Helpless Child Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Mackck 

Cover art for Helpless Child lyrics by Swans

To me the song is about abandonment. About feeling a small helpless child in an overwhelmingly evil and frightening world. It's like he's crying out to a mother who never was there for him, who never gave him the love and protection he needed.

He doesn't seem to keen on this concept of being alive, that's for sure.

My Interpretation