Official visualizer for "Family Tree (Intro)" by Ethel Cain. Buy/Listen: ethelcain.ffm.... Website: daughtersofcai... Instagram: / mothercain Tumblr: / mothercain
@@nusknvp_ it's about how as much as you want to reject/run away from awful family members you'll always be related to them ('fate's already fucked me sideways')
My father abused me and my mother is a textbook narcissist. I wish my father would just die and I feel like my mother more and more as I get older. This line made my stomach flip.
“The fates already fucked me sideways, swinging by my neck from the family tree” this line… it hurts and im speechless. this song is my fav on the album, i think
Exactly ❤ The last chorus really define my relationship with family and especially my father who always wasn't there for me when I needed him and now I suffer with several mental illnesses 😞
That is my favorite song from this album. Also I always hear "I thought I raised you better than this" instead of "you know I raised you better" anyone else hear that or is it just me?
Absolutely haunting. As an actual “preacher’s daughter” I have sadly seen firsthand how religion has been used for harm, bigotry, and control. I pray the church just repents before it’s too late.
“Swinging by my neck from the family tree; He’ll laugh and say “You know I raised you better than this”, Then leave me hanging, so they all can laugh at me.” This song is everything and I am so obsessed with it I could cry. Thank you, Mother 🙏🏻
[Verse 1] These crosses all over my body Remind me of who I used to be And Christ forgive these bones I'm hiding From no one successfully [Verse 2] Jesus can always reject his father But he cannot escape his mother's blood He'll scream and try to wash it off of his fingers But he'll never escape what he's made up of [Chorus] The fate's already fucked me sideways Swinging by my neck from the family tree He'll laugh and say, "You know I raised you better than this" Then leave me hanging so they all can laugh at me
She is singing in such a way that explains that it's not the religion which is bad, it's the people who force the religion to others who are bad. It's also written in the Bible that you can't force someone to believe in God, yet people do it. This song is a great message to us Christians so that some of us can stop forcing people to join our religion. God bless everyone
There's a thought creeping on me while I'm thinking of all her lyrics. How is it okay to listen to her stories for pleasure? Save on a distance. As for her, life's been full of agony. Ethel, if you read this, thank you for displaying your emotions in beautiful works or art. You're gifted. I bless you. I wish you happiness. And I'm thankful that your music excists, to comfort other souls that are hurt. I can't imagine the salvation you bring.
A great deal of art is not only not meant to be enjoyed pleasantly, it cannot be enjoyed pleasantly. But enjoyment doesn't always feel pleasant. Sometimes the core of the experience we seek is the discomfort.
glad i discovered ethel cain a few days before the anniversary of this album. got through most of her music leading up to the album, and listened to it now. my mind is blown from the variety of styles and the complex production, and of course, the story. i can't wait to know what she makes next
Im barley catching up with season 2 of Chucky and when I heard this song I fell in love. I totally agree. Most of my play list consist of music from TV and movies.
Seriously though. Too many people, I've noticed, are saying this. She's _way too good_ to not be at least as known as certain other people. She's damn good. This is special. I think more people need to know about this...not enough have heard of her yet. But hey...the album's only been out 3 months, despite feeling waaay longer for me...since I've been waiting on this since 2020 and I've made it the soundtrack of my entire summer....so it feels like forever. In the best way lol. But there's still time for people to catch up. And I'm pretty certain they will. Something this good can't just stay hidden for too long.
When, I heard this I immediately added it to my creepy songs playlist. It just sounds so unsettling but it's one of those songs I play to feel spiritual discomfort.
i have no idea how much this song is meant to have a trans subtext (I mean obviously the artist is trans, but the character of the concept album isn’t trans) but I feel like a lot of lines in this song hit hard taken in a trans way. like “these bones I’m hiding from no one successfully” sounds like talking about one’s own masculinized bone structure… and then of course the lines about being fucked by fate and rejected by family
@green mayo man🇺🇦 Ooooh nice. I totally assumed Ethel-the-character was meant to be cis and troubled-for-other-reasons. I just read the interview where she confirms it tho. Thank you for telling me.
Hayden, you are so beautiful. This song means so much to me. I feel this so much, especially coming from a place of religious trauma. It's healing to me. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Love you!!!
It's creepy how easily closed denominations of Judeo-Christian religions can turn into cults. This album reminds me of the Family from Far Cry 5. Taking advantage of people's faith is an easy way to manipulate people. Both this album and that game are fictionalized versions of something very real and insidious that happens with religious fanatics. Extremism isn't just making car-bombs. It's raping children, it's organizing against minority groups, it's incest, it's chattel slavery, child brides, it takes many forms. If I was a religious person I'd say it was people answering the call of the devil in disguise as righteousness, using the Lord's name falsely to bring people to into the darkness. But I'm not, so I call it what it is to me: cultism, fanaticism, and abusive, oppressive manipulation. As an irreligious person, I believe people should be able to have "faith" or believe in whatever they want, who am I to say I'm right and they're wrong, I do not have all the answers, so long as they don't use those beliefs to encroach on the autonomy of others, to hurt others or to work as a tool for bigotry and spread hate and judgement to those who are harming no one by simply existing.
as a christian i sincerely apologize on the church's behalf and i pray that we do a better a job at representing Christ Jesus our lord and saviour...the man who said to the crowds "he that is without sin let him cast the first stone at her".
Isn't that (escaping mother's blood) what happens when the body dies? Or before that, by being born again from above not just of water (womb's waters)?
The RU-vid ad into this song give me severe whiplash Little Caesar’s Crazy Puffs bite sized mozzarella, pepperoni, and sauce right into “I’ve killed before and I’ve killed again” 👁️👄👁️
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She may not like it but their act is obviously paralleling different aspects and subgenres of America. They both use alter egos through their work. Ethel just admits that this is an art project and form of storytelling. A good PR move. The industry saw the reaction to Lana standing by her work being a memoir and autobiographical. That wouldn't work now with younger audiences who sleuth more for background information
