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Swans - Blind

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SWANS

SWANS

Күн бұрын

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Hello, thank you for listening to our music. I hope it gives you some joy and pleasure.
I am pleased that you have discovered our music through this medium. I view this experience as the equivalent of previewing a record in a record store in days of old. However, if you wish to experience the music in its' fullest form, I would strongly encourage you to acquire it in a physical format you can bring into your home. Not only will you then be able to experience the richest version of the music sonically, but you will also be afforded the opportunity to enjoy the tangible artwork, which was conceived in tandem with the music, and serves as a further portal to experiencing the total conceptual and spiritual and emotional content of the work we have labored, lovingly, to bring to you.
I love you,
- Michael Gira / Swans / Young God Records
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@everyvillainislemons7583
@everyvillainislemons7583 2 жыл бұрын
A very humbling song as a young man. It’s refreshing to hear someone older admit that their arrogance in their younger years was really not a strength at all.
@kingpest13
@kingpest13 Жыл бұрын
Growing older successfully entails some amount of of re evaluation and realization of past victories being mistakes. Some people never get there. It is a sign of a high functioning mind to second guess your decisions.
@jack-uv6mt
@jack-uv6mt Жыл бұрын
no such thing as a high functioning mind. except for me of course@@kingpest13
@blaisecarlton
@blaisecarlton 10 ай бұрын
Qd
@RodMigz08
@RodMigz08 10 ай бұрын
Exactly
@qriofficial1769
@qriofficial1769 9 ай бұрын
It's interesting to hear this and then, in juxtaposition, the song off of Drainland where Gira is featured arguing with Jarboe about money and addiction, still prevalent issues even four years after this.
@JonathanNelsonOfficial
@JonathanNelsonOfficial 3 жыл бұрын
“If you could step inside me, you’d feel what hatred brings. If you saw through my eyes, you’d see what self deception means.” This is precisely the human condition.
@seangomez1912
@seangomez1912 3 жыл бұрын
Seriously some of the most honest and introspective lyrics of all time. Literally every line is perfect
@xxHouseInMotionxx
@xxHouseInMotionxx 2 жыл бұрын
agreed - pure and clean
@toddward6094
@toddward6094 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve cried to this when I’ve failed or others have left me many times.
@HiGlowie
@HiGlowie 2 жыл бұрын
So damn genuine.
@JamesEarlCash
@JamesEarlCash 2 жыл бұрын
Generally speaking, totally about me. And it's hard to be proud. It's hard to be anything.
@milkimadethebeat7858
@milkimadethebeat7858 Жыл бұрын
im a recovering addict and alcoholic. i moved across the country to escape the drugs. i did some shrooms and listened to this band, i just found this band. This shit hit way too hard. Such resonating lyrics. It's almost painful.
@Oblio1942
@Oblio1942 11 ай бұрын
My best friend died recently, he really liked Swans at one point, even tho he didnt mention this particular song I like to think of him every time I heard it. I miss you Alex.
@katfezza4570
@katfezza4570 7 ай бұрын
The most important thing is what you remember them by and keep them alive in your heart. If this is the song you think of then run with it as long as you can. It doesn't matter if they listened to it, it's what you feel. My friend would never have like this but it's what helped me through his passing: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrJ9hKicr7K2in0.html
@aaaaa-fs3ht
@aaaaa-fs3ht Ай бұрын
Wow... I really, really wish that Alex had heard this song.
@williamking6174
@williamking6174 5 жыл бұрын
Michael Gira is one of the greatest lyricists and musicians ever.
@RensRoom
@RensRoom 5 жыл бұрын
Agreed ♥
@pabloisusi6097
@pabloisusi6097 5 жыл бұрын
Indeed, man
@porcelina5834
@porcelina5834 4 жыл бұрын
And probably one of the most underrated.
