Henry Rollins, in an episode of his podcast “Henry & Heidi,” says this song was inspired by an acid trip he had. He was tripping in the Black Flag rehearsal space at SST with some of the Black Flag road crew and found himself standing in a corner rocking back and forth on his feet- ball of foot to heel, forward and backward. Someone asked if he was ok and he replied “I’m not dead?” He had been feeling as if he was hanging by his neck, off the ground, swinging back and forth. He then thought it was funny to be a “swinging man,” hanging from a noose but super cool and popular with women, “swinging.” That moment from his acid trip inspired the lyrics to this song.
Henry Rollins, in an episode of his podcast “Henry & Heidi,” says this song was inspired by an acid trip he had. He was tripping in the Black Flag rehearsal space at SST with some of the Black Flag road crew and found himself standing in a corner rocking back and forth on his feet- ball of foot to heel, forward and backward. Someone asked if he was ok and he replied “I’m not dead?” He had been feeling as if he was hanging by his neck, off the ground, swinging back and forth. He then thought it was funny to be a “swinging man,” hanging from a noose but super cool and popular with women, “swinging.” That moment from his acid trip inspired the lyrics to this song.