Listen to “Container,” the song Fiona Apple wrote for Showtime’s “The Affair”

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Showtime is airing marathons of its new hit series The Affair, a he said/ she said account of extramarital indiscretions. The haunt title sequence is a brand new song written by Fiona Apple specifically for this project.

“Container,” which is really just a fragment of a song, was written and recorded by Fiona after she was approached by the show’s creator Sarah Treem. It seems to give thematic clues about the show, without actually revealing anything.

“Fiona Apple has been my favorite songwriter since I was sixteen,” said Treem. “I am honored and humbled that she has chosen to lend her talent to our opening title sequence. If our show can approach one tenth of the depth and complexity of her song, I’ll be very happy.”

I was screaming into the canyon
At the moment of my death
The echo I created
Outlasted my last breath

My voice it made an avalanche
And buried a man I never knew
And when he died his widowed bride
Met your daddy and they made you

[Hook:] 3x
I have only one thing to do and that’s
To be the wave that I am and then
Sink back into the ocean

Sink back into the o-
Sink back into the ocean
Sink back into the o-
Sink back into the ocean
Sink back into the ocean
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“Container” is an unreleased song Fiona resurrected and revamped for TV show The Affair after show creator Sarah Treem approached her to provide the theme music.

The final rendition of “Container” is inspired by the show’s narrative, which is about the emotional and psychological effects of an extramarital affair.

Treem said she’s honored and humbled that Fiona lent her song to the show:

If our show can approach one tenth of the depth and complexity of her song, I’ll be very happy.”
Here is the main title sequence of the show, featuring a one-minute fragment of the song.