Seven Mary Three, occasionally abbreviated to 7M3, is an American hard rock band. They have released seven studio albums and are best known for their hit single “Cumbersome,” as well as “Water’s Edge” and “Wait” among others.
Seven Mary Three formed in 1992 when Jason Ross and Jason Pollock met while attending the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Originally an acoustic duo, Ross and Pollock split song-writing duties and performed with Ross singing and Pollock playing guitar. Later, drummer Giti Khalsa and bassist Casey Daniel joined the band, and the foursome played coffeehouses and clubs throughout the Southeast.
The present members of the band are Casey Daniel, Jason Ross, Thomas Juliano, and Mike Levesque. Giti Khalsa has stopped touring with the band, but still performs on studio recordings.
Jason Pollock revealed in The Cavalier Daily that they came up with the name while watching the 1970s TV series CHiPs on TV—’7 Mary 3′ was the call sign for Officer Jon Baker, who was played by actor Larry Wilcox. (7M3: police radio call sign; 7 designates the patrol beat, M for Mary designates that he is a motorcycle unit and 3 is his unit number). Pollock noted, “There’s no great significance or anything. We were just tired of trying to think of a cool name.”
Cumbersome
http://djallyn.org/media/cumbersome.flvShe calls me Goliath and I wear the David mask
I guess the stones are coming too fast for her now
You know, I’d like to believe this nervousness will pass
All the stones that are thrown are building up a wallI have become, cumbersome to this world
I have become, cumbersome to my girlI’d like to believe we could reconcile the past
Resurrect those bridges with an ancient glance
But my old stone face can’t seem to break her down
She remembers bridges and burns them to the groundI have become, cumbersome to this world
I have become, cumbersome to my girlToo heavy, too light, too black or too white
Too wrong or too right, damn tonight
Cumbersome
Too rich or too poor, she’s wanting me less
And I’m wanting her more
The bitter taste is cumbersome
No, yeah, no no no, yeah…There is a balance between two worlds
One with an arrow and a cross
Regardless of the balance, life has become cumbersomeToo heavy, too light, too black or too white
Too wrong or too right, damn tonight
Cumbersome
Too rich or too poor, she’s wanting me less
And I’m wanting her more
The bitter taste is cumbersome
No, yeah, no no no, no no no, yeah, no no no, yeah…Your life has become cumbersome
Break