Story Behind The Song
I'm fascinated with the original, gory Grimm's fairy tales, so I crafted one of my own.
Song Description
Spooky little fairy tale with lots of percussion, odd-sounding guitars and samples. Still, there's an obvious chorus, and it's completely hummable, The focal point is McKinley's curious, conversational voice.
| Song Length |
3:47 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Affable, Charming |
Subject |
Drugs, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
Bjork, Tori Amos |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
There's a bad, bad place with no big blue sea where people like you and me go.
Because we've been bad bad bad, Sister Big Shoes says so. She's sure of most things, but
I'm sure I know a turtle holds the world on its back and Sister Black, it's turtles all the way down. She said, "God hates to hear a lie like that," but I think He likes a bedtime story.
I think She likes a bedtime story.
Gracie made a pillowcase sail, Huck Finned it
down the sewer river in a bleach-bottle raft, little craft kept steady with ridiculous faith and perfect weather.
Of course, she sailed off the edge of turtle world, but I know it didn't hurt a bit, better to be out of the reach of the curl of that crushing, smashing fist, of that hushing, crashing fist.