Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Ethel Cain
Closing out Act One of the album, Hard Times sees Ethel reflecting on the sexual abuse she endured from her father when she was a child, and the complicated feelings she has in regards to him.
[Verse 1]
Hide me there
Under the leaves
Nine going on eighteen
Lay it on me
Tell me a story
About how it ends
Where you're still the good guy
I'll make pretend
'Cause I hate this story
Where happiness ends
And dies with you
[Chorus]
I thought good guys get to be happy
I'm not happy
I am poison in the water and unhappy
Little girl who needs her daddy real bad
[Verse 2]
In the corner
On my birthday
You watched me
Dancing right there in the grass
I was too young
To noticе
That some types of love could bе bad
Praying I'd be like you
Doing all of the things that you do
And I still do
And that scares me
[Outro]
I'm tired of you, still tied to me
(Bleeding whenever you want)
Too tired to move, too tired to leave
I'm tired of you, still tied to me
(It's just the way that you are)
I'm tired of you, too tired to leave
(I just wanna sleep)
I'm tired of you, still tied to me
(I just wanna sleep)
Too tired to move, too tired to leave
(I just wanna sleep)
I'm tired of you, still tied to me
(Please, can I sleep, can I sleep?)
I'm tired of you, too tired to leave
I'm tired of you, still tied to me
Too tired to move, too tired to leave
Hard Times was written by Ethel Cain.
Hard Times was produced by Ethel Cain.
Ethel Cain released Hard Times on Thu May 12 2022.