Mariazell (Slovene: Marijino Celje) is a small city in Austria, in Styria, well known for winter sports, 143 kilometres (89 miles) N. of Graz. It is picturesquely situated in the valley of the Salza, amid the north Styrian Alps.
It is a site of pilgrimage for Catholics from Austria and neighboring countries to its east. The object of veneration is an image of the Virgin Mary reputed to work miracles, carved in lime-tree wood. This was brought to the place in 1157, and is now enshrined in a chapel adorned with objects of silver and other costly materials. The large church of which the chapel forms part was erected in 1644 as an expansion of a smaller church built by Louis I, King of Hungary, after a victory over the Turks in 1363. In the vicinity of Mariazell is the pretty Alpine lake of Erlaufsee.
There is no trace of large or enclosed settlements in the area of modern Mariazell dating from pre-Christian times or the first century A.D. The large number of Illyrian and Celtic mountain and river names in the region, such as for example the Erlauf, however suggest small settlements by these tribes. The salt springs in Halltal were not unknown to these groups.
Here we are, the two of us together
Don't know where we end or where we start
Been through so many stages
But we're on two different pages
Maybe we're just better off apart
CHORUS:
It's so hard to say goodbye
We'll throw down the gloves and in the towel
Just let it ride
It's so hard cause we both know
When the curtain falls and the bloom is off the rose
We're just holding on to letting go
And who knows, will it be for the better?
Maybe it'll be for the worse
Though I try to love you
And I want to make it work
All it does is make me hurt
CHORUS
Did we get enough, or expect too much?
Do we tough it out, or just give up?
CHORUS
We're just holding on