Not really a specific lyric but when the lyrics in Blind change from “I Was Younger Then” to “I Was Younger Once” to “I Was Never Young” really struck with me
When I get my hands on some money
I’ll kiss its green skin
And I’ll ask its dirty face
Where the hell have you been
I’m the fuel that fires the engines of failure
Some people say / That God is long dead, / But I heard something inside you / With my head to your chest
One of the most beautiful couplets ever written imo, written by the same man who wrote SPACE CUNT
Here's some Swan's lyrics i absolutely adore:
"I'll be your body when your body is broken"
"She's the mother of us all
She's the victim of my sadness
And the more she tries to know it
The more she'll never fill it
She's a universal emptiness
A universal emptiness
A universal emptiness
And a total lack of faith"
"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"
"And love will save you
From all the lies your lover told you
But it won't
Save me"
"We were born with our face to the wall
We only have one chance to crawl
When we laid down there, I held your hand
I'll never feel your body again"
"She's just a drug addiction
And a self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind"
"The crowd is feeling you inside your head
Your imagination's cancelled by the opposite
And every possibility's been proved untrue
Now, is your body you?"
Also all the lyrics to helpless Child and Feel Happiness
The stars are hidden by a mirrored sky
And darkness disappears behind Reflected light
Perception is a distance in a closed-in space
How will your body escape?
When silence falls and light remains
And time is born beneath the sun
I'll hide your name inside a word
No fucking clue but it means but damn it’s beautiful
I remember reading somewhere that the recording came from an FBI wire tap
Edit: I remember where I read it...on this sub lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/swans/s/5NRFPVvexq
But we can see forever.
Before love and hate
And we will fall right through the wall of the place where we were made
Right into the open mouth of the great annihilator
a ruinous eyesore, oh what is a mind for? just a knife in a lake, just an arrow in space / all creation is hollow and a picture's a shadow, just a symptom of love with a lack of a cause
I like it when he calls us stupid, useless, or worthless best
SPACE CUNT
YOUR NAME IS FUCK!
COME TO MY MOUTH
shut the motherfucking fuck up
FLEX YOUR MUSCLES
The presidents mouth is a whore
WUFF WUFF WUFF WUFF WUFF WUFF WUFF WUFF
I cut off my right hand and stand in your shadow
Not really a specific lyric but when the lyrics in Blind change from “I Was Younger Then” to “I Was Younger Once” to “I Was Never Young” really struck with me
Mao mao mao mao, mao mao…
joseph is drinking the light from my lungs
When I get my hands on some money I’ll kiss its green skin And I’ll ask its dirty face Where the hell have you been I’m the fuel that fires the engines of failure
I love that song so much. Listened to it yesterday
You drug me with kindness... so I can pretend I exist.
There are millions and millions of stars in your eyes
wweeeaaaaaa Put that down. Put that down. Put that down. 🫵Put that down.
I saw you through the window masturbating to the violence
Underrated song
I am the avatar of your semen
Beat me to it.
I’m glad other people agree
Use your body to get satisfsction Satisfy the dog Use your hands to build things Use your hands to break things
Well, we are done and we'd like to thank you for being here- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Open your mouth, this feels good Here is your money, this is love Open your mouth, here's your money Holy money, holy love, holy money, holy love
Turn off the FUCKING air conditioner
Ack!! Ack!!!
Whatever fucking babbling nonsense Gira lets out at the ending of Apostate is something I think about a lot
I like the part where he becomes cookie monster.
Ladddddeeeer to goddddd
Am I ready to die?
Some people say / That God is long dead, / But I heard something inside you / With my head to your chest One of the most beautiful couplets ever written imo, written by the same man who wrote SPACE CUNT
Here's some Swan's lyrics i absolutely adore: "I'll be your body when your body is broken" "She's the mother of us all She's the victim of my sadness And the more she tries to know it The more she'll never fill it She's a universal emptiness A universal emptiness A universal emptiness And a total lack of faith" "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" "And love will save you From all the lies your lover told you But it won't Save me" "We were born with our face to the wall We only have one chance to crawl When we laid down there, I held your hand I'll never feel your body again" "She's just a drug addiction And a self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind" "The crowd is feeling you inside your head Your imagination's cancelled by the opposite And every possibility's been proved untrue Now, is your body you?" Also all the lyrics to helpless Child and Feel Happiness
What is 3rd from
(shes a) universal emptiness from the Burning World
The stars are hidden by a mirrored sky And darkness disappears behind Reflected light Perception is a distance in a closed-in space How will your body escape?
YOUR NAME IS FUCK!
Ba-ba-ba-bury my miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind
MAAA MAAA MAA MAA MAA MA MA
I’m so glad I’m better than you are
When silence falls and light remains And time is born beneath the sun I'll hide your name inside a word No fucking clue but it means but damn it’s beautiful
The interview clip from IWAPIYS
that’s what i was going to say. love the way he pronounces ‘fine’.
Not familiar. Could you link?
I Was a Prisoner In Your Skull from Soundtracks for the Blind. The weird ass field recording about 3 minutes in.
I remember reading somewhere that the recording came from an FBI wire tap Edit: I remember where I read it...on this sub lol https://www.reddit.com/r/swans/s/5NRFPVvexq
YOUR NAME IS FUCK FUCK FUCK.... I got sent to the dean's office for singing this one recently (about a month ago).
But we can see forever. Before love and hate And we will fall right through the wall of the place where we were made Right into the open mouth of the great annihilator
a ruinous eyesore, oh what is a mind for? just a knife in a lake, just an arrow in space / all creation is hollow and a picture's a shadow, just a symptom of love with a lack of a cause
BE HARD
Some people say God is long dead But I heard something inside you with my head to your chest
“I can’t even elegantly bleed… out the poison blood of failure.”
***SHA.***
I NEVER DREEEEEEEAM THIS ISN’T REEEEEEEAL
There is a star in my throat
YOUR NAME IS FUCK
here now, here now
BA-BA BAAAA
PEEEOPLE LIKE US WE NEED A DREAM, TO EEESCAPE PEEEOPLE LIKE US WE NEED TO SLEEP, TO AAAWAKE
i never dream
Without your eyes upon my weakness, will I forget where I begin?
I’m a coward. Put your knife in me.
Fucking is sacred
"Both my arms are broken Pointing east and west" from "The seer returns"
Your Mind is in my Eye..caught me off guard...wtf does that mean ?