๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ท๐ด๐'๐ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ท๐๐ด๐ ( ๐ธ๐ถ๐ธ๐ธ ) , ๐ด๐๐ท๐ด๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฝ ๐๐ด๐ฝ๐๐ด๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ด ๐ผ๐ด๐ผ๐ด.
The following prompts are taken from Ethel Cain's 2022 album Preacher's Daughter. All tracks are included except for "August Underground" and "Televangelism" which are instrumental. Feel free to change pronouns and wording as you see fit. Trigger warning: profanity, sexual themes, religious themes, violence, abuse, etc. UPDATED: 04/18/24.
forgive these bones i'm hiding from no one successfully.
jesus can always reject his father, but he cannot escape his mother's blood.
the fates already fucked me sideways.
you know i raised you better than this.
another red heart taken by the american dream.
and i feel it there, in the middle of the night, when i'm all alone again.
say what you want, but say it like you mean it.
say it like you mean it, with your fists for once.
just give it one more day, then you're done.
i don't need anything from anyone.
i'm sorry if i sound off, but i was probably wasted.
jesus, if you're listening, let me handle my liquor.
why do i feel alone in this room with you?
i do what i want and damn, i'm doing it well.
sing it to me all day long.
you and me against the world.
we had nothing except each other.
you told me even if we died tonight, that i'd die yours.
your mama calls me sometimes to see if i'm doing well.
i'd kill myself to hold you one more time.
i'm the reason you won't come home.
i cry every day and the bottles make it worse.
you were the only one i was never scared to tell i hurt.
i thought you were so beautiful.
i hope you're doing fine out there.
i pray that you're all right.
i feel so alone out here.
i feel so alone out here without you, baby.
i watched him show his love through shades of black and blue.
show me how much i mean to you while i'm lying in these sheets undressed.
i'd hold the gun if you asked me to.
trouble's always gonna find you, baby.
hold me across every state line.
i'm never gonna leave you, baby.
i haven't spoken to my daddy in a long, long time.
i should have known that there's no getting in.
i'll be screaming your name.
please don't love how i need you.
my mama raised me better than that.
daddy said shoot first then run and don't look back.
take me down to the river and bathe me clean.
i've killed before and i'll kill again.
they say heaven hath no fury like a woman scorned.
hell don't scare me, i've been times before.
let christ forgive these bones i've been hiding.
let christ forgive these bones i've been hiding, and these bones i'm about to leave.
happiness ends and dies with you.
i thought good guys get to be happy.
i am poison in the water and unhappy.
i was too young to notice that some types of love could be bad.
it's just the way that you are.
baby, don't run. i'll take you anywhere.
hey, do you wanna see the west with me?
love's out there and i can't leave it be.
love's never meant much to me.
no one left to leave and no one left to love.
now that i met you, i finally know just where i'm headin'.
we found heaven in time where your western sunshine met my deep southern wet.
we finally reached the edge after all this time.
in your pickup truck with all of your dumb luck is the only place i think i'd ever wanna be.
you wanna love me right now. you wanna get alone with me.
you wanna take my clothes off.
obsession with the money, addicted to the drugs.
says he's in love with my body, that's why he's fucking it up.
if it feels good, then it can't be bad.
you wanna fuck me right now. you wanna see me on my knees.
you wanna rip these clothes off and hurt me.
if you hate me, please don't tell me.
just let the lights bleed all over me.
you'd do well to say yes to me.
i'm on fire, i'm on fire, i'm on fire.
i'm the white light. beautiful. finite.
there's nothing you can do.
there's nothing you can do, it's already been done.
what fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me.
i can see it in your eyes.
stop, stop, stop. make it stop. stop.
i am the face of love's rage.
i am no good nor evil, simply i am.
i have come to take what is mine.
you can't hide from me forever.
god loves you, but not enough to save you.
good luck taking care of yourself.
that's how my daddy raised me.
if they strike once, you just hit 'em twice as hard.
the more it hurts, the less it shows.
i think it's about time i put up a fight.
i always knew that in the end no one was coming to save me.
i keep praying, and praying, and praying.
if it's meant to be, then it will be.
i can't let go when something's broken.
don't talk to strangers, or you might fall in love.
i never considered myself tough.
you're so handsome walking over to me now.
i tried to be good. am i no good?
i just wanted to be yours.
you're so handsome when i'm all over your mouth.
am i making you feel sick?
i never blamed you for loving me the way that you did.
don't think about it too hard.
just know that i love you.
i'll see you when you get here.
mama, just know that i love you. and i'll see you when you get here.
