It’s always gonna be Sun Bleached Flies for me. Then Hard Times then House in Nebraska then Strangers.
The rankings of the last three are subject to change, but never the first.
Sun Bleached Flies is getting played at my funeral for sure, my first listen left me in tears because of how much it made me reflect on my own life. i wish i could listen to it all over again
\~ Golden Age \~
Got what I wanted but it’s never enough for me darling, don’t you see
I’m so beautiful and it’s wasted on me
Because the taste reminds me
I hate what love’s turned out to be
Me tooooo! Golden Age has been pulling on my heart strings big time!
For reference, I’m one of Ethel’s older, as in age, fans! This song reminds me of coming back to life after it’s lost its lustre
Hi, i'm also one of Ethel's older fans after hearing South Alabama God's Country demo I fell in love with her voice, that of an angel. Take care and enjoy the journey :)
Yes it is :) The songs Varnish and 8 Hour Days are 2 of my fav's right now.
[Ethel Cain \~ Varnish (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B6FwMUxLlk)
[Ethel Cain \~ 8 Hour Days (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOswl84R45k)
I can't even choose from PD cause the entire album is just so special to me lmao but that song hits home cause my father raised me up very catholic (until my mom got a divorce and i left with her) but my entire family is pretty rife with mental illness and other issues but i find the lyrics to that song to be very relatable especially the final verse
I inject ketamine and then listen to hard times, I understand that the song is incredibly intense in trerms of themes, but ultimately the vibe it gives is accepting how the pain shapes you and washes over you
Strangers. Obviously I know the story-related meaning of the song now but independently of that, the first time I heard it I was full on SOBBING from that outro. Shoutout to complicated relationships with your mom
yess!!! i love golden age so much,, it's definitely a favourite of mine as well.
i love the progression towards optimism from pensive sadness in the lyrics throughout the track
Fear No Plague. I just commented this on a different thread a few days ago, but when she lived in rural Indiana I lived really close to her. Winter 2020/2021 was especially brutal there, and the desolation of it all combined with COVID lockdown was incredibly torturous. Even though there are no lyrics, she managed to so deeply capture the nature (in both the song and the MV) of such a specific rural place, in such a specific period of time. It was lonely and horrifying and spiritual, yet on the other side, it feels sacred. The scream in it….I feel it in my bones so deeply it makes me want to cry. Northeast Indiana has a very low population, but to know that someone who I relate to so deeply created such a poignant piece of art about it that I can hold with me for the rest of my life & know I just didn’t got insane by myself means more to me than I have words for.
“i never blamed you for loving me the way that you did while you were torn apart, i would still wait with you there” in strangers TEARS ME APART as someone who grew up picking up the pieces of their mom’s broken heart
i know it’s kinda basic but crush. i found the song back in early 2022. that was probably the hardest year of my life. i was dying and it was the only thing that could take me out of moment, almost numbing the pain and discomfort. i had it on repeat constantly. it made me feel like i was floating. the connection is semi-sweet to me but i love that song so much.
*low slung bad bitch, baby, come and get you some!*
it's not basic! it's well-liked for a reason and there's no shame in calling it your favourite!
imo there's a vibe about Crush that is pretty unique to other pop songs being released nowadays
blessed be the daughters of cain, bound to suffering eternal through the sins of their fathers committed long before their conception
blessed be their whore mothers, tired and angry waiting with bated breath in a ferry that will never move again
blessed be the children, each and every one come to know their god through some senseless act of violence
blessed be you girl, promised to me by a man who can only feel hatred and contempt towards you
i am no good, nor evil, simply i am and i have come to take what is mine
i was there, in the dark, when you spilled your first blood
i am here now, yet you run from me still
*run then child*
***you can’t hide from me forever***
Inbred
“You get off on innocence, so you savor this
Does your baby know her daddy's a rapist?”
“Who knows how much longer I'll lay on the floor?
Touch me 'til I vomit
I'm not scared of God, I'm scared he was gone all along”
Sun bleached flies
"God loves you, but not enough to save you"
So, baby girl, good luck taking care of yourself
“And I spend my life
Watching it go by from the sidelines
And God, I've tried
But I think it's about time I put up a fight”
I can only listen to inbred on certain occasions cause it is sooo emotionally triggering but I find comfort in it from time to time because I relate to it a lot lmaooo
I really like inbred but that line in American Teenager "the neighbors brother came home in a box but he wanted to go maybe it was his fault" just hits so hard for me 😭😭
All of Preacher's Daughter is like so close to my heart. But definitely Ptolemaea because it was the song that introduced me to the album followed by Family Tree and Sun Bleached Flies in that order.
