Butcher Lyrics

Lyric discussion by joruki 

Cover art for Butcher lyrics by Swans

sounds like the thoughts of an obsessive person. they have a "perfect image" of a person they stalk, and with their delusional mind anything that contradicts this ideal in their head upsets them. perhaps the title implies that the narrator has kidnapped their obsession and is murdering them as punishment for not being perfect like they believe them to be.