I Am The Sun (Live At The Flesh Club) Swans

And I am the sun I rise above the world And when the light goes out I kill another child And I am insane I crawl into your mouth I grow like a flower I grow a suicide And I am the sun I love everyone And

I Am The Sun Swans

And I am the sun I rise above the world And when the light goes out I kill another child And I am insane I crawl into your mouth I grow like a flower I grow a suicide And I am the sun I love everyone And

The Wolf Swans

Now feed me through The power line Wash me in Your bloodless light To be splayed upon Your silver gate I am proud in flesh I am bruised but I am raised

The Beggar Swans

I'm sick of chewing at your heels I'm sick of licking up your spit What if I keep the power I give you? Will I then decide to live?

Clay Man (Live At CBGB NYC 1982 - 1983) Swans

Get into this car Get into this car Bow your head down Your flesh is soft Your flesh is clay Flesh is easy to shape Flesh is easy to shape Get into your cell Get into your bed Your flesh is soft Your flesh

Young God (Young God EP) Swans

I don't know where I am I'm dancing in my corpse I don't remember anything I'm wearing your flesh Your flesh is my face I love your face I wrap your flesh around my face When I wear your flesh, I love

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

Song For The Sun Swans

The sun is rising over the buildings across the street The sun is God's face looking down at me as he cries for what he's done I will survive my life if I close my mind To all the things I could never,

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

Everything At Once Swans

I'll cut up my time into two separate pieces In one place, I'm someone I don't know In the second place I don't remember my name I'll maintain control I'll imitate you perfectly Now nothing's there you

Not Alone Swans

In separate sections The bodies fall The leaves are purple The grass is red I love your music I love your style The light inside you Leaks through your eyes Na na na na The golden liquid That washed your

Was He Ever Alive? Swans

When I die let me down In the field in the ground Where the water runs beneath me And the sky's red and falling down Round my eyes that I closed And the world that I know Is a shadow of a dream That left

Sex, God, Sex Swans

I will pray I will pray I will go down low And I will pray to you Down as low as I can go I will go there and I will pray to you I will beg you I will beg you lord I will deny myself I will deny you lord

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

Triangle Of Gold Silver Swans

In light, we wake… Sunbathing in our glow To never say no When I was a young girl I was brown under the water Damaged by the sun CHORUS Build up a wall, run circles in your bedroom A club of

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

I Crawled (Live At Heaven London 1984) Swans

You're my father I obey you I want you to be my father I want you to be my father You know what I am You know what I am I want you to kill me I'm weak Take what's mine Make me feel good Make me feel soft

Volcano Swans

fame There's a star in her eyes and she knows it There's a star in her mind yeah she chose it There's a star in her eyes and she knows it There's a star in her mind yeah she chose it And every evening the

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

Eden Prison Swans

Within the walls of Eden Prison There is a mark upon a stone And in this place a life was written And there a stain was laid where I was born Now moving through the roots of trees Deep may their fingers

All Lined Up Swans

I see them all lined up Like broken children at the wall Their skin is hanging off in sheets Each face is painted like a whore Their blood is shining in the sun Their wounds are powdered with white salt

I See Them All Lined Up Swans

I see them all lined up Like broken children at the wall Their skin is hanging off in sheets Each face is painted like a clown Their blood is shining in the sun Their wounds are powdered with white salt

The Parasite Swans

Breathe my breath into your head Righteous, pure and sour with death Here I am, just empty skin There is no way out, there is no way in Crucified in fractured fields of blue All information is equally

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

2] All wrong, wrong, wrong Wrong, wrong, wrong I am wrong in this skin But that's where my need for you begins With your nails through my hands On the hill that I till On the cross that I built Crying

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

Cop Swans

The punishment fits the crime Nothing beats humiliation Humiliation's a disease Nothing beats humiliation Nothing beats them like a cop with a club Nothing beats them like a cop in jail Nobody beats your

Failure Swans

I, I've been lonely And I, I've been blind And I, I've learned nothing So my hands are firmly tied To the sinking leadweight of failure I've worked hard all my life Money slips through my hands My face

Faliure Swans

I, I've been lonely And I, I've been blind And I, I've learned nothing So my hands are firmly tied To the sinking leadweight of failure I've worked hard all my life Money slips through my hands My face

Yum Yab Swans

i saw a white finger on a barbed wire fence i knew it was dangerous but i took the risk and yes it was sweet so sweet to eat now see how the flesh is pricked and bleeds yeah it bleeds it bleeds yeah it

Why Hide (Live At Heaven London 1984) Swans

My heart pumps My legs 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

Los Angeles: City of Death Swans

Ah, we're drugged by the sun Here he comes, here he comes Just waiting to become Here he comes, here he comes Growing in a lung Here he comes, here he comes Gathering our tongues Here he comes, here he

Clay Man Swans

Get into this car Get into this car Bow your head down Your flesh is soft Your flesh is clay Flesh is easy to shape Flesh is easy to shape Get into your cell Get into your bed Your flesh is soft Your flesh

Swans Camera Obscura

There's flowers in my house And I bought them myself No surprises in the record collection You must have thought I was someone else I'm still afraid to get lost In a city I might explore But I'm

Money Is Flesh Swans

Money's flesh, money's flesh in your hands Money's flesh, money's flesh in your hands Money is flesh Money means flesh in your hand Money is flesh Money is flesh in your hand When you pay, you're a servant

Yum-Yab Killers Swans

I saw a white finger on a barbed wire fence I knew it was dangerous but I took the risk And yes it was sweet so sweet to eat Now see how the flesh is pricked and bleeds Yeah it bleeds Yeah yeah it bleeds

Saved Swans

Now I've got nothing to look at And I've got no pain to deny And I've got nobody to bleed for And I've got no sun to pull down from the sky But I'm saved, yeah, I'm saved And I don't understand it, I'm

Seven Swans Sufjan Stevens

We didn't sleep too late There was a fire in the yard All of the tress were in light They had no faces to show I saw a sign in the sky Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans I heard a voice in my mind I

The Memorious Swans

I see the turquoise lake spread out flat between the desert hills I feel the sun penetrate my skin I feel it melt the marrow in my bones I hear the engines grinding, relentless Crushing stone Crushing

Money Is Flesh (# 2) Swans

Money's flesh, money's flesh in your hands Money's flesh, money's flesh in your hands Money is flesh Money means flesh in your hand Money is flesh Money is flesh in your hand When you pay, you're a servant

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 Sound Swans

And wide are your delusions Deep red is the space behind your eyes Closed forever is the door to your room But inside there lives the sound You despise but I love You despise but I love You despise I love

New Mind Swans

In the place Where no one knows Where they were before Or what they're doing where They are now I will be there With my eyes wide open I will be there I will be there I will be ready To receive The new

How They Suffer Swans

It's not as much a deterioration fact it's the disease I have which er, uh, the the right eye is blind as you know And that was done, er, unfortunately as as a result of a detached retina And the retina

Killing For Company Swans

I couldn't stop myself I knew I'd do it again But I could heal myself If I could feel your skin And if I comprehend this moment I know we'll live again And if I heal your wound We will make love again

The Other Side Of The World Swans

I won't think it I won't speak it But I feel it And I see it And it comes down and surrounds us With sensation With perfection Without purpose And there's colour And there's light And there's movement

Beautiful Child Swans

These are the things I hold onto These are the things I use to deceive myself I line them up in front of me I judge them carefully Then I throw them all away I throw them all away I am a small man I am

Blood And Honey Swans

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