Vultures
Ethel Cain
Prepare to meet thy god
For he regrets giving you up
You have evaded her thus far
For 20 long years
But she has put the poison in your cup
Your mother cries for you
She lies awake at night in tears
Your father left a week right after you did
He still doesn’t know why you disappeared
I ran away into the woods to find you
And in the mouths of vultures I
Found where you had been
I ran into the woods to find
A man who never loved me
And I came out a woman born again
I found you in the mouth of vultures
And I found you in the grip of Cain
(I found you in the mouth of vultures
And I found you in the grip of Cain)