A Tale For You

Music by Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes, Tim Powles, Marty Willson-Piper
Words from the book Shriek: An Afterword by Jeff VanderMeer

Appears On:

• Shriek: Excerpts From The Soundtrack By The Church (2008), Track 11
• Shriek: Excerpts From The Soundtrack By The Church - Remastered (2009), Track 12

The words on this track are from Shriek: An Afterword, Part One, Chapter 7, 7th section – pp. 132-33 (Ltd. Ed. p. 121).

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Narration/Lyrics

[rev. Aug. 31, 2013]

Here's a tale for you
Once upon a time
A woman decided to tell a story about how she tried to kill herself

Brother save her
At the last second
Then he sent her north to be dissected by various disciples of empirical religions, yeah

Until one day
Until one day
Until one day
Until one day
She escaped
Ah, she escaped

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Original Text from Shriek: An Afterword:

Here's a tale for you....

Once upon a time, a woman decided to tell a story about how she tried to kill herself. Her brother saved her at the last second—and then sent her north to be dissected by various disciples of empirical religions. Until one day, when her brother's attention wandered, she escaped, and made her way south, back to her mother's home in the fabled city of Ambergris. She felt so hollow inside that she could no longer bear to think of herself as "I."