A House in Nebraska (Official Visualizer) - Ethel Cain

Official visualizer for "A House in Nebraska" by Ethel Cain.

[catradorasprmanager]

reading the comments of ethel's music is genuinely so funny because you'll find comments from old men talking about their past loves (grandpas4ethelcain) and then there's the teenage lesbians calling her mother like her music really unites everyone 😭

[LaurenParkerRulz]

After listening to this about 3847282 times over the past week, one of the most gutwrenching and painful things about it to me is how slow the beginning is, there aren't many lyrics, but then towards the end she says so much. It's like being in conversation and you're holding back, until finally you can't hold it in anymore, you break down and you say all of the things you need to say. And then she slows down again, and all she can say anymore is how alone she feels. This song is an entire experience

[simplyharkonnen]

That back vocal where she says “And I needed you/And I need you still” don’t fucking taLK TO ME

[chrissherman]

I'm sitting here, at 61, listening to this song, and I'm remembering what it was like to be in love.
I have tears in my eyes.

[mrttaaudio]

no one ever talks about "but its worse to know that im the reason you wont come home" THAT HITS HARD.

[mback]

The fact that even after she’s passed away, she still yearns for that house in Nebraska. “It’s all I know, and it’s all I want now.” I’m sobbing.

[tysonkrehnke]

Listening from a house in Nebraska I can confirm this rocks.

[lunamoth]

“These dirt roads are empty, the ones we paved ourselves” WHAT THE

[PhotoLighthouse]

one of the best songs I have ever heard in my entire life. unbelievable.

[donotavius]

"'Cause you were the only one I was never scared to tell I hurt" is such a gut-wrenching line. Was on the verge of tears most of his song.

[corvidkid]

I can get through most of the song without crying even though it's incredibly moving but when it hits the "and I feel so alone" it feels like a punch to the gut

[anthonypanneton]

"I feel so alone out here." I think it's one of the (more difficult) things we come into life on this planet in order to experience. We're not alone, but it sure feels that way.

[meganmadson]

“where you told me even if we died tonight, that i’d die yours.” “when really i’d kill myself to hold you one more time” BRO THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL 😭

[xsugar-demonx]

♡ Lyrics:


Labored breaths and bed sores
Sing it to me all day long
When the aching sound of silence
Used to be our favorite song

You and me against the world
You were my man and I your girl
We had nothing except each other
You were my whole world
Then the day came
And you were up and gone

I still call home that house in Nebraska
Where we found each other on a dirty mattress on the second floor
Where the world was empty, save you and I
Where you came and I laughed, and you left and I cried
Where you told me even if we died tonight, that I'd die yours

These dirt roads are empty
The ones we paved ourselves
Your mama calls me sometimes
To see if I'm doing well

And I'd lie to her and say that I'm doing fine
When, really, I'd kill myself to hold you one more time
And it hurts to miss you, but it's worse to know
That I'm the reason you won't come home

But I still call home that house in Nebraska
Where we found each other on a dirty mattress on the second floor
(Where I needed you, and I need you still)
Where the world was empty, save you and I
Where you came and I laughed, and you left and I cried
Where you told me even if we died tonight, that I'd die yours
(So I died there under you every night, all night)

You know, I still wait (I still wait) at the edge of town
Praying straight to God that maybe you'll come back around
I cry every day, and the bottles make it worse
'Cause you were the only one I was never scared to tell I hurt

And I found photographs of our school, on the day we met
I thought that you were so beautiful, it was love, I guess
And you might never come back home, and I may never sleep at night
But God, I just hope you're doing fine out there, I just pray that you're alright

And I feel so alone, and I feel so alone out here
I feel so alone, I feel so alone out here
And I feel so alone without you, I'm so alone out here
I feel so alone, I feel so alone
I'm so alone out here without you, baby

[TheJFinn]

This song is so hauntingly vivid I can’t even call it a song. It feels like a real life moment that I’m experiencing as it unfolds. Each word and change in instrumentals hits so hard and the entire piece leaves me feeling like I just lived an entirely separate life in a matter of minutes. Wow. Just wow.

[cheesybirdmess]

I feel like I just experienced a whole movie. And that guitar solo striked me like thunder. Masterpiece.

[BrandonJ]

Someone just sent this to me... when she said "your momma calls me sometimes just to see if I'm doing well" I immediately had tears on my cheeks

[chocolatebeats]

Why hasn’t anybody held me at gunpoint to listen to Ethel Cain because this is so beautiful

[bnesaww]

when i was in high school, there was a girl that was my best friend and who was the first time i ever fell in love with someone. i loved her so much and it was so painful because i knew she never felt the same about me. we would lay in the grass of my backyard every weekend and there was a little house that we always talked about buying and living in together once we graduated. i would dream about that house with her, imagine how it would look and just being able to see her beautiful face everyday. we started growing apart right before we graduated and she eventually moved out of state a year after and we haven’t talked since. i still love her and think about that house, the ‘what if’s and all. i hope that she’s happy and doing well in her life, but i’ll never forget about her.

[Numerial.]

When Ethel says "I'd kill myself to see you one more time, " you can feel she's so far away, lost and honest. Devastating and beautiful song.