Swans

"Blind"

"Blind"


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 nothing to me

But I was younger then
And young men never die
When I walked out in the sun
I was strong
Clear-minded and blind

I don’t say prayer for anyone
It doesn’t do any good
Please don’t ask me questions
They’d just be misunderstood

And if you could step inside me
And feel what hatred brings
And if you saw with my eyes
You'd see what self-deception means

I was younger once
And I created a lie
And though my body was strong
I was self-deluded
Confident and blind

Now show some pity
For weak of will
Because when we’re drinking
We can never be filled

Show some understanding
For the lonely fool
Because when I’m drinking
I’m out of control

I was never young
Nothing has transpired
But when I look in the mirror
I feel dead
I feel cold
I am blind

I am blind
I am blind
I am blind

"Blind Love"

"Blind Love"


Hold onto my hand
Hold onto my unborn hand
Feel what I'll never be
Need me badly
Need what I have
Need what I am
I am a dead man
Now I am a dead man
I am selfish
I am unborn
I am unborn now
I am unborn
Need my love
Need my fake love
Hold onto my hand
Hold onto my unborn hand
Need what I make you become
Blind love
Blind love
I am a dead man
I am a cold dead man
And I am unkind
I am unkind
Feel my hand
Feel my dead hand
Need my love
Need my blind love
Love blind
Blind love
Feel good
Feel good now
Love
Now

"Blood And Honey"

"Blood And Honey"


I found you lying where I drowned you
I found you lying where I lay with you
Where I threw you in the water
Where I drowned you in the river
Where I watched you roll away
Where I watched your body roll away
Roll away
Roll away
From everything we think we know
We'll lie down in the warm green grass
And the sun will shine on our pale shape
Our blood will flow black in the dirt
And a black rose will grow where we laid

"Blood Promise"

"Blood Promise"


When silence falls
And light remains
And time is born
Beneath the Sun
I'll hide your name
Inside a word
And paint your eyes
With false perception
And I feel your mind
In everything
And every breath
Destroys a sound
And I never will follow
A false sensation
And I'll always believe
Your blood promise

Na na na
Na na
Na na na
Na na
Na na na
Na na
Na na na
Na na

And every breath
I stole from you
And I never will see
Your broken body
And you never have spoken
An unclear word
And I'll never betray
Your blood promise

Na na na na
Na na na
Na na na na
Na na na
Na na na na
Na na na
Na na na na
Na na na

"Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'ouverture"

"Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'ouverture"


Bring the sun, bring the sun

Toussaint L'overture!
Toussaint L'overture!
Toussaint L'overture
Liberté!
Egalité!
Fraternité!
Sangre de Dios!
Hijo de Dios!
Amor de Dios!
Sangre es Vida!
Vida es Sangre!
Sangre es Amor!
Amor es Sangre!
Toussaint!
Toussaint!

"Butcher"

"Butcher"


You're too close
I don't recognize your smell
You're in the wrong skin
I don't recognize your smell
Your mouth smells strange
Some people want to kill you
Some people want to fuck you
When you say the wrong word
You could be screwing yourself
When you act the wrong way
When you do the wrong thing
You could be screwing yourself
Don't be a whore
You could be screwing yourself

"Can't Find My Way Home"
(originally by Blind Faith)

"Can't Find My Way Home"
(originally by Blind Faith)



Come down off your throne and leave your body alone
Somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting so long
Somebody holds the key
But I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home

Come down on your own and leave your body alone
Somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting all these years
Somebody holds the key

But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
Still I can't find my way home
And I ain't done nothing wrong
But I can't find my way home

"Celebrity Lifestyle"

"Celebrity Lifestyle"


The secret sign of a charmed existence
Is the shiny liquid on her lips
And the ecstasy that comes with her image grows
From the power that the money gives
And she's got a celebrity lifestyle
She's just floating in space
And she's got a celebrity lifestyle
All her children want a suck and a taste of
Oh, her celebrity lifestyle
Yeah, her celebrity life
And she's just a drug addiction
And a self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind

The secret wisdom of 120 days
Is hidden deep in between her legs
And sexual transcendence is reserved for the wealthy
But is only one joy that money can make, yeah
She's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she's got a glowing white face, yeah
She's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she ties her naked children up with wires and lace
Oh, her celebrity lifestyle is the
Product of a celebrity mind, yeah
Oh, her celebrity mouth is the
Perfect image of the end of time

Oh my celebrity lifestyle
Oh my celebrity fear
Oh my celebrity lifestyle
Oh my celebrity fear
Oh my celebrity lifestyle
Oh my celebrity fear
Oh my celebrity lifestyle

"Children Of God"

"Children Of God"


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 of God
We are children
Children of God