Sun Bleached Flies Lyrics – Ethel Cain
Sun bleached flies sitting in the windowsill
Waiting for the day they escape
They talk all about that money and how their babies are always changing while they’re breathing in the poison of the pain
What I wouldn’t give to be in Church this Sunday
Listening to the choir, so heartfelt, all singing
God loves you, but not enough to save you
So, baby girl, good luck taking care of yourself
So I said fine, ’cause that’s how my daddy raised me
If they strike once then you just hit ’em twice as hard
But in the end the fire bend under the weight that they give me
And it’s hard, when and fall twice as far
We all know how it goes, and the more it hurts, the less it shows
But I still feel like they all know, and that’s why I could never go back home
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
But I don’t mind ’cause that’s how my daddy raised me (How my daddy raised me)
If they strike once then you just hit ’em twice as hard
But I always knew that in the end no one was coming to save me
So I just prayed and I keep praying and praying and praying
If it’s meant to be then it will be
So I met him there and told him I believe
Singing if it’s meant to be then it’ll be
I believe it all is in comes back to me (Back to me)
If it’s meant to be then it will be
So I met him there and told him I believe (I believe, yeah)
Singing if it’s meant to be then it will be (Oh, oh)
I believe it all as it comes back to me (It comes back to me)
If it’s meant to be then it’ll be (It’ll be, it’ll be, it’ll be)
So I met him there and told him I believe (Yeah)
Singing if it’s meant to be then it will be
I believe it all as it comes back to me (Oh)
I’m still praying for that house in Nebraska
By the highway, out on the edge of town
Dancing with the windows open
I can’t let go when something’s broken
It’s all I know and it’s all I wanna know