Powerline Valley (Unreleased Corrupted Version) lyrics
by Ethel Cain
[Verse 1]
Underneath the powerlines
I'd start to cry, to wash you away
'Cause I'm a goddamn fool and I knew you'd ruin my life
In the fever dream of a summer haze
I was nineteen, you were twenty-one (It's so glitched!)
My mama said she loved you
She wasn't the only one
You lost yours back
When you were fifteen
You forgot softness
And what the word means
But I've come to know you
Like you forgot you knew yourself
Gave you my virginity under the overpass
Static tearing up your daddy's stereo
You were pouring sweat
And I was bleeding out on your seats
But we just laughed to death
And held each other close
Valleys of powerlines
We drive by day and night
Stretchin' for miles away from here
We talk of runnin'
Straight shot, just gunnin'
Until we're out there in the clear
[Chorus]
And it's been hard here for you
But I know, I'm trying too
All alone in this town
In this Alabama wild
Nothing stops if not for you
But I'll always love you and you know I will
[Verse 2]
We spent September (This is so weird) on the backroads
Shotgunnin'
And I love you like you won't ever know
'Cause you get too caught up in how they talk about you
I'll never forget the night or the paper in his hand
When you found your daddy there swinging from the ceiling fan
By that belt you f*cking hated
That left the marks I don't ask about
All I know is I've never seen you hurt
As bad as you do right now
Now you crush up pills to forget
And you crush up more to sleep
You crushed yourself into a ghost
That I can't reach when you're inside me
And I take each blow you give me
And I keep it as a gift
At least you can still bear to touch me
And when you throw, you never miss
[Chorus]
It's been hard here for you
But I know, I'm trying too
All alone in this town
In this Alabama wild
Nothing stops if not for you (Sorry, I'm just like, I'm so confused on what's happening)
But I'll always love you and you know I will
(Ha hahaha, I'm not angry)
[Bridge]
You've been gone for days and I ('Cause I have no idea, I have no idea what's going on)
Heard the news that you'd been found
Shotgun in hand in your daddy's field
Sprayed out all over the ground one last time
And I wish that we'd have left while we still could
But I'll do what I promised you I would
And let those powerlines take me somewhere
[Chorus]
It's been hard here for you, oh-oh
But I know, I'm trying too
And all alone, in this town
In this Alabama wild
Nothing stops if not for you
But I'll always love you and you know I will
But I'll always love you and you know I will
[Outro]
But when I met you there underneath the powerlines, I'd
I'd start to cry, and then I'd let you in
'Cause I'm a goddamn fool, and I let you ruin my life
But if I had the chance, I'd do it all again
(That's so good. I don't know what the hell is going on with that mix. I haven't listened to that in like, six months)
But when I met you down beneath the powerlines, I'd...