@josuejared7747
@josuejared7747 4 жыл бұрын
Michael Gira is literally God
@pcaetano7527
@pcaetano7527 4 жыл бұрын
and Matt Johnson
@driversviewofficial
@driversviewofficial 6 жыл бұрын
Now some of us are weak And some endure And some people live their life In violence that’s pure and clean But I saw a man cry once Down on his knees In the corner of a darkened cell And his pain meant nothing to me But I was younger then And young men never die When I walked out in the sun I was strong, clear-minded and blind I don’t say a prayer for anyone It doesn’t do any good Please don’t ask me questions They’d just be misunderstood And if you could step inside me You'd feel what hatred brings And if you saw with my eyes You'd see what self-deception means I was younger once And I created a lie And though my body was strong I was self-deluded, confident and blind Now show some pity For weak of will Because when we’re drinking We can never be filled Show some understanding For the lonely fool Because when I’m drinking I’m out of control I was never young Nothing has transpired But when I look in the mirror I feel dead, I feel cold, I am blind I am blind, mmm I am blind, mmm I am blind, mmm Mmm you'r welcome :D
@user-ks3mk9kq4l
@user-ks3mk9kq4l 6 жыл бұрын
'But I saw a man cry once Down on his knees In the corner of a darkened cell And his pain meant nothing to me,' I can imagine a young, psychopathic Michael Gira seeing this in his cell in Jerusalem. Desperate image, redemptive lyrics. Beautiful.
@swanscream5152
@swanscream5152 5 жыл бұрын
+M Or one of his cells in the US. Prisons are fucked up everywhere in the world.
@aa-th2vj
@aa-th2vj 4 жыл бұрын
pretty sure it's With a violence
@deddth
@deddth 4 жыл бұрын
►Driver’s view► Thank you.
@Teabonesteak
@Teabonesteak 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you .
@yanille4109
@yanille4109 Жыл бұрын
I remember being high out of my mind when i first heard this. Lowest point of my life, glad im not there anymore. The song is much more potent sober.
@Lewisl4d2
@Lewisl4d2 6 ай бұрын
God bless you
@Pvt_Hudson
@Pvt_Hudson 20 күн бұрын
I come here to listen everytime I'm wasted and sucidal.
@suntzu751
@suntzu751 Жыл бұрын
Amazing to hear someone admit that their younger self was a narcissist. These lyrics are amazing and I love the acceptance of it.
@Alexander_Tronstad
@Alexander_Tronstad 10 ай бұрын
Not necessarily narcissistic, just a little ignorant.
@norbertnagy2944
@norbertnagy2944 2 ай бұрын
Some of you people can never stop the self-fellating, passive-aggressive bullshit, can you?
@ScisaacFisaac
@ScisaacFisaac 3 жыл бұрын
Ever have a song that "feels" like your stumbled-through childhood and current self all at once? It's like the neighborhood where you grew up is the music embodied: vast and old and terrifying and more than your young self could ever hope to comprehend. Yet you still feel fondly when revisiting, like you really have come home. And the lyrics are you yourself, though your life's never been harsh in the way the writer chronicles: trying to look back on everything and condemn your past and present self because you always have been -- and always will be -- blind. Sorry, just a rambling KZfaq comment, carry on! (P.S.: little observation. I know it's nothing unique for White Light, but the fade-in and fade-out make it feel like a piece that never stops playing in the background. We just tuned in and heard a piece of someone else's pain.)
@loulouloulou2519
@loulouloulou2519 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know how to explain it, but this is so spot on
@Sternertime
@Sternertime 3 жыл бұрын
well said.
@Rost_a_Tost
@Rost_a_Tost 3 жыл бұрын
Don't make me cry more than I already am
@elijah02
@elijah02 3 жыл бұрын
I still can't listen to this song without tearing up.
@thebarbaryghostsf
@thebarbaryghostsf 3 жыл бұрын
always
@natechenry
@natechenry 2 жыл бұрын
Tearing up as I listen to this. And I just discovered this song
@andrzejlemonkrasol
@andrzejlemonkrasol Жыл бұрын
Try to see gira play this live and not tear up. Now that is an absolute hard fucking challenge
@user-qk9yq2uv7o
@user-qk9yq2uv7o 6 жыл бұрын
Their masterpiece. I will keep this precious song with me forever.
@19eightyforeisnow
@19eightyforeisnow 5 жыл бұрын
The sound..imo ..
@19eightyforeisnow
@19eightyforeisnow 5 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gamHqtd5nr_WZWg.html
@chuckmorton8823
@chuckmorton8823 5 жыл бұрын
agreed ... a masterpiece
@The650er
@The650er 4 жыл бұрын
yeah, me too
@muzzyLimon
@muzzyLimon Жыл бұрын
A 10/10 along with Helpless child
@George_
@George_ Жыл бұрын
everybody gangsta till blind starts playing
@MrDrumzOrz
@MrDrumzOrz 3 жыл бұрын
This song showed up on my Discover Weekly this week. Never before has a song grabbed me out of nowhere like that. I have never heard anything like this in my life.
@bloodnchocolate
@bloodnchocolate 2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the best band ever.
