Why Are We Alive? Swans

anything coming down from above But this world spins slowly and I see a light Rising up from behind the horizon up into the clear black sky But I don't see you in my line of sight In fact, I can't remember why

Why Are We Alive Swans

anything coming down from above But this world spins slowly and I see a light Rising up from behind the horizon up into the clear black sky But I don't see you in my line of sight In fact, I can't remember why

Telepathy Swans

And we steal our experience from an object that suffers But the brightest pain leaves a shadow on no one I saw you through the window masturbating to the violence And the blood and the bodies floated through

Was He Ever Alive? Swans

loneliness Without a life behind me That I can say I ever knew That I can say I ever knew That I can say I ever lived at all Now I'm a drunken man And I'm killing time From what was mislaid I've never been alive

She Lives Swans

unfolding Deep in your chest And your body's expanding Now there's none of you left So I just want to thank you For losing your mind Yeah you burned just like Joan of Arc Purified by the flames You're alive

I Remember Who You Are Swans

When other people say you're someone to misuse Shut in behind your young girl's face And helpless in your bed of thorns I'll remember who you are Yes, I'll remember who you are I'll remember who you are

Turn To Stone Swans

when you are old and tired and sickness breeds in you i hope you forget me then forgot what i've done to you you were my only friend then i was half alive that's more than i could ever ask but i took your

Swans Negative

The picture is clear And so brave, But you wanted to have it Your own way Sometimes things are As they seem...

Animus Swans

cold inside the optic wire Down where fingers and semen crack and bleed There I will be with my arms spread out and broken Waiting for your breath to animate my veins We're not alone all our thoughts are

Children Of God Swans

We are special We are perfect We were born in the sight of god We were born in the sight of god Our suffering bodies will suffer no more Our suffering bodies will suffer no more We are children Children

The Sound Of Freedom Swans

We're standing by a river In a place where nothing moves And the white light in the sky Is meaningless and cruel And we turn our face away From a cold and violent wind And we bow our heads down And we

Yum-Yab Killers Swans

street I said hey come over baby 'cos you look good enough to eat I said come over dear and you know what I'll do Well I'll make you a mirror of the things that I chew Little yum yab, little yum yab We

Yum Yab Swans

down the street i said hey come over here you smell good enough to eat i said hey come over dear and you know what i'll do i'll make you my mirror of the things that i chew little yum yab Litrle yum yab we

Reeling The Liars In Swans

Reeling the liars in We are reeling the liars in We are removing their face, collecting their skin we are reeling the liars in We are burning them in a pile We are burning them in a pile The only true

Why Can't I Have What I Want Any Time That I Want? Swans

I still feel you in my veins, pure and refined, while I raged Questions are of no consequence Humiliations are easily subsumed In oblivion And indifference With a love that is malignant and true [Verse

The Memorious Swans

in my bones I hear the engines grinding, relentless Crushing stone Crushing stone Giant steel insect arms rise up in clouds of rust Then they pivot and they groan As they violate and they thrust Down we

A Piece Of The Sky Swans

Through a door in the air On a crumbling stair In a clear and rushing vein In a tunnel full of rain In a piece of yellow light On the skin of my eye Are you there In the wind of my lung In methane and

You Fucking People Make Me Sick Swans

Now diamonds are falling the way we will, in the sky Obsessions, pink children they are laid out in a line They are screaming, they are polluted they are demanding their life This wrong feelings, they

Eyes Of Nature Swans

No, we have never been here And we will never be gone I saw your voice rise up And cut into the heart of the sun I kissed the lips of a girl She took her first breath when this world was young I felt the

In The Eyes Of Nature Swans

No, we have never been here And we will never be gone I saw your voice rise up And cut into the heart of the sun I kissed the lips of a girl She took her first breath when this world was young I felt the

Why Hide Swans

move I sit down I rot I hide my stink I follow directions I know how to work I keep my mouth shut I know my place I hide my stink I need you more than I hate myself You hurt me then you hurt yourself Why

Sleepless Swans Swallow The Sun

Too late to leave, blinded by the last night Too far, too late, too deep To escape from the hands of this night Winter has our hearts, it finally tore us apart The cries of loss, ripping wings We

We'll Fall Apart Swans

were when you were young You were no one then and you're nothing now Do you remember what you denied me then Do you remember what you deny my body now I do, I do, I do, oh I do When I feel your heart we

In My Garden Swans

Then they fall away Then they're gone In my garden In my garden We'll never grow old We'll never grow old In my garden Where the dew never dries In my garden In my garden These roses These black orchids are

Apostate Swans

Ladder to god Ladder to god Space cunt Brain wash Star dust Space fuck cunt Cunt Ge ge ge ladder to god Ge ge ge ladder to god Get fucked Get fucked We're on a ladder to god We're on a ladder to god We

Nothing Without You Swans

i'm weak and i'm slow when you are near defeated, i'll disappear in the blood in your mouth i'll disappear, defeated i'll stand behind you we'll be here, forever we won't move again your body's open we're

