In the Family Way

Story Behind The Song

The song was actually written without an instrument in sight, and composed entirely in my head while I was work, supposedly writing help documentation for industrial equipment asset management software. I spent the entire day attempting to balance work and the melody in my head.

Song Description

The female narrator fears that elements and events that have occurred in her family (such as infidelity) will be contagious, and cause her to ruin her own relationship with her husband.

Song Length 4:56 Genre Rock - Alternative, Electronic - Trip Hop
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Frenetic, Livid Subject Dysfunctional Family, Bad Love
Similar Artists Fiona Apple, Tori Amos Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Sister I killed a man
I sacrificed him to the family way
We're all cheaters, we're all leavers, oh
We're all the same

I hate the married life
I hate the mental strains I?ve laid on my body
Oh I think I loved him once before I got as tough as my boots
Oh said I think I liked him more when he wouldn't dare to touch

Chorus 1:
And I like it, the way he is quiet in his disdain
And I like it, the way I can make his heartbeat wane
And I like it, the way I can make him take blame for my restless angst
Oh, I know now, I am in the family way.

I've thought I might cut my hands
and bleed to death to spite him
I've thought I might egg him on
to see if I can bring out the fight in him

Chorus 2:
And I'd like it, the way he'd give silence its last day
And I'd like it, the way he'd give violence its due date
And I'd like it, the way he'd become someone I could easily hate
Oh, I know now, I am in the family way

Bridge 1:
I still want to smoke in the spring
still want to know singles' sting
still want to feel internal bleeding
I still want to struggle with calm
still want to strong-arm the law
our last name lost in the patriarch

Bridge 2:
women women bring down your daughters
we don't have to say much to slaughter a man
quickly now, turn him as fast as you can
from a provider into a spam

Sister I killed a man
I sent him on his winding way
He'll be a cheater, a leaver, and never love me the same

Chorus 3:
And I like it, the way I am quiet in my disdain
And I like it, the way he can make my heartbeat wane
And I like it, the way he can make me take blame for his restless angst
Oh, I know now, I am in the family way
I am in the family way
I am in the family way
I am in the family way

Lyrics Cindee Sharp Music Cindee Sharp
Producer Jaime J. Dilworth Publisher Cindee Sharp
Performance Cindee Sharp Label Harmless Weirdo Productions

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