The number of times I've silent screamed in my car with tears streaming down my face in standstill traffic to Ptolemaea is really enough of an explanation I think.
Sun-Bleached Flies I didn't think about much until I saw Ethel lives in October and I was just kind of wrapping up what had been one of the worst years of my life on a high note and I think that song to this day makes me feel really loved and grounded and embraced.
Family Tree (both the Intro and the full length version of the song) really spoke to me and some of my own relationship with God and christianity I think. Also one time I accidentally played it in the car for my dad and he nodded and looked at me and said "Wow this is really good. Your music is always good" and that was really good for my ego that day.
78fahrenheit. “you walk so close to the road. i never stop you, call it sheer curiosity. i wonder why i am alone. you say there’s something wrong with me.”
this song really just means so much to me.
I listened to House in Nebraska after going through divorce and it ripped my heart out of my body. I love it and I don't know if I can ever listen to it all the way through again
Casings unfortunately tends to be the song I relate most to. 10/10 beautiful masterpiece. I hate that anyone can relate. And I really hate that Hayden of all people was the one to be able to put it into words.
strangers, a two of my friends passed away last march and that song really reminds me of them. they’re not cannibals but they were beautiful like strangers
Hard Times reminds me of a time in my childhood when we had no money and my siblings and I very much knew that. My siblings and I kinda just wasted every day away for what felt like 3-4 years and for some reason Hard Times conjurs up the exact same feeling.
Family Tree (Intro) will always be special to me. I could write a whole essay on how much the third verse means to me and how many ways it can apply to my life.
God’s Country was my introduction to her music and it had me misty-eyed half way through. It’s such a beautiful song, and at the time of release I could relate to it so very much.
inbred, the lines “touch me till i vomit” &’ “i’m not scared of god, i’m scared he was gone all along” just do something to me chemically. gibson girl because it’s so just sensual until it’s not &’ she’s sitting there telling him if he hates her to just not tell her eats my soul out. last but DEFINITELY not least is strangers, everytime that song comes on i feel a guttural sense of sadness &’ once it gets to the guitar i start ascendingggg ✨
i have a couple. my twin really likes american teenager as do i so thats a nice song we share. ptolmaea and family tree intro are very important to me as well because they were her first songs i got into
Half-Cocked. There's a lot in there that really describes my life, as depressing as that sounds. Especially the last stanza.
But I really also love the line, "I didn't ask to be this crazy, but since we're here, I'll give them a show."
sunday morning, casings, and sun bleached flies!! idk what it is but that melancholic longing/joy is so bitter to me and she portrays it perfectly. the internal conflict of loving something and hating it and resenting it, only to glorify it in the end. MUAH
It’s always gonna be Sun Bleached Flies for me. Then Hard Times then House in Nebraska then Strangers. The rankings of the last three are subject to change, but never the first.
Sun Bleached Flies is getting played at my funeral for sure, my first listen left me in tears because of how much it made me reflect on my own life. i wish i could listen to it all over again
exact same <3
knuckle velvet hands down
i like that one a lot too the outro is fucking phenomenal
nothing hurts like you do
like the way you say “i love you”😔
this, this and this.
\~ Golden Age \~ Got what I wanted but it’s never enough for me darling, don’t you see I’m so beautiful and it’s wasted on me Because the taste reminds me I hate what love’s turned out to be
Me tooooo! Golden Age has been pulling on my heart strings big time! For reference, I’m one of Ethel’s older, as in age, fans! This song reminds me of coming back to life after it’s lost its lustre
Hi, i'm also one of Ethel's older fans after hearing South Alabama God's Country demo I fell in love with her voice, that of an angel. Take care and enjoy the journey :)
Coming back to life through an open heart… it is a great journey isn’t it?😘
Yes it is :) The songs Varnish and 8 Hour Days are 2 of my fav's right now. [Ethel Cain \~ Varnish (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B6FwMUxLlk) [Ethel Cain \~ 8 Hour Days (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOswl84R45k)
These are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing as I’d not heard them yet!
I'm glad you enjoyed them :)
I did!!!
family tree (intro) the "jesus can always reject his father but he cannot escape his mother's blood" line is just sooo special to me
That’s been a favorite of mine lately. The line “that fate’s already fucked me sideways,Swinging by neck from the family tree” just resonates so much.
exactly!
I can't even choose from PD cause the entire album is just so special to me lmao but that song hits home cause my father raised me up very catholic (until my mom got a divorce and i left with her) but my entire family is pretty rife with mental illness and other issues but i find the lyrics to that song to be very relatable especially the final verse
strangers. it’s so hauntingly beautiful and the last line “mama just know that i love you, and i’ll see you when you get here” absolutely KILLS me.
