My Own Hands Swans

where you stay I'm alone and I'm burning slowly I don't regret a thing I loved something once, but it turned into something I don't recognize I loved something once, but it burned while I held it in my

The Most Unfortunate Lie Swans

Someone was here before me And they took the possibility away And without any control or freedom The elements were laid down in this way And so my mind is slowly devoured By the ideas to which it subscribes

Mother, My Body Disgusts Me Swans

Mother, don't come near me Near me Mother, you disgust me I need my greed, mother I need my greed, mother Mother, my body disgusts me I need my greed Mother, my scents disgust me Mother, your body disgusts

This Is Mine (Young God EP) Swans

This is mine I own it I own this thing I hate everything that I don't own I own this I own this hole It's mine Get out of my hole It's mine It's mine When you touch my things, you spoil them When things

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

I Crawled (Young God EP) 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

I Crawled 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

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

Sealed In Skin (Time Is Money (Bastard) EP) Swans

Wrap your skin around my skin I don't feel your body Wrap your mouth around my mouth I don't feel your body Hold you hands over my eyes I don't feel myself when you hold me down I hide in your world

Real Love Swans

My man walks on hands and knees I am his first and only child He is mine He is my saint He brings me roses and incense And he closes my mind He closes my mind With real love Real love Real love Real love

YRP Swans

I give you money You're superior I don't exist You control me You're corrupt You're deformed You're corrupt You control me Own me Own me Own me I'm your property Own Own Own Own You're corrupt You're deformed

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

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

Anything For You Swans

Force yourself on me I know where my money comes from I'll do anything for you When your hands in my mouth I'll force it down I'll force it down in me Hold it in, take it out of me Push me, I'll move I'll

A Little God In My Hands Swans

, forever breathing Forever growing, forever leaving Oh shit and blood Forever love No ebb or flood, will ever come Oh shit and blood Forever love, love, love Forever draining, forever leaving What's my

Your Property Swans

I give you money You're superior I don't exist You control me You're corrupt You deform me You own me You own me I worship your authority I worship your authority You're deformed You're corrupt You own

24 Hours Swans

24 hours split three ways because you bought one third you own everything shut off the possibility and wipe out imagination now the world stands still i'll take it with me to my grave wrap your bands around

Swans Negative

And as the swans prepare for their leaving Can't change what's done it's unforgiven Bitter is the taste Of your way Cannot rewind Can't take it back...

Blood On Your Hands Swans

There's blood on your hands, baby Baby, there's blood on your hands Mama's gonna get even with you Mama's gonna get you back When all the blood's washed over you mama will never forget Mama loves you too

Blood On Yr Hands Swans

When silence fallsAnd light remainsAnd time is bornBeneath the SunI'll hide your nameInside a wordAnd paint your eyesWith false perceptionAnd I feel your mindIn everythingAnd every breathDestroys a...

Identity Swans

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

Still A Child Swans

The day I was born, your shadow fell across my mother's breast When I opened my eyes, you coloured my mind Every move I make, is by your desire Every move I make, is by your hand only Now I'm still a child

Like A Drug (Sha La La La) Swans

Out of our head Out of our mind Into your hands Into your eye Warm in your mouth Warm in your mind Warm in your belly Just like a drug Sha la la la Cool on your tongue Soft in your hands Down on the floor

Power And Sacrifice Swans

I want power, because it feels good I want power I'll wash America with blood I want power a clear blue light in the sky I feel power, running through my veins and out my eyes And into empty, godforsaken

Empathy Swans

You were wrong to resist me I was wrong to forgive Now I loathe my own weakness But you praise me for this There's a place in your future Where the wound will be healed And the children you injured Will

Song For Dead Time (MG Ver.) Swans

this body dies, no man will breath one word Of ignorance, for me So bury your trust beneath the ground with me And lay your loneliness down for the sun to consume Now the earth bleeds cold water, in my

Song For Dead Time Swans

this body dies, no man will ever breathe one word of ignorance for me So bury your trust beneath the ground with me And lay your loneliness down for the sun to consume Now the earth bleeds cold water in my

Song For Dead Time (J Ver.) Swans

this body dies, no man will ever breathe one word of ignorance for me So bury your trust beneath the ground with me And lay your loneliness down for the sun to consume Now the earth bleeds cold water in my

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

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

When will time erase this stupid smile from my face?

Unforming Swans

Now I can't feel my fingers But I'm trying to breathe Where do I end?

Right Wrong Swans

body to get satisfaction Use your body to get satisfaction Satisfy the dog, satisfy the dog Satisfy the dog, satisfy the dog Satisfy the dog, satisfy the dog Satisfy the dog, satisfy the dog Use your hands

Telepathy Swans

earth turns to flesh in your hand And the ether was born in the lungs of an ancient man We hallucinated at night Our mind's in the light But I can't feel the body of the image which is now penetrating my

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

Our Love Lies Swans

We'll fall down On broken knees And we'll cry for you now We'll cry for your mercy We believe in love We believe in love God save us now We believe in love We degrade ourselves But we dig our own grave

The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed By The Sea Swans

And with this knife of silver I will release your soul And throw it out into the ocean Nine million miles in a straight line In a place just like this In a ship on the water Where no dimensions exist My

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

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

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

Sensitive Skin Swans

Standing naked in the corner Sinking into the ground Our hands connected to our feet Our shadows burnt into the wall Like the insomniac dreams Getting taken to the basement Getting fucked to ease some

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

Will We Survive Swans

I'll drink the moonlight from your hands I'll swim an ocean filled with sorrow No lover, please don't go We can crucify tomorrow Let the sunlight feed the air Let it fill our lungs with lies We'll be memorized

Will We Survive? Swans

I'll drink the moonlight from your hands I'll swim an ocean filled with sorrow No lover, please don't go We can crucify tomorrow Let the sunlight feed the air Let it fill our lungs with lies We'll be memorized

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

Nothing Without You Swans

forever i'm weak and i'm slow when your eyes are on me defeated, i'll disappear i left myself beneath your skin what were you who was i then look over there against the wall there's a memory there red hands

In The Eyes Of Nature Swans

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

Eyes Of Nature Swans

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

The Great Annihilator Swans

The past and future were simultaneous Inside your body we feel your emptiness The light we breathe in is your unconsciousness And your body disappears Burning backwards through the years And in your hands