Ethel Cain - A long, unfortunate while

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I've been sleeping in the dead body
Of a dead deer out by I-40
I dragged it there as a bed
And consummated my love
In a purple stitch
Like a scratched out itch
I am ugly, I fear
I believe what I hear
And now the push has come to shove
I wanna waste myself
And go take a drive
Take too sharp a corner
And probably take a life
In the end of it all
When you can hardly move
And they say you’ve still got the world to go
Stay strong
It’s a long, unfortunate while til curtain call
I’ve been poking at the dead body
Of the man that I oncе loved in my garden
He was good to mе and I went and I soiled his love
I will not see heaven
Surrendered to the fauna
Am I bad person
For not knowing what I wanted
I couldn’t face myself
So I avert my eyes
Take two shots in warning
And then take the dive
In the end of it all
When you can hardly move
And they say you’ve still got the world to go
Stay strong
It’s a long, unfortunate while til curtain call
So I call
Dreading the one
That one good morning
Will destroy me
When you’re gone
We’ve been young
Immortal, even
But now we turn and wait for kingdom come
You can leave the windows open
Here in our forever home
Bite down on your shoulder
And if you bleed, then I’ll know

[@gabeschulze]

“that one good morning will destroy me when you’re gone” can she chill 😍

[@monetzelenika2302]

LMAOO FRL

[@growing.flowers]

yeah :/

[@zoebutton2887]

I don’t get this line

[@MusicKnowte]

@@zoebutton2887 i think she’s saying she will forever be unhappy without her love. some people don’t like to move on to prove to themselves how much something meant to them. after being ab*sed or grieving a loss, some people give up all hope in life as a way to show to themselves and others how badly what happened to them affected them. hope this makes sense.

[@hannahg5216]

:,’,’,(

[@yuripiIIed]

all her unreleased music is so beautiful :(

[@perrip2355]

She’s so good than even her unreleased music is better than all the music that’s mainstream right now.

[@rogerkamphuis5285]

Ethel Cain’s music is beautiful. It has a certain emptiness/hopefullness to it that surprises me every time I listen to it. And regarding the lyrics: you are beautiful, just as your lyrics are.

[@bouthainalarbaoui1145]

I always come back to this song, it hurts so good ... ..
It touches exactly that old pain

[@VibrantVioletVisions]

[Verse 1]
I've been sleeping in the dead body
Of a dead deer out by I-40
I dragged it there as a bed
And consummated my love
In a purple stitch
Like a scratched out itch
I am ugly, I fear
I believe what I hear
And now the push has come to shove
[Pre-Chorus]
I wanna waste myself
And go take a drive
Take too sharp a corner
And probably take a life
[Chorus]
In the end of it all
When you can hardly move
And they say you’ve still got the world to go
Stay strong
It’s a long, unfortunate while til curtain call, call
[Verse 2]
I’ve been poking at the dead body
Of the man that I once loved in my garden
He was good to me and I went and I soiled his love
I will not see heaven
Surrendered to the fauna
Am I a bad person
For not knowing what I wanted
[Pre-Chorus]
I couldn’t face myself
So I avert my eyes
Take two shots in warning
And then take the dive
And I dive
[Chorus]
Into the end of it all
When you can hardly move
And they say you’ve still got the world to go
Stay strong
It’s a long, unfortunate while til curtain call, call
So I call
Dreading the one
That one good morning
Will destroy me
When you’re gone
We’ve been young
Immortal, even
But now we turn and wait for kingdom come
[Outro]
You can leave the windows open
Here in our forever home
Bite down on your shoulder
And if you bleed, then I’ll know

[@Nenad-xp9xq]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@zoebutton2887]

I want an explanation directly from her of all her lyrics tbh

[@birdo88]

This is literally poetry

[@amoodyfrog]

I hope this is on the new album, so beautiful

[@hannahg5216]

We’ve been young, immortal even ❤

[@lisaprice6944]

This is such a dark and beautiful song. I can't get enough of it. So good.

[@jamesbrousseau2159]

Everything she is I love ❤

[@isotonicc]

her voice cracks heal my autism a bit

[@bluebassboy22]

Her music relaxes me.

[@nayaabshah1155]

It’s my therapy

[@shal6401]

funny i just realized this myself. kind of a similar yet totally different kick i get from listening to cocteau twins. idk i just put it on and my mood mellows out

[@Umbrey_Dunctum]

​​@@shal6401I know what you mean about the Cocteaus (or Cocteau'X'lol, French plural? ) in so far as they always set up a certain 'Cocteau' mood,even unto before everything else.

[@littlerockyzen]

I can not explain. But her songs give me a hint of pain, and freedom

[@cindystern998]

Beautiful

[@koikun]

If her unreleased album didn't kill me before, this sure did.. 🤍🕊

[@karabartley]

You watched me sleep, didnt you. Not in a creepy way, but you watched me; that last morning. Ill never believe in a million years that you staged that. You knew it was goodbye. I was scared too, I wasn't ready either. I wish I'd opened up to you. I'd give anything to wake up to the rooster and your snoring. Im so grateful my last thoughts when I fell asleep beside you were, you never know when itll be the last time. Oh handsome. Please get out of my head.

[@GregSkalowski]

so good.., n calming..n deep..

[@brandonheidelberg2158]

I feel like she’s going to release this one on the new album

[@mayjailer-i2v]

I HOPE SO

[@michaelpout9701]

It's so wonderful I worship you

[@paolobianconi495]

Incredible. I don't manage to find a song from her I dislike.

[@tannerporemba7423]

Same!!

[@zinniatalking]

my favorite song

[@CJ-simeonxsick]

amazing beautiful

[@creatrix_child]

Wow

[@Z3ropro]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dkny2yj204]

Beast.

[@eanrod3644]

Fuckin beautiful

[@edwardnazz9652]

cool!

[@Paul-oo5gz]

Mmmmmmm.

[@fin6239]

does anyone have tabs ?

[@emile5598]

Curtain call is now! Come out come out

[@hannahg5216]

Ethel is Elliot Smith for girls.

[@landalrey]

omg she absolutely yassed

[@landalrey]

This is so

[@nathannokes4486]

Beautiful

[@Nenad-xp9xq]

❤❤❤❤❤