Swans Lyrics
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From the Album The Glowing Man (2016) (buy at amazon.com)
Cloud Of Forgetting
Cloud Of Unknowing
The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black
People Like Us
Frankie M.
When Will I Return?
The Glowing Man
Finally, Peace
From the Album To Be Kind (2014) (buy at amazon.com)
Screen Shot
Just A Little Boy (For Chester Burnett)
A Little God In My Hands
Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'overture
Some Things We Do
She Loves Us!
Kirsten Supine
Oxygen
Nathalie Neal
To Be Kind
Just A Little Boy (For Chester Burnett)
A Little God In My Hands
Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'overture
Some Things We Do
She Loves Us!
Kirsten Supine
Oxygen
Nathalie Neal
To Be Kind
From the Album The Seer (2012) (buy at amazon.com)
Lunacy
Mother Of The World
The Wolf
The Seer
The Seer Returns
93 Ave.blues
The Daughter Brings The Water
Song For A Warrior
Avatar
A Piece Of The Sky
Apostate
From the Album My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky (2010) (buy at amazon.com)
No Words/No Thoughts
Reeling The Liars In
Jim
My Birth
You F*cking People Make Me Sick
Inside Madeline
Eden Prison
Little Mouth
From the Album The great AnnIhilator (2002) (buy at amazon.com)
I Am The Sun
She Lives!
Celebrity Lifestyle
Mother/father
Blood Promise
Mind/body/light/sound
My Buried Child
Alcohol The Seed
Killing For Company
Mothers Milk
What Does A Body Mean?
Telepathy
The Great Annihilator
From the Album Cop (1999) (buy at amazon.com)
Half Life
Job
Why Hide
Clay Man
Your Property
Cop
Butcher
Thug
From the Album Soundtracks For The Blind (1996) (buy at amazon.com)
Helpless Child
Yum-yab Killers
Volcano
All Lined Up
How They Suffer
Animus
Red Velvet Wound
The Sound
Hypogirl
Empathy
Yrp
From the Album Holy Money (1993) (buy at amazon.com)
A Hanging
You Need Me
Another You
Coward
Blackmail
From the Album Greed (1993) (buy at amazon.com)
A Fool
Anything For You
Nobody
Stupid Child
Greed
Heaven
Money Is Flesh
From the Album Young God Ep (1993) (buy at amazon.com)
I Crawled
Raping A Slave
Young God
This Is Mine
From the Album Love Of Life (1992) (buy at amazon.com)
Love Of Life
The Golden Boy That Was Swallowed By The Sea
The Other Side Of The World
Her
The Sound Of Freedom
Amnesia
In The Eyes Of Nature
She Crys (For Spider)
God Loves America
No Cure For The Lonely (Cd Only)
From the Album White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity (1991) (buy at amazon.com)
Better Than You
Power And Sacrifice
You Know Nothing
Song For Dead Time
Will We Survive
Love Will Save You
Failure
Song For The Sun
Miracle Of Love
When She Breathes
Why Are We Alive?
The Most Unfortunate Lie
From the Album The Burning World (1989) (buy at amazon.com)
The River That Runs With Love Won't Run Dry
Let It Come Down
Mona Lisa, Mother Earth
(She's A) Universal Emptiness
Saved
I Remember Who You Are
Jane Mary, Cry One Tear
See No More
God Damn The Sun
From the Album SKIN : Shame, Humility, Revenge (1988) (buy at amazon.com)
Nothing Without You
Everything At Once
Breathing Water
The Center Of Your Heart
24 Hours
One Small Sacrifice
Turned To Stone
From the Album SKIN: Blood, Women, Roses (1987) (buy at amazon.com)
One Thousand Years
We'll Fall Apart
Still A Child
Come Out
Red Rose
Blood On Your Hands
From the Album Children Of God (1987) (buy at amazon.com)
Beautiful Child
Blackmail
Blind Love
Blood And Honey
Children Of God
In My Garden
Like A Drug (Sha La La La)
New Mind
Our Love Lies
Real Love
Sex, God, Sex
Trust Me
You're Not Real, Girl
From the Album Filth (1983) (buy at amazon.com)
Big Strong Boss
Blackout
Freak
Gang
Power For Power
Right-wrong
Stay Here
Thank You
Weakling
From the Album 4 Song Ep (1982) (buy at amazon.com)
Speak
Laugh
Sensitive Skin
Take Advantage
Other Songs:
1,000 Years
Blind
Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'ouverture
Come Out
Feel Happiness
I Want To Be Your Dog
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Mother, My Body Disgusts Me
No Cruel Angel
Not Alone
Picture Of Mary Ann
Was He Ever Alive
Swans Info:
Swans is an American experimental rock band originally active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer,
songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira.
The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York
no wave scene and stay intact into the next decade.
In 2010, Gira reformed Swans.
-Wikipedia
From:
New York City, United States
Genres:
Experimental rock, no wave, post-punk, noise rock, industrial, gothic rock, art rock, post-rock
Years active:
1982-1997, 2010-present
Associated acts:
Akron/Family, Angels of Light, Jarboe, World of Skin
Name Origin:
Gira states he took the moniker Swans as it described the sound he wanted best. Gira explained: "Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments."
Members:
Michael Gira -
guitar, vocals (1982-1997, 2010-present)
Christoph Hahn -
guitar (1988-1991, 2010-present)
Thor Harris -
drums, percussion, vibes, dulcimer, keyboards (2010-present)
Chris Pravdica -
bass guitar (2010-present)
Phil Puleo -
drums, percussion, dulcimer (1995-1997, 2010-present)
Norman Westberg -
guitar (1983-1995, 2010-present)
Past members:
Dan Braun - bass (1982)
Bill Bronson - bass (1995-1997)
Harry Crosby - bass (1983-1984)
Daniel Galli-Duani - saxophone (1982)
Ronaldo Gonzalez - drums (1986-1987)
Sue Hanel - guitar (1982)
Jarboe - keyboard, vocals, piano (1984-1997, 2012)
Jonathan Kane - drums (1982-1983)
Algis Kizys - bass (1986-1995)
Mojo - percussion, tape loops (1982)
Thurston Moore - bass (1982)
Roli Mosimann - drums (1983-1984)
Ivan Nahem - drums (1982, 1986)
Ted Parsons - drums (1985-1987)
Bob Pezzola - drums (1982-1983)
Vinnie Signorelli - drums (1991-1992)
Clint Steele - guitar (1990-1997)
Jon Tessler - bass, percussion, tape loops (1982)
Jenny Wade - bass (1991)
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