LYRIC SENTENCE STARTERS, ETHEL CAIN.
“how funny, i never considered myself tough.”
“say what you want, but say it like you mean it.”
“god is telling you and i there is death.”
“jesus can always reject his father, but he cannot escape his mother’s blood.”
“i’ve killed before and i’ll kill again.”
“you know i raised you better than this.”
“sing it to me all day long.”
“hey, do you wanna see the west with me?”
“i am poison in the water and unhappy.”
“head full of whiskey but i always deliver.”
“trouble’s always gonna find you.”
“i tried to be good. am i no good?”
“they say heaven hath no fury like a woman scorned.”
“all that’s left are your walls and you’ll die there.”
“i’d hold the gun if you asked me.”
“i’m tired of you still tied to me.”
“a nd if you hate me, please don’t tell me.”
“end of the line. we finally hit the edge, after all this time.”
“baby, don’t run, i’ll take you anywhere.”
“you love blood too much.”
“found you just to tell you that i made it real far.”
“and know that one day, you and i could be ok.”
“it hurts to miss you. but it’s worse to know that i’m the reason.”
“he wanted to go, so maybe it was his fault.”
“even the iron still feels the rot.”
“we had nothing except each other.”
“i just wanted to be yours.”
“he’s cold-blooded so it takes more time to bleed.”
“tell me, what have you done?”
“you can’t hide from me forever.”
“blessed be the daughters of cain, bound to suffering eternal through the sins of their fathers committed long before their conception.”
“there’s nothing you can do, it’s already been done.”
“i hate this story where happiness ends and dies with you.”
“don’t talk to strangers or you might fall in love.”
“then the day came and you were up and gone.”
“you know, i still wait at the edge of town.”
“just know that i love you.”
“in these motel rooms, i started to see you differently.”
“i’m doing what i want and damn, i’m doing it well.”
“i feel it there in the middle of the night.”
“i am no good nor evil, simply i am.”
“hiding from something i cannot stop.”
“i didn’t find my love but i still made it this far without it.”
“i haven’t spoken to my dad in a long, long time.”
“don’t think about it too hard or you’ll never sleep a wink at night again.”
“just give it one more day, then you’re done.”
“i’ll see you when you get here.”
“love’s never meant much to me.”
“i invited you in. twice, i did.”
suffer does the wolf, crawling to thee. promising a big fire, any fire.”
“hell don’t scare me, i’ve been times before.”
“dad’s left and mama won’t come home.”
“love’s out there and I can’t leave it be.”
“i cry every day, and the bottles make it worse.”
“these dirt roads are empty.”
“trouble’s always gonna find you, (name). but so will i.”
“i’m so alone out here without you, baby.”
“i don’t need anything from anyone.”
“your mama calls me sometimes to see if i’m doing well.”
