— ˀ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤethel cain — preacher's daughter ask prompts.
say what you want, but say it like you mean it.
honey, love's never meant much to me.
i'm crying only because i'm happy.
i never blamed you for loving me the way that you did.
i am here now as you run from me still.
daddy said shoot first then run and don't look back.
i don't need anything from anyone.
my mama raised me better than that.
you loved your dad and the love he had for your mother.
you fell in love with america when you were twelve years old.
i met him there and told him i believe.
what fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me.
baby, hell don't scare me, i've been times before.
you wanna fuck me right now?
we found each other on a dirty mattress on the second floor.
i spend my life watching it go by from the sidelines.
we'll make love in your attic all night.
i'll see you when you get here.
now that i met you, i finally know just where i'm headin'.
your mama calls me sometimes to see if i'm doing well.
it's just the way that you are.
i still call home that house in nebraska.
he'll scream and try to wash it off of his fingers.
you'd do wеll to say yes to me.
that's why i can never go back home.
you wanna love me right now?
don't worry 'bout me and these green eyes.
i thought that you were so beautiful.
i found photographs of our school, on the day we met.
jesus can always reject his father.
at least your truck beats walking.
another red heart taken by the american dream.
you and me against the world.
i feel so alone without you.
good luck taking care of yourself.
you wanna get alone with me?
i am poison in the water and unhappy.
i was too young to noticе.
for the first time since i was a child i could see a man who wasn't angry.
i cry every day, and the bottles make it worse.
that's how my daddy raised me.
even the iron still fears the rot.
you can't hide from me forever.
you had to get out and go chasin' its sweet call.
in the corner, on my birthday, you watched me.
i'd hold the gun if you asked me to.
i thought good guys get to be happy.
i should have known that there's no getting in.
i am no good nor evil, simply i am.
why do i feel alone in this room with you?
i may never sleep at night.
we finally reached the edge after all this time.
know that one day, you and i could be ok.
don't think about it too hard or you'll never sleep a wink at night again.
hide me there under the leaves.
the neighborhood keeps getting smaller.
you were the only one i was never scared to tell i hurt.
i just hope you're doing fine out there.
you might never come back home.
i still feel like they all know.
you were my man and i your girl.
i haven't spoken to my daddy in a long, long time.
i didn't find my love, but i still made it this far without it.
these crosses all over my body remind me of who i used to be.
you know i'll be right there beside you.
i always knew that in the end no one was coming to save me.
i just wanted to be yours.
there is a better place for those who believe in the lord jesus christ.
just know that i love you.
but i think it's about time i put up a fight.
you know i raised you bеtter than this.
these dirt roads are empty, the ones we paved ourselves.
i was there in the dark when you spilled your first blood.
i'm never gonna leave you baby, even if you lose what's left of your mind.
he cannot escape his mother's blood.
you wanna get my clothes off?
christ, forgive these bones i'm hiding from no one successfully.
baby, if it feels good then it can't be bad.
am i making you feel sick?
you know, i still wait at the edge of town.
how funny, i never considered myself tough.
i'm happier here 'cause he told me i should be.
i hate this story where happiness ends and dies with you.
hey, do you wanna see thе west with me?
the fates already fucked me sideways.
the world was empty, save you and i.
if it's meant to be then it will be.
jesus, if you're listening let me handle my liquor.
god loves you, but not enough to save you.
when the preacher talks, that man demands his silence.
i'm just a child but i'm not above violence.
i just pray that you're all right.
he'll never escape what he's made up of.
daddy's left, and mama won't come home.
hold me across every state line.
it's all i know and it's all i want now.
sing it to me all day long.
he's in love with my body, that's why he's fucking it up.
then the day came and you were up and gone.
found you just to tell you that i made it real far.
you wanna see me on my knees?
tell me, what have you done?
there's nothing you can do.
i just prayed and i keep praying and praying and praying.
i have come to take what is mine.
just give it one more day, then you'rе done.
i can see it in your eyes.
don't talk to strangers or you might fall in love.
i watched him show his love through shades of black and blue.
they say heaven hath no fury like a woman scorned.
you told me even if we died tonight, that i'd die yours.
i'm tired of you, still tied to me.
if they strike once then you just hit 'em twice as hard.
i met you there in texas somewhere on the thoroughfare.
show me how much i mean to you, while i'm lying in these sheets undressed.
all that's left are your walls and you'll die there.
i don't want him to worry, always wondering if i'm alright.
let christ forgive these bones i've been hiding and the bones i'm about to leave.
i'm sorry if i seemed off, but i was probably wasted.
i can't let go when something's broken.
it's worse to know that i'm the reason you won't come home.
tell me a story about how it ends.
what i wouldn't give to be in church this sunday.
no one left to leave and no one left to love.
we had nothing except each other.
i put too much faith in the make-believe.
i am the face of love's rage.
if you hate me please don't tell me.
trouble's always gonna find you baby.
i'll come with you if you're sure it's what you need.
by seventeen, you knew you had to see it all.
the more it hurts, the less it shows.
i'd kill myself to hold you one more time.
the aching sound of silence used to be our favorite song.
god is telling you and i there is death, for all of us.
take me down to the river and bathe me clean.
i would show you something you can never have.
i followed you in and i was with you there.
it's been a long damn time since i left florida.
i've killed before and i'll kill again.
you wanna rip these clothes off?