@KINGHASEYAs777
@KINGHASEYAs777 2 жыл бұрын
Have you heard everything by now? This man is a genius
@err0rc0degames
@err0rc0degames Жыл бұрын
@@KINGHASEYAs777 What
@adrianblanco5206
@adrianblanco5206 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, didn't know spotify has a discover weekly playlist. You saved me a lot of time.
@nizzla12
@nizzla12 Ай бұрын
You would Love The National
@cowboydan8021
@cowboydan8021 3 жыл бұрын
I just realized for the very first time that the depressed rabbit is standing on a heart.
@gasolinedrinker9170
@gasolinedrinker9170 3 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD
@newforestpixie5297
@newforestpixie5297 3 жыл бұрын
This tune had got my attention but the cover art ensured I would checkout this album. Kind of weirdly cute but obviously dark - I first thought he was stood on a kind of flying carpet then a pool of blood . Now I’m gonna find my specs having heard album twice . I am sort of sad for not knowing of this album all these years but better late than never I guess. 👍🐢new forest pixies
@wispycirrus9907
@wispycirrus9907 3 жыл бұрын
It's a heart shaped pool of blood. The rabbit is also holding the carrot like a knife. Dark as hell, lol.
@samjarrett5017
@samjarrett5017 3 жыл бұрын
The blood heart has a face and the rabbit is standing in the mouth which is interesting considering the album title. Also there appears to be buildings in the distance and it'ss hard to tell how big the bunny is compared to them or how close they are, the might be huge.
@nathanburnett9529
@nathanburnett9529 3 жыл бұрын
damn it is
@lukastaylor9544
@lukastaylor9544 3 жыл бұрын
"But I saw a man cry once Down on his knees In the corner of a darkened cell And his pain meant nothing to me" "I was hitchhiking across Europe, and I ended up in Israel, where I was arrested for selling hashish. I spent four and a half months in jail. It was a pretty formative experience..."
@puppetmaster3911
@puppetmaster3911 6 жыл бұрын
I never get sick of this song. I never get sick of Swans....
@Zephyr_Uhh
@Zephyr_Uhh 3 жыл бұрын
I already am and this is the first of their shit I’ve listened to.
@szarzyniecszczurzynski1902
@szarzyniecszczurzynski1902 3 жыл бұрын
@@Zephyr_Uhh That's what they call stone deafness...
@raefinoh1172
@raefinoh1172 3 жыл бұрын
@@Zephyr_Uhh your not real
@cesarmonteiro4424
@cesarmonteiro4424 2 жыл бұрын
@@Zephyr_Uhh soda you are nothing but a foda (fuck in portuguese!) Feel sorry for you!Swans are great!
@tandeath.
@tandeath. 10 ай бұрын
@@Zephyr_Uhh obviously a pxssy that likes omori isn't gonna enjoy swans
@Miguelohara563
@Miguelohara563 2 жыл бұрын
cant believe Michael Gira invented The National
@toferbarber6348
@toferbarber6348 2 жыл бұрын
omg you're right
@WiloPolis03
@WiloPolis03 2 жыл бұрын
That's what I've been saying lol, was looking for someone else to point it out
@Onche518
@Onche518 3 жыл бұрын
The lyrics are absolutely phenomenal
@FVZCB
@FVZCB 6 ай бұрын
Dio mio siii 😮
@aaaaa-fs3ht
@aaaaa-fs3ht Ай бұрын
Right... I mean, if you like early Swans (I do) -- how on earth did he become this!
@MeltedMath
@MeltedMath 29 күн бұрын
Nothing impales a heart more than an admitted self-defeat expressed in a beautifully genuine song by a profound long-term suffering charismatic man like Michael Gira. Superorganic!
@chuckmorton8823
@chuckmorton8823 5 жыл бұрын
Cause when we're drinking, we can never be filled
@kicksex
@kicksex 3 жыл бұрын
He talks about his issues with drinking in where does a body end
@heyitswesty
@heyitswesty 5 жыл бұрын
I love you guys so much - 25 years and counting. You're an old friend to me through this harsh life. Thank you for keeping me warm when I've needed it when things were the highest but also the lowest.
@fabianescoto2825
@fabianescoto2825 5 жыл бұрын
Remind me of my brothers
@danijelasaric5738
@danijelasaric5738 4 жыл бұрын
There won't come a time when this chorus won't make me cry.
