Dying Star (feat. Ethel Cain)

The ground reaches out to catch me Softly in her baseball mitt I’m tired of the dirt and grit I want something soft I’m a fish in a bucket thrashing He tried to take me out Hooks in my mouth Listen to me when I say ouch I want something soft So I give into the fall Fall fall I need something soft Down feathers over rocks I dug in that land With both of my hands In the mud (the mud) It felt like a god how she held me I slept on her shoulder I gave her my all I bathed in her waterfalls And continue to fall Burning like a dying star Invasive weeds rooted in my heart Set in a crooked trajectory The journey here was hard I was almost pulled apart Trynna leave his orbit Took what’s left of me The forest reaches out to guide me Blue fire paths of will-o’-wisps Illuminate the darkness’s old tricks I’m nobody’s captive I asked him not to kill me politely He drained my magic core Bottled up at the source I washed up on her sea glass shores I’m nobody’s captive It felt like a god how she held me I slept on her shoulder I gave her my all I bathed in her waterfalls And continue to fall Burning like a dying star Invasive weeds rooted in my heart Set in a crooked trajectory The journey here was hard I was almost pulled apart Trynna leave his orbit Took what’s left of me Burning like a dying star Invasive weeds rooted in my heart Set in a crooked trajectory The journey here was hard I was almost pulled apart Trynna leave his orbit Took what’s left of me The ground reaches out to catch me Softly in her baseball mitt I’m tired of the dirt and grit I want something soft