Eden Prison Swans

am free and will never breathe again within the greasy ochre walls of Eden Prison I am free, I will begin again I am free, I will begin again I am free of the chocking hold that began in Eden prison We

Picture Of Maryanne Swans

these are the hands that hold the sun this is the water where life was first begun these are the eyes that saw you lying there this is the mind that will always remember i hold your hand with a heavy heart

God Loves America Swans

like us Designed to fetishize Consumption, waste and an identity Based on a dying lie So God forgive America The end of history is now And God may save the victim But only the murderer holds real power We

Breathing Water Swans

yourself with your bands i'll stand in the corner i'll stare at the wall i'll try to remember what you look like sitting there we're separate bodies we'll never understand what the other one needs here we

Mother Of The World Swans

In and out and in and out again In and out and in and out again And where are you now O Mother of the world Ah we feed from your hands and we drink from your filth and your oil So send them down to scrape

The Parasite Swans

lead back to me Tunnel the mountains and cut through the skies Cut open your belly, look into my еyes [Refrain] Come to me Comе to me Come to me now Come to me Come to me Come to me now [Verse 3] You are

Jim Swans

on the city That's burning down there Jim Jim Jim oh Jim Jim Jim It's time to begin Ride your mechanical beast to heaven Ride your beautiful bitch to the ultimate sin Don't cry Sweet plum, no regrets We

1,000 Years Swans

I'll live forever, I'll never be filled I'll never imagine I can change what I killed I destroy what I love, I drain what is filled And I live by the heart of the things I kill I will be alive for a thousand

Swans Prefab Sprout

Swans and their partners they stay Faithful forever or die on the water Foxes are only good for Ruffling feathers, leading lambs to the slaughter Swans effortlessly beautiful, take care!

Swans Camera Obscura

think you'll like it there Maybe you should travel with me Is this the best idea Because you've never seen a Redwood and you've never touched a deer a deer a deer dear a deer a deer my dear Are

God Damn The Sun Swans

When, when we were young, we had no history So nothing to lose meant we could choose Choose what we wanted then Without any fear or thought of revenge But then you grew old and I lost my ambition So I

Amnesia Swans

The sun is an acid eye We're corroded with pleasure inside There's a hole in your thin white skin Now we'll never be clean again Our hands are two broken claws We scrape at the ground for hours I buried

Amnesia (Long) Swans

The Sun Is An Acid Eye We're Corroded With Pleasure Inside There's A Hole In Your Thin White Skin Now We'll Never Be Clean Again Our Hands Are Two Broken Claws We Scrape At The Ground For Hours I Buried

The Child's Right Swans

will suffer like a Lamb His suffering is holy But his innocence is damned Yeah, his innocence is damned A cruel fire is calling This child to his grave Now he will wander pointlessly Where no memories are

Raping A Slave (Live Berlin 1984) Swans

Why be ashamed of hatred There's nothing wrong with burning I work hard for everything I own Everything I own chokes me when I sleep Why be ashamed of burning Why be ashamed of burning You do what you

Raping A Slave (Young God EP) Swans

Why be ashamed of hatred There's nothing wrong with burning I work hard for everything I own Everything I own chokes me when I sleep Why be ashamed of burning Why be ashamed of burning You do what you

Identity Swans

darkness And I ride a piece of lightning Killing time Killing time Now they punish our imagination And corrupt our blood with fear And infinity's beneath the ocean But oblivion sits right beside me here So we

Paradise Is Mine Swans

Now we lay in the mud In the sea, deep beneath And we wait where we lay For the light, for the seed Of a thought, for a touch For your breath, for your love To begin, to unfurl To create a new world In

The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed By The Sea Swans

endless crowds of people They walk upon this stone Where will their memory go Where did their minds come from And I was only a child When I first looked in your eyes And saw your body rise over the ocean We

Why Hide (Live At Heaven London 1984) Swans

move I sit down I rot I hide my stink I follow directions I know how to work I keep my mouth shut I know my place I hide my stink I need you more than I hate myself You hurt me then you hurt yourself Why

Better Than You Swans

I'm so glad I'm better than you I'm so glad I'm better than you are I'm so glad I'm better than you I'm so glad I'm better than you are Sit here Now look in the mirror Something's wrong, your face is distorted

Blind Swans

Now some of us are weak And some endure And some people live their life In violence that's pure and clean But I saw a man cry once Down on his knees In the corner of a darkened cell And his pain meant

I'll Swallow You Swans

I love myself I was made for myself If I kissed you I lied I am made to be admired You made a mistake When you pressed your lips to mine I inhale what I see I steal what I breathe You are mine only mine

Inside Madeline Swans

And its mapping out of time inside of her head Now there's always Madeline Rising up from where our limbs intertwined Now walking a random invisible line Clutching like snow to the side of the vine You are