@andresaguero5880
@andresaguero5880 2 жыл бұрын
I am a young man and i already feel dead, cold and blind
@Faks.09
@Faks.09 Жыл бұрын
i will show you some pitty and understanding bro
@Loveofgod430
@Loveofgod430 3 күн бұрын
how are you feeling now?
@consciousdelirium9785
@consciousdelirium9785 5 жыл бұрын
Wow.. Just listened to their first album now I'm listening to this. Such a big change
@tammywilliamskeefer
@tammywilliamskeefer 4 жыл бұрын
This song is so achingly beautiful.
@grunders
@grunders 6 жыл бұрын
one of the few songs that makes me feel emotional
@jesperkjaer8268
@jesperkjaer8268 Жыл бұрын
Songs like Blind never seem to disappear from my memory. Just like Failure & The Great Annihilator. Swans are just - well Great.
@Jesper-bl2ns
@Jesper-bl2ns 15 күн бұрын
You just mentioned my 3 favourite Swans songs.
@zer0953
@zer0953 5 жыл бұрын
there are not many bands you can think of and listen to them and say "man its incredible that these people made music" swans are one of those bands
@mattddc
@mattddc 4 жыл бұрын
I'm only repeating what many have said, but for me, this is as good as music gets, as human expression can get, as heartbreakingly honest about how painful it is to know our own mortality. Im grateful to know this song, and to be able to play it dozens of times over and again, but never enough....
@vaslegas8801
@vaslegas8801 6 жыл бұрын
I am mainly into early Swans, but am growing more and more into this Swans, Angels of Light, and Gira's solo stuff. What a beautiful, mesmerizing song, both joyful and melancholy simultaneously.
@brock1120
@brock1120 6 жыл бұрын
vas legas me too. peace
@johanliebertofficial8750
@johanliebertofficial8750 6 жыл бұрын
soundtrack of the blind and swans are dead are the best ones
@vaslegas8801
@vaslegas8801 6 жыл бұрын
Dethguy One I'm more of a fan of Filth, Cop, Holy Money, Greed etc
@hornyconvict
@hornyconvict Жыл бұрын
White light and children of god definitely my favorite swans albums
@joshmosteller8512
@joshmosteller8512 4 жыл бұрын
Listening to this while driving through the mountains of Montana was something else.
@jaymore012
@jaymore012 5 жыл бұрын
Gira’s voice with uplifting music is so fucking good
@franksunseri2060
@franksunseri2060 2 жыл бұрын
such a heartwrenching song. It never gets old. The last few lines really hit.
@Jennividion
@Jennividion 4 жыл бұрын
The line about self deception 💔
@531ff
@531ff 4 жыл бұрын
Jennifer hits hard
@Gungus-v1g
@Gungus-v1g 3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most crushing things I've ever heard. I am sad.
@monstrul42
@monstrul42 2 жыл бұрын
don"t be
@geoff7936
@geoff7936 5 жыл бұрын
First time listening to Swans. Dammmmnn🤩
@St.nobody
@St.nobody 4 жыл бұрын
Ok Geoff
@kamikazechivalry1264
@kamikazechivalry1264 4 жыл бұрын
Same.
@dibs0equiped
@dibs0equiped 3 жыл бұрын
Never young, never old
@MoKone5
@MoKone5 3 ай бұрын
Used to play this song endlessly while being on molly. As soon the beginning plays i can feel my high all over again. Those comedowns led to some dark thoughts. This song haunts me for that very reason.
@TruculentSheep
@TruculentSheep Жыл бұрын
It's the regrets that get you.
@dkstojentin
@dkstojentin 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for writing this. I was walked through a showpiece of men who served in the Military, and then came home to serve in a service. The man who was nice enough to tell me stories pointed out the alcoholics, and he told me how they died, and it was always through drink. While getting out of service might seem like a free for all, it doesn't have to be that way. I don't think he was trying to teach me that. He just opened up a book of maybe someday. This song does more than that. Thank you for writing it.
@michaelwilson2340
@michaelwilson2340 2 жыл бұрын
This is something you can listen to at any stage of your life. I find it embarrassing that certain artists, and their fans, never mature and as the years and decades pass, still cling to the teenage sex and immaturity songs of long lost youth. This whole song speaks the truth.
@j.f.1982
@j.f.1982 2 жыл бұрын
This song obliterated me as I was going through some stuff; it’s the song I keep to allow myself to feel deeply sad about some stuff, before going back to my usual life. It’s therapeutic and it’s helping me accept, heal and humble down. Blind is a memento mori, but also a rope you can hang on to or hang from; if that makes any sense.
