ethel cain - ptolemaea [Acapella]

[kathryna]

this is what being afraid of a man sounds like

[makaylaz]

The faint screams of what sounds like “no” and “please” in the background during the “I am the face of loves rage” are so haunting omfg. And what sounds like choking sounds in the background in the final part give the song even more depth than it had

[chernobylolita]

when you actually imagine that it's character ethel screaming at isaiah it is literally the most gut-wrenching, haunting thing ever

[RynziiArt]

ok so, i never noticed isaiah chanting “i love you” at the end of the first verse, or ethel continuing to scream and beg “no no/please” after the initial “stop” scream

its also so fucking haunting to hear that last bit without all the intense explosion of music over it. and the intro to the prayer freaked me the fuck out. and the sounds of ethel dying at the end??? what the fuck??? i love this

[twoheadedwaifu]

The death rattle before "you cant hide from me forever" made my stomach hurt

[nathanrvink]

i had the goosebumbs when she kept saying "no"

[taranova]

This is so sickening to listen to oh my god. You can literally hear Ethel waking up from the drugs she was on in Gibson Girl when the song starts. She's mumbling in the background as if just waking up, confused and trying to figure out where she is. The whole song is her trying to recover from the drugged fog, and by the time she's finally lucid, Isaiah is already consuming her. Vile. Oh my god

[wintermay]

its so crazy to hear all of the screams under the music

[plnkblue]

the groaning/gasping all throughout the final segment??? screaming

[creaturefeature.]

The extra screams after the initial one is so incredible

[Kingsdaughter.]

—I’M A SURVIVOR— of almost being unalived at the hands of my husband with one child in my belly and one at my side. This song is the closest thing I have found that could ever describe my trauma. I thank God every day I survived, but this is the hell I live with. Our justice system is broken.

[clarabrierre]

the last minute still makes me feel so on edge. worse than a horror movie. perfection

[jolan_bcx]

omg i never heard that she still screams and says "no" after the climax

[evanblalock]

Her begging no no no no after the scream really puts it all together

[cryptidnextdoor]

0:49 it sounds like ethel is saying mama here, my heart is SHATTERED

[niallragnarsson]

5:12
I completely forgot about the prayer at the end and I fucking SHIT myself

[Emma-reth]

This has none of the music to act as a background track to comfort us from Ethel’s pain. It’s lucid, it’s raw. It very well could have been what her last moments sounded like to her in a drug induced haze. We don’t get the luxury of a musical barrier to her trauma. We hear all of the horror with her.

[VictorianGamer]

the noises under the final spoken word portion of the song makes it even more terrifying to listen to. it feels like a sermon being delivered by isaiah, standing over ethel as she dies, not even aware of his words anymore, already on the journey we hear through august underground and televangelism, but just saying it for his own satisfaction.

[catsock]

this song always hurts but i legitimately cannot stop listening. is this healing or hurting me? only time will tell.

[gigi_ev]

This version is so… like the last part of the song the whole ‘blessed’ speech/ paragraph til the end, is like death itself was speaking (which makes it more brilliant)