"Powerline Valley (Piano Demo)" lyrics - ETHEL CAIN

[Intro:]
Okay, powerline valley, demo
Wait, shit, I can't fucking see the light
Okay, I had to turn the light on, okay

When I met you there 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
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
Stretching 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

We spent September on the backroads
Shotgunnin' warm Bud Lights down a sinner's rabbit hole
By the fire, taking off my dirty blouse
I let your hands do things that no one needs to know
And I love you like you won't ever know
'Cause you get too caught up in what they tell you to
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 fucking 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 stand 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
But I'll always love you and you know I will

[Bridge:]
You'd been gone for days when I
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
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
But I'll always love you and you know I will

[Outro:]
And when I met you- (Shit)
And 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