@meme6335
@meme6335 Жыл бұрын
I feel the exact same way I sometimes listen to it even when I’m not deeply sad though. There is something deeply sobering about the song that just grounds me. Despite all of my fears, all my aspirations, all my worries, all my wants and desires and all of my good and all of my bad I am above all else blind.
@Whyt3wyrm
@Whyt3wyrm 6 жыл бұрын
[Verse 1] Now some of us are weak And some endure And some people live their life In violence that’s pure and clean But I saw a man cry once Down on his knees In the corner of a darkened cell And his pain meant nothing to me [Chorus 1] But I was younger then And young men never die When I walked out in the sun I was strong, clear-minded and blind [Verse 2] I don’t say a prayer for anyone It doesn’t do any good Please don’t ask me questions They’d just be misunderstood And if you could step inside me You'd feel what hatred brings And if you saw with my eyes You'd see what self-deception means [Chorus 2] I was younger once And I created a lie And though my body was strong I was self-deluded, confident and blind [Verse 3] Now show some pity For weak of will Because when we’re drinking We can never be filled Show some understanding For the lonely fool Because when I’m drinking I’m out of control [Chorus 3] I was never young Nothing has transpired But when I look in the mirror I feel dead, I feel cold, I am blind [Outro] I am blind, mmm I am blind, mmm I am blind, mmm Mmm
@thebarbaryghostsf
@thebarbaryghostsf 3 жыл бұрын
I love when music like this comes on when I'm driving random people around with Lyft.
@Oldbmwr100rs
@Oldbmwr100rs 2 жыл бұрын
Try adding The Stooges fun house album to your playlist, great stuff.
@cymbolic_space1832
@cymbolic_space1832 2 жыл бұрын
throw some merzbow on there too
@popeisyiyi1613
@popeisyiyi1613 6 ай бұрын
@@cymbolic_space1832you should put some whitehouse in there
@ozymandiaz362
@ozymandiaz362 2 жыл бұрын
this song makes a lot more sense when you feel old
@crunchysugar
@crunchysugar Жыл бұрын
This is one of the best songs swans has made. It is astounding how full the instrumental is, but how simplistic and "man and his guitar" it feels. The lyrics are perfect, and personally relatable, albeit in a much smaller sense than what Gira has been through. Top 5 song from the greatest band of all time.
@WibblyWobblyTime
@WibblyWobblyTime 8 ай бұрын
Well put, I really like the first two sentences, you've described the sound as I hear it, it's like a chandelier of sound - it doesn't fill the room or make an intense statement, yet it's impossible not to see it as some perfect chandelier of melody, hanging more in the middle of the room. With michael, sitting on a chair, in front of that dazzling chandelier, and recounting these lyrics directly to you.
@kevininsomne
@kevininsomne 6 жыл бұрын
Such a good song, honest, I want to reach this self awareness
@agnomenamedgrimblegromble3735
@agnomenamedgrimblegromble3735 Жыл бұрын
Truly a magical song, Mr. Michael Swans is a genius Now really though, Gira made some of the most incredibly gruesome and beautiful music of the last 40 years or so, and gruesome or beautiful it's always incredible, I'm very much thankful for your music, Swans.
6 жыл бұрын
I could die listening to this song in peace
@anes8374
@anes8374 11 ай бұрын
I just realized I'm a liar and everything I have believed in, every thought and every feeling, is now broken. I've been doing everything wrong during all my youth. I feel empty and dead. I dissapointed her and I feel like if I have killed her. I don't use to write any comment, but I have felt my salvation on this song
@youngthug7815
@youngthug7815 3 ай бұрын
Swans finally clicked for me Im gonna be listening to this for the rest of my life 🤯🤯
@creamsternapplesquat8584
@creamsternapplesquat8584 4 жыл бұрын
My favorite song of all time.
@HonestDepression101
@HonestDepression101 5 ай бұрын
Wow. I never knew how much The National sounds like this until someone suggested it here on KZfaq.
@ghostrhythm
@ghostrhythm 2 ай бұрын
In the meanwhile of yesterday's evening to the noon at which i'm listening to this song now, either 100 people or 1 person have listened to this song a hundred times. There's always hope.
@drchanhatten5789
@drchanhatten5789 2 жыл бұрын
Music like this makes you stop and evaluate your life
@morgandunn6384
@morgandunn6384 3 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I’ve listened to this band. They’re good! I feel like he’s talking about how he’s become more fulfilled since his past, but finds himself, deep down, stuck in the same place at the same time.
