mask
Oh, tear away at the mask

And now she got a quota, the needle and thread crucifixion
Sold and shipped across the new line of Mason Dixon
Rippin' through denim the point an inch from her vein
The foreman approach, his steps now pound in her brain
(His steps now pound in her brain)
Her arms jerks, the sisters gather 'round her and scream
As if in a dream, eyes on the crimson stream
Numb as her wrists spit shots of blood to the floor
I am nothing, no one, nobody, no more

Tear away at the mask
Tear away at the mask
Tear away at the mask
Oh, tear away at the mask

No minutes to rest
No moment to pray
No minutes to rest
No moment to pray
No minutes to rest
It eclipses her day
Just a moment to pray
Just a moment to pray

No minutes to rest
No moment to pray
No minutes to rest
No moment to pray
No minutes to rest
It eclipses her day
Just a moment to pray
Just a moment to pray

Tear away at the mask
Tear away at the mask
Tear away at the mask
Tear away at the mask

Brad J. Wilk, Thomas B. Morello, Timothy Commerford, Zack M. De La Rocha

The duration of Maria is 3:08 minutes and seconds.