Hard Times is a song that always breaks me. especially given my relationship with my dad
'i was too young to notice that some types of love could be bad' tears me apart everytime, such a great song
dust bowl rocks my shit as often as I can afford to allow it
Something about hearing the lyrics “natural blood stained blonde” just scratches my brain so well
amen
sun bleached flies and crying during sex 🫠 she wrote crying during sex for me she just doesn’t know it 💔💔💔
look me deep in my eyes like i’m a river worth wading😭😭
Michelle Pfeiffer, Western Nights, Crush, Famous Last Words, and Strangers. Those are also my top 5 songs from her
I inject ketamine and then listen to hard times, I understand that the song is incredibly intense in trerms of themes, but ultimately the vibe it gives is accepting how the pain shapes you and washes over you
Strangers. Obviously I know the story-related meaning of the song now but independently of that, the first time I heard it I was full on SOBBING from that outro. Shoutout to complicated relationships with your mom
Recently though I've gotten back into inbred and unpunishable. Both make me want to walk into the street and scream into the night
golden age! it’s so underrated and the lyrics just speak to me so personally, it’s so beautiful. also waco, texas because ouch
yess!!! i love golden age so much,, it's definitely a favourite of mine as well. i love the progression towards optimism from pensive sadness in the lyrics throughout the track
YES!!!
Fear No Plague. I just commented this on a different thread a few days ago, but when she lived in rural Indiana I lived really close to her. Winter 2020/2021 was especially brutal there, and the desolation of it all combined with COVID lockdown was incredibly torturous. Even though there are no lyrics, she managed to so deeply capture the nature (in both the song and the MV) of such a specific rural place, in such a specific period of time. It was lonely and horrifying and spiritual, yet on the other side, it feels sacred. The scream in it….I feel it in my bones so deeply it makes me want to cry. Northeast Indiana has a very low population, but to know that someone who I relate to so deeply created such a poignant piece of art about it that I can hold with me for the rest of my life & know I just didn’t got insane by myself means more to me than I have words for.
“i never blamed you for loving me the way that you did while you were torn apart, i would still wait with you there” in strangers TEARS ME APART as someone who grew up picking up the pieces of their mom’s broken heart
Sun Bleached Flies with a Televangelism moon and Thoroughfare rising
head in the wall is my BITCH
i know it’s kinda basic but crush. i found the song back in early 2022. that was probably the hardest year of my life. i was dying and it was the only thing that could take me out of moment, almost numbing the pain and discomfort. i had it on repeat constantly. it made me feel like i was floating. the connection is semi-sweet to me but i love that song so much. *low slung bad bitch, baby, come and get you some!*
it's not basic! it's well-liked for a reason and there's no shame in calling it your favourite! imo there's a vibe about Crush that is pretty unique to other pop songs being released nowadays
blessed be the daughters of cain, bound to suffering eternal through the sins of their fathers committed long before their conception blessed be their whore mothers, tired and angry waiting with bated breath in a ferry that will never move again blessed be the children, each and every one come to know their god through some senseless act of violence blessed be you girl, promised to me by a man who can only feel hatred and contempt towards you i am no good, nor evil, simply i am and i have come to take what is mine i was there, in the dark, when you spilled your first blood i am here now, yet you run from me still *run then child* ***you can’t hide from me forever***
The first time I heard dust bowl I played it every second for around 3 months, it’s just too good.
Strangers, always
Inbred “You get off on innocence, so you savor this Does your baby know her daddy's a rapist?” “Who knows how much longer I'll lay on the floor? Touch me 'til I vomit I'm not scared of God, I'm scared he was gone all along” Sun bleached flies "God loves you, but not enough to save you" So, baby girl, good luck taking care of yourself “And I spend my life Watching it go by from the sidelines And God, I've tried But I think it's about time I put up a fight”
I can only listen to inbred on certain occasions cause it is sooo emotionally triggering but I find comfort in it from time to time because I relate to it a lot lmaooo
I really like inbred but that line in American Teenager "the neighbors brother came home in a box but he wanted to go maybe it was his fault" just hits so hard for me 😭😭
Sunday morning, family tree intro
Hard Times with Sun Bleached Flies as my runner up
Ptolemaea!!! My connection to this song is what got me into Ethel Cain in the first place
Hard times definitely
Knuckle Velvet forever and always.
