Swans

[fox69]

"I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull"

"I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull"


Testing... one, two, three.

Well... well fuck, huh, I mean... I just don't know what to say.
I'm very glad to be here with you tonight, I'll be able to talk to you about some things... that I know a great deal about.
Everyone knows that you are fucked up.
And everyone knows that I am fucked up.
But, does everyone know that you are more fucked up than me?
Well, I know that.
And you know that.
But our purpose is to tell everyone that.

Take for instance, the time... you went to the bathroom to take a shower.
You had some soap, you had a towel, shampoo, washcloth, a brush, everything was set.
But you had to call me to come turn on the water for you.
You didn't know wh, how.
That is one instance of how fucked up you are.

A second instance of how fucked up you are: You was going to cook you some breakfast.
Well you went in there, and put some toast in the toaster, put a skillet on the stove,
some grease in it and got you some eggs out, some bacon.
Poured you some orange juice and made you some coffee.
Got some jelly and some butter.
Fried eggs, salt, pepper, got the bacon all ready.
Everything was fine... except for one thing.
You had to call me in there...to show you how to use a fork.

Now a third instance, the way you're fucked up.
You got dressed, ready to go to school.
Everything was fine... got outside, got in your car.
Key in the ignition.
Except for one thing.
You had to call me to come show you.

 

[fox69]

"I'll Swallow You"

"I'll Swallow You"


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
You are mine only mine
I will swallow you
I will swallow you
You are mine only mine
I will swallow you
I will swallow you
I will swallow you

 

[fox69]

"Identity"

"Identity"


Now I'm breathing the breath of God
And the cold wind cleans my mind
And I'm standing in a ring of fire
And my heart is made of light

And I fly across the red mountains
And my hands contain the sky
And the earth rolls away in 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 are blind and we're polluted
And each breath is drunk with tears
We'll drift away across tomorrow
And we'll ride the breath of nothing through the years
Killing time
Killing time

 

[fox69]

"In My Garden"

"In My Garden"


In my garden
Things grow in my garden
Things will grow
Then they die
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 our friends
In my garden
When we breathe
When we breathe this air
We will breathe in these things
We will breathe in these things
In my garden
In my garden
We'll never die
We'll never die
In my garden
In my garden

 

[fox69]

"In The Eyes Of Nature"

"In The Eyes Of Nature"


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 cold of the air
As it burned my empty lungs

And we have never been born and we will be consumed
And unreality is buried here beneath the truth
And though we've never been here, we will never be contained
And unreality is naked here beneath the moon

So we'll go down to the ocean
And wash our memory clean
We'll see the world for the first time
Through an unburied eye

And though the world will stay the same
And we're certain to die
We'll raise our hands up to Heaven
And sacrifice our limitations

And the pain and frustration
Are equal to the bliss of release
And in the eyes of nature
We will live for an eternity

And when we die, we'll disappear
Into the eyes of nature
And we are here just for a little while
And then our body disappears

Into the eyes of nature
Into the arms of God
Into the mouth of indifference
Into the eyes of nature

And we are nothing but experience
In the eyes of nature
And we will live forever
In the eyes of nature

 

[fox69]

"Inside Madeline"

"Inside Madeline"


The engine divine is inside Madeline
The stardust is yellow and red
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 free, free to do nothing
You are free to drift across the sky
You are free to be a shape just becoming
Now you're free, inside Madeline

Dropping a tear in the palm of my hand
Making her mark in desicate land
Bring light to Madeline
Bring new life to Madeline

 

[fox69]

"Jane Mary, Cry One Tear"

"Jane Mary, Cry One Tear"


I live in an empty house
There's no one there but memory and me

But I loved a woman once
One hundred years ago, for a while
When she left here, she was filled with hatred
And with a second child

Now, I heard nothing ever changes
But nothing I touch has stayed the same
Everything just turns to poison
That I have loved or made

So bury my children's children
In a deep and lonely grave
Anything is a cause for sorrow
That my mind or body has made

There's a fire on the water
There's a hole in the sky
There's the Devil coming down for me
To this room where I'll die

There's a man with a black heart
He's standing there up on the hill
He's lifting up with his burning hands
A fire that does not kill

He's calling down to me alone
He's calling down to me alone
He says, "Get down on your knees and cry alone
No one will cry for you"

So Jane Mary, cry one tear
Jane Mary, cry just one tear for me
Jane Mary, cry one tear
Jane Mary, cry just one tear for me

 

[fox69]

"Jim"

"Jim"


It's time To sleep
It's time To leave.
To loose The binds
To lose A mind.
Time to Exhale
To drink the green sea
To drift Upon The scarlet breeze.
It's time It's time It's time to begin.
It's time It's time It's time to just leave

Let's raise up our hands in prayer,
Walk barefoot upon this carpet of air.

Let's string up the man
At the top of the stairs.
Let's piss 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 will strangle you up in the loft.

These methadrine teeth are piled up in the sink
And your mother is screaming to finish him off

Now heaven will come, we will rise again.
Heaven will come, we will win.
It is 200 miles to the place where we begin.
Yes heaven will come, we will win...

 

[fox69]

"Job"

"Job"


Cut off the arms
Cut off the head
Cut off the legs
Get rid of the body
Heartache to heartache
Job to job
Dollar to dollar
Body to body
Pus, poison, blood, shit
Get rid of the body
Heartache to heartache
Heartache to heartache

 

[fox69]

"Just A Little Boy (For Chester Burnett)"

"Just A Little Boy (For Chester Burnett)"


Now I sleep in the belly of woman
And I sleep in the belly of man
And I sleep in the belly of rhythm
And I sleep in the belly of love
I sleep in the belly of oceans
I sleep in the belly of truth
I sleep in the belly of kindness
And I sleep in the belly of you

I'm just a little boy
I'm just a little boy
I'm not human
I'm not human
I need love!
I need love!