"God's Country" [Verse 1: Ethel Cain] The road is longer than it is hard With no one to guide you And no one to hold No best foot forward to sway the odds And just a voice inside you And a stone to throw [Verse 2: Ethel Cain] Could you be someone else If someone else is what I need? But I shouldn’t ask that of you When you’re old you’ll understand But we’re hurting now so what are we to do 'til then? Cradling pictures of you [Verse 3: Ethel Cain] It was a highway to nowhere, and we rode it Cold car with no gas and we chose it Soft bodies playing in the street Our kids will grow up with half as much Trying to build something out of dust Finding out too late what they need [Chorus: Ethel Cain] You’ve tasted love and it tasted sweet You drank the blood and bit the meat You hold it, you hold it, you let it go You close your eyes and count to three You say the word and come to me Baby, I know [Bridge: Ethel Cain] The road is longer than it is hard (love overwhelms me) With no one to guide you (it’s all that I want, and it’s all that we have) Don’t sink in me with your dog teeth Don’t sink in me Don’t sink in me with your dog teeth [Chorus: Ethel Cain] You’ve tasted love and it tasted sweet You drank the blood and bit the meat You hold it, you hold it, but you’ll never know You close your eyes and cry to me Don’t sink in me with your dog teeth We’re better off if you let go In God’s country In God’s country
The first time I heard God's country I was completely taken by Ethel's ethereal vocals . Then the "Wicca" part emerged and I was kinda bummed out . No disrespect to the singer , of course -he's just not my cup of tea. That said , this version is great ! I also adore the demo version (minus the Wicca part, again)
He has a very nasally voice but I feel like in my opinion him paired with Ethel is such a vibe he’s definitely an acquired taste you either love him or you hate him but that’s what I love about him
Omg this is the exact thing I've been working on for a day lol! I'll try to post it if I edit it to perfection! Because as of now it sounds really bad lol 🥲 not sure if I will post it 😭
I didn’t record those bits because I was enjoying them so much and was surprised she was doing multiple versions in one! I did get a bit of God’s country though, and I got her performance of Ptolemaea
That's really encouraging because I've been fantasising her doing the demo ll version of Strangers live , or including some of that versn's arrangement, rather than abandoning what I consider the best version of that song.