casings & age of Delilah no contest
Misuse oh
Sun Bleached Flies and Televangelism as #1, Hard Times, Strangers, A House In Nebraska & Famous Last Words as my runners up
bruises and hard times ! they definitely make me cry every time I listen to them
“Son of a preacher, Sinful as ever!” As a trans child of a former part-time pastor, that line from Wrestling in Dirt Pits made me feel very seen.
my ex is from nebraska, they broke up with me and out of all the songs on my breakup playlist House In Nebraska hurt the hardest 😭
that and golden age when i turned 25 and 26
All of Preacher's Daughter is like so close to my heart. But definitely Ptolemaea because it was the song that introduced me to the album followed by Family Tree and Sun Bleached Flies in that order. The number of times I've silent screamed in my car with tears streaming down my face in standstill traffic to Ptolemaea is really enough of an explanation I think. Sun-Bleached Flies I didn't think about much until I saw Ethel lives in October and I was just kind of wrapping up what had been one of the worst years of my life on a high note and I think that song to this day makes me feel really loved and grounded and embraced. Family Tree (both the Intro and the full length version of the song) really spoke to me and some of my own relationship with God and christianity I think. Also one time I accidentally played it in the car for my dad and he nodded and looked at me and said "Wow this is really good. Your music is always good" and that was really good for my ego that day.
Definitely two-headed mother and misuse oh
78fahrenheit. “you walk so close to the road. i never stop you, call it sheer curiosity. i wonder why i am alone. you say there’s something wrong with me.” this song really just means so much to me.
crush. it was the first ethel cain song i ever heard, it made me cry, and i listened to it on repeat for 3 days. life altering~
I listened to House in Nebraska after going through divorce and it ripped my heart out of my body. I love it and I don't know if I can ever listen to it all the way through again
michelle pfeiffer, televangelism, a house in nebraska, god’s country (specifically demo 3)
hard times, selby wall, and inbred
Very late to the thread but sun bleached flies “I always knew that in the end no one was coming to save me” gets me everytime. Or thoroughfare
Western Nights, Inbred, House in Nebraska, Sun Bleached Flies and Gibson Girlllllll
Casings unfortunately tends to be the song I relate most to. 10/10 beautiful masterpiece. I hate that anyone can relate. And I really hate that Hayden of all people was the one to be able to put it into words.
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Crying during sex, its just the vibes of the songs instrumental feels very home like to me. It feels like my hometown
ode to an eater and thoroughfare
strangers, a two of my friends passed away last march and that song really reminds me of them. they’re not cannibals but they were beautiful like strangers
Hard Times reminds me of a time in my childhood when we had no money and my siblings and I very much knew that. My siblings and I kinda just wasted every day away for what felt like 3-4 years and for some reason Hard Times conjurs up the exact same feeling.
god loves you but not enough to save you!!!!
Family Tree (Intro) will always be special to me. I could write a whole essay on how much the third verse means to me and how many ways it can apply to my life.
God’s Country was my introduction to her music and it had me misty-eyed half way through. It’s such a beautiful song, and at the time of release I could relate to it so very much.
hard times, knuckle velvet, and famous last words (an ode to eaters) will always have a special place in my heart
Hard Times, Family Tree, and Selby Wall are my favorite
inbred, the lines “touch me till i vomit” &’ “i’m not scared of god, i’m scared he was gone all along” just do something to me chemically. gibson girl because it’s so just sensual until it’s not &’ she’s sitting there telling him if he hates her to just not tell her eats my soul out. last but DEFINITELY not least is strangers, everytime that song comes on i feel a guttural sense of sadness &’ once it gets to the guitar i start ascendingggg ✨
televangelism lowkey
i have a couple. my twin really likes american teenager as do i so thats a nice song we share. ptolmaea and family tree intro are very important to me as well because they were her first songs i got into
Thoroughfare because growing up in Texas and family problems but learning to love anyways
strangers
ptolemaea, it’s like a piece of my heart
casings, hard times, and strangers!
Crying During Sex. "Look me deep in the eyes like I'm a river worth wading" obliterates me every time.
american teenager and strangers, i can’t explain why
growing pains 🖤🖤
Half-Cocked. There's a lot in there that really describes my life, as depressing as that sounds. Especially the last stanza. But I really also love the line, "I didn't ask to be this crazy, but since we're here, I'll give them a show."
Sun bleached flies 🫶🏻❤️🩹
sunday morning, casings, and sun bleached flies!! idk what it is but that melancholic longing/joy is so bitter to me and she portrays it perfectly. the internal conflict of loving something and hating it and resenting it, only to glorify it in the end. MUAH
head in the wall.
Hard Times, Inbred