Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke
“Sarah”, the second track of Kate Miller-Heidke’s album Nightflight, is largely based on a true story according to her. The song is a story told from the perspective of a youth friend of Miller-Heidke’s. The song is about two teenage girls going to a big music festival where one of the two disappear...
[Verse 1]
1997
Livid Festival
Me and Sarah my best friend
Stripy tights and fairy wings
(As safe as safe can be)
[Verse 2]
We drank the gin we'd snuck in
Danced to Ben Folds Five
I turned around to Sarah
Couldn't see her anywhere
(As safe as safe can be)
[Chorus]
Oh, Sarah
I didn't mean to let you down
But you left me on my own, Sarah
Why didn't you scream?
[Verse 3]
I went to all the stages
And to the St John's stand
The man said "You just missed her
Stay, maybe she'll come back again"
I sat and watched the crowds
[Verse 4]
My father came at midnight
We searched til half past four
I was half hysterical
My father wasn't sure
He called for the police
[Chorus 2]
Oh, Sarah
I didn't mean to let you down
But you left me on my own, Sarah
Why didn't you scream?
Why didn't you shout, Sarah?
I hate it that I let you down
But you left me on my own, Sarah
Why didn't you scream?
Why didn't you shout?
Why didn't you shout?
[Verse 5]
The next day the sergeant
Found her blue dress in a creek
Her parents were so angry
They put the blame on me
[Verse 6]
And then a fortnight later
Sarah knocked upon their door
Her mother asked her, "Where've you been?"
And she said, "I don't know
[Bridge]
I don't know
I'm not sure
I'm not sure
I can't remember anything at all"
[Chorus 2]
Oh, Sarah
I didn't mean to let you down
But you left me on my own, Sarah
Why didn't you scream?
Why didn't you shout, Sarah?
I hate it that I let you down
But you left me on my own, Sarah
Why didn't you scream?
Why didn't you shout?
Sarah was written by Keir Nuttall & Kate Miller-Heidke.
Sarah was produced by Lindsay Gravina & Keir Nuttall.
Kate Miller-Heidke released Sarah on Fri Apr 13 2012.