Swans

The Seer Returns

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Behind the veil of silver scars, there is a special inverted star
He's a greasy beast, heaving in a field of sticky black mud

I'm down here naked
There's a hole in my chest
Both my arms are broken
Pointing east and west

Your life pours into my mouth
My light pours out of my mouth
My life pours into your mouth
Your light pours into my mouth
Your life pours into my mouth
My light pours out of my mouth
My life pours into your mouth
Your life pours into my mouth

There's a jagged deep crack in the crust of the earth, spreading from north to south

Put your light in my mouth (8x)

All the mountains are crumbling
All the canyons are thundering
All the people are fucking
They're just a pile of writhing selfish bless

"I know I'll never die," I scream up at the sky

You have arrived

Hey
Bring the children home (4x)

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knackster On Aug 21, 2012

Children of God

God Damn the Sun

Killing for Company

I Was a Prisoner in Your Skull

Helpless Child

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2012-08-21 22:26:41

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by lussier

13y ago

The first stanza is in the third person, describing how the seer arrives to (presumably) earth. The rest of the song is from the seer's perspective. The seer represents the bringing of a sort of apocalypse, or a drastic changing of life and consciousness on earth. The third stanza describes the exchange of the seers life and light for the people's life. By taking their lives (killing them), the seer gives them the wisdom of his light, which can only be experienced by dying. His "life" is synonymous with death also (i didn't think that part through that much). The fourth stanza is just the chaos that would be associated with the end of the world. "I know i'll never die" is there to show the seer's status as an immortal, god-like being, perhaps the personification of death itself.

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by fearpanic4

12y ago

Oh god, these lyrics are so weird, so SWANS!

"both my arms are broken" makes me think of a similair line in the earlier Swans song "Animus" when Gira says "My arms spread out and broken".

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