Kate Miller-Heidke — Sarah
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1997 Livid Festival
Me and Sarah my best friend
Stripy tights and fairy wings
As safe as safe can be
We drank the gin we'd snuck in
Danced to Ben Folds Five
I turned around to Sarah
Couldn't see her anywhere
As safe as safe can be
Oh Sarah, I didn't mean to let you down
But you left me on my own, Sarah
Why didn't you scream?
I went to all the stages
And to the St John's stand
The man said 'you just missed her
Stay - maybe she'll come back again'
I sat and watched the crowds
My father came at midnight
We searched til half-past four
I was half hysterical
My father wasn't sure
He called for the police
Oh Sarah, I didn't mean to let you down
But you left me on my own
Sarah
Why didn't you scream? Why didn't you shout?
The next day the sergeant
Found her blue dress in the creek
Her parents were so angry
They put the blame on me
Then a fortnight later
Sarah knocked upon their door
Her mother asked her 'Where've you been?'
and she said
'I don't know, I don't know, I'm not sure. I'm not sure, I can't remember anything at all.'
Oh Sarah, I'm sorry if I let you down
But you left me on my own
Sarah
Why didn't you scream? Why didn't you shout?
Me and Sarah my best friend
Stripy tights and fairy wings
As safe as safe can be
We drank the gin we'd snuck in
Danced to Ben Folds Five
I turned around to Sarah
Couldn't see her anywhere
As safe as safe can be
Oh Sarah, I didn't mean to let you down
But you left me on my own, Sarah
Why didn't you scream?
I went to all the stages
And to the St John's stand
The man said 'you just missed her
Stay - maybe she'll come back again'
I sat and watched the crowds
My father came at midnight
We searched til half-past four
I was half hysterical
My father wasn't sure
He called for the police
Oh Sarah, I didn't mean to let you down
But you left me on my own
Sarah
Why didn't you scream? Why didn't you shout?
The next day the sergeant
Found her blue dress in the creek
Her parents were so angry
They put the blame on me
Then a fortnight later
Sarah knocked upon their door
Her mother asked her 'Where've you been?'
and she said
'I don't know, I don't know, I'm not sure. I'm not sure, I can't remember anything at all.'
Oh Sarah, I'm sorry if I let you down
But you left me on my own
Sarah
Why didn't you scream? Why didn't you shout?
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"Dancing to Ben Folds Five"? ...okay, wouldn't be my first choice. I like Ben and his music and all, I just thought it was a funny line in the lyrics
anyone else hear "circle in the sand" for a second there?
Haunting voice.
this song gives me goosies.
incidental wrote:
Well, the article says what one might get from the lyrics. In reality, that hasn't happened to Kate – see the actual back story here:
https://www.spookmag.com/2012/04/18/whats-behind-the-covers/
“This story happened to a friend of mine, one of my best friends from high school, and the story’s told from her point of view. It is nearly all real details — I’ve used some literary license — but it’s mostly real. In Grade 9, her friend went missing at a music festival and two weeks later, just turned up at her parents’ house with no memory of where she had been. My friend was never allowed to see her again, because everybody blamed her. To this day, my friend doesn’t know what happened, because her parents broke off contact. My friend and I had a sleepover in Grade 10, and she told this story to me over several hours while we were lying in our beds with our lights off. I’ve never forgotten it. It was a story that has always haunted me.”
Thanks for digging that up! I thought it sounded like a true story.
I find she uses her voice superbly well to express the panic that one feels at moments like that.
Well, the article says what one might get from the lyrics. In reality, that hasn't happened to Kate – see the actual back story here:
https://www.spookmag.com/2012/04/18/whats-behind-the-covers/
“This story happened to a friend of mine, one of my best friends from high school, and the story’s told from her point of view. It is nearly all real details — I’ve used some literary license — but it’s mostly real. In Grade 9, her friend went missing at a music festival and two weeks later, just turned up at her parents’ house with no memory of where she had been. My friend was never allowed to see her again, because everybody blamed her. To this day, my friend doesn’t know what happened, because her parents broke off contact. My friend and I had a sleepover in Grade 10, and she told this story to me over several hours while we were lying in our beds with our lights off. I’ve never forgotten it. It was a story that has always haunted me.”
Thanks for digging that up! I thought it sounded like a true story.
I find she uses her voice superbly well to express the panic that one feels at moments like that.
big_gare wrote:
Well, the article says what one might get from the lyrics. In reality, that hasn't happened to Kate – see the actual back story here:
https://www.spookmag.com/2012/04/18/whats-behind-the-covers/
“This story happened to a friend of mine, one of my best friends from high school, and the story’s told from her point of view. It is nearly all real details — I’ve used some literary license — but it’s mostly real. In Grade 9, her friend went missing at a music festival and two weeks later, just turned up at her parents’ house with no memory of where she had been. My friend was never allowed to see her again, because everybody blamed her. To this day, my friend doesn’t know what happened, because her parents broke off contact. My friend and I had a sleepover in Grade 10, and she told this story to me over several hours while we were lying in our beds with our lights off. I’ve never forgotten it. It was a story that has always haunted me.”
This song is cool. Haunting & kinda scary in a good way. Here's a description of the lyrics and the artist's motivation for writing this song...
https://www.theripe.tv/kate-miller-heidke-sarah-2/
https://www.theripe.tv/kate-miller-heidke-sarah-2/
Well, the article says what one might get from the lyrics. In reality, that hasn't happened to Kate – see the actual back story here:
https://www.spookmag.com/2012/04/18/whats-behind-the-covers/
“This story happened to a friend of mine, one of my best friends from high school, and the story’s told from her point of view. It is nearly all real details — I’ve used some literary license — but it’s mostly real. In Grade 9, her friend went missing at a music festival and two weeks later, just turned up at her parents’ house with no memory of where she had been. My friend was never allowed to see her again, because everybody blamed her. To this day, my friend doesn’t know what happened, because her parents broke off contact. My friend and I had a sleepover in Grade 10, and she told this story to me over several hours while we were lying in our beds with our lights off. I’ve never forgotten it. It was a story that has always haunted me.”
This song is cool. Haunting & kinda scary in a good way. Here's a description of the lyrics and the artist's motivation for writing this song...
https://www.theripe.tv/kate-miller-heidke-sarah-2/
https://www.theripe.tv/kate-miller-heidke-sarah-2/
Creepy.
rulebritannia wrote:
"Over time" = 1 month.
I really like this tonite, but can see how it might seem cloy over time.
"Over time" = 1 month.
Weak on lyrics, but voice is like Sinead, Kate Bush and Paula Cole mixed up a love-child.
Another Florence singing about that Sarah chick made famous by Stevie.
I hear a bit of Paula Cole in this too.
I really like this tonite, but can see how it might seem cloy over time.
Good bass
powerful voice, straight up
Yeah, I hear the Kate Bush, but someone else maybe Sarah McClaughlin, no can't get it. But very good
It's got Kate Bush-y-ness.
I liked that a lot.