Lyric discussion by Backspacer 

i see what everyone's saying, but here are some differences i see:

"that what you fear the most, could meet you halfway" -this i believe is talking about death, and if mary was middle aged, then death met her half way, through life.

after that, the narrator continues the chorus, saying "take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around", as if a last toast to mary.

just a few opinions.

Wow. Never thought of those last lines as a toast. Cool thinkin

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