Following in the footsteps of Vancouverites like Seth Rogen, Cobie Smulders, and Joshua Jackson, Sarah McLachlan made a cameo on The Simpsons.
The local singer-songwriter (and Juno and Grammy winner) joined the show for its season finale on May 18. Normally guests provide a voice, but in this case McLachlan sang a song reminiscent of her usual work. Mostly.
The episode revolves around the failing brother-sister relationship of Bart and Lisa, along with their relationship with Itchy and Scratchy, two in-universe TV characters from an ultraviolent Tom and Jerry-style show.
Marge (and Itchy and Scratchy) is saddened that the siblings aren't interested in the show anymore, and a mournful tune plays.
Enter McLachlan, with a classic sad ballad with a few lyrics that wouldn't make it on her usual work.
"Blood would flow, but also so would love," she sings in one section. "They'd laugh at all our violence and horrors quite unsuitable for children as guts rain from above."
McLachlan shared the song on Instagram after the show aired on Fox.
"The parody song you never saw coming… still kinda heartbreaking, no?" writes McLachlan in the post.
