Estelle

from Cryptfiend by Shrouded

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

A love song to last throughout the ages. A touching monologue from a
man to his beloved, detailing the collapse of their bond to one
another, and the surprising lengths to which he is willing to go to
keep the passion alive.

lyrics

I once kissed a girl, she was pale as can be
and her lips were a deep ruby red.
Her hair was as black as night skies tend to be
as she lay on her cold marble bed
Her room was all dusty, and pitch black you see
for none had been there in a while.
But the passion between that fair maiden and me
drove me there in pursuit of her smile

I twice kissed a girl, and the second was cold,
emotionless, lacking in life
Her silence, it bit to the depths of my soul,
her indifference cut like a knife.
"Will you not speak to me?" I inquired her long
but needn't have bothered, I got no reply.
"After all that I've done for you?!" asked I with a pain in my heart
that brought tear to my eye.

And thrice I did kiss her, and thrice I was spurned
sent away without a word.
The maggots that nested in her pretty lips
laughed as her taxidermied cat purred.
When she died, she left me alone in this world
with her rotting, decaying shell.
But still, we make love every night,
my dearly departed Estelle.

credits

from Cryptfiend, released December 1, 2014

license

about

Shrouded California

contact / help

Contact Shrouded

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Shrouded, you may also like:

Snowflakes in July - EP
by Alex Henry Foster & The Long Shadows

Three renditions of “Snowflakes in July” explore all aspects of the song’s stunning beauty, including a mind-blowing 17-minute live version. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 15, 2020
go to album
Sink Like A Symphony
by Fred Thomas

An indiepop classic from a decade ago, only available on sold-out physical media, is now available again, remastered specially for Bandcamp. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 30, 2016
go to album
Hydranism
by Oracle Sisters

Recorded on the Grecian isle of Hydra, this is blissed-out psych pop with stacked falsetto harmonies and luscious arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 9, 2023
go to album
Blue Pine Vol. 2
by Wisbands

Two dozen 12-string acoustic improvisations that feel undeniably haunting, like lost transmissions from ancient Appalachia, rediscovered. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 17, 2022
go to album
A Pillar of Salt
by Noah Gundersen

Noah Gundersen writes deeply felt acoustic songs haunted by memories, given new life through gentle melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 8, 2021
go to album
Go, Fluffy, Go!
by Fluffy

Melvins fans will flip for this lost ’90s indie classic, with its sludgy guitars, hypnotic rhythms and irresistible hooks. Essential. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 13, 2020
go to album
Dream Phone
by Mary Houlihan

Bizzare and darkly funny prank phone calls from comedian/painter/writer/actress Mary Houlihan. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 22, 2018
go to album