@theboyofcelluloid
@theboyofcelluloid 5 жыл бұрын
The saddest song I've ever heard in my life. Just breaks me every time 💔
@Zenssei
@Zenssei 4 жыл бұрын
You should hear Failure
@theboyofcelluloid
@theboyofcelluloid 4 жыл бұрын
This is way saddest lol
@Zenssei
@Zenssei 4 жыл бұрын
@@theboyofcelluloid Actually the whole album is saddest
@brazilbr4415
@brazilbr4415 4 жыл бұрын
@@Zenssei You're everywhere.
@lennartlenzing5840
@lennartlenzing5840 4 жыл бұрын
I believe this is a kind of song, that touches some people - but it will trigger very special synapses with some people, just like ASMR does. It certainly hits me in a way, that I cannot describe and cannot compare with any other musical experiences. It is a feeling beyond happiness or sadness, a melancholic feeling of being aware of the world. to be honest, i really wonder how leonard cohen would feel about this song.
@MichaelHudson-sq5qj
@MichaelHudson-sq5qj 3 ай бұрын
The feeling you describe is “saudade” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudade), a Portuguese word describing profoundly nostalgic longing. I don’t know a direct English equivalent. Love and Rockets masterfully wrote an instrumental titled such for their ‘85 debut album (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLJgasJo3La-e2Q.htmlsi=3lWfI8lUPs8eu0HY). Their predecessor band, Bauhaus, wrote the epic “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything”, & their bassist, David J., wrote the beautiful “Candy on the Cross”. Bauhaus’ front person, Peter Murphy, also wrote many stirring songs. If only there were time: I could compile a list of 30-50 songs as grippingly poignant as this Swans masterpiece, mostly written by bands few know anything about. Music worth sharing’s become alarmingly important for sustaining the remaining artists who still craft it. Try Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “The Last Beat of my Heart”, & James’ “One of the Three”, Skindiving” & “Dream Thrum”. REM wrote handfuls, & The Cure built a career on such compositions that never got radio play. Swans played Chicago brilliantly & brutally two nights ago, avoiding anything remotely melodic in the set!
@Teabonesteak
@Teabonesteak 3 жыл бұрын
A Violence that is pure and clean. ...
@jeanpaiva8670
@jeanpaiva8670 8 ай бұрын
very humbling
@sibe5730
@sibe5730 2 жыл бұрын
infinitely listenable song
@asscretin3158
@asscretin3158 Жыл бұрын
Some of the most beautifully honest lyrics. This song is one of the best songs of all time. Thank you Mr. Gira for making this, you admit some of the darkest feelings you have ever had.
@koollegged5739
@koollegged5739 6 жыл бұрын
The words...
@mrflibble1259
@mrflibble1259 3 жыл бұрын
leaving this comment because today (26/08/21) is my first time hearing this song and I'm predicting it could become one of if not my favourite song of all time someday. we'll see
@grassisgrin
@grassisgrin 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Michael Gira, for this amazing art piece.
@lukabalic5703
@lukabalic5703 7 жыл бұрын
such a beautiful track
@mUbase
@mUbase 6 жыл бұрын
Isn't it.
@dominickdepaolo6668
@dominickdepaolo6668 4 жыл бұрын
Michael, this medium brought me to discover Swans.
@93_93Love_Will
@93_93Love_Will Жыл бұрын
All these comments are so beautiful to see and read , about something that's been so preciously apart of my life for over 35 yrs. SWANS
@AbigailMurr
@AbigailMurr 6 ай бұрын
Michael Gira is the man!♡
@antoine9765
@antoine9765 7 ай бұрын
I found solace in dark and depressing art more than once in difficult periods of my life. Out of all those artists, Swans is the only one I can only revisit briefly, it pierces right through me.
@HiGlowie
@HiGlowie Жыл бұрын
I listen to this as I detox off opioids. I feel blinder than ever.
@keinan17
@keinan17 Жыл бұрын
art
@WiloPolis03
@WiloPolis03 2 жыл бұрын
This sounds ridiculously like a The National song despite being released in 1991, Swans must've been a big influence on them
@C-Stanz
@C-Stanz 2 жыл бұрын
1991
@WiloPolis03
@WiloPolis03 2 жыл бұрын
@@C-Stanz My bad, maybe I was looking at a compilation album with it or something
@OreoEater
@OreoEater Жыл бұрын
@@C-Stanz 1995 actually, this song was first released on michael gira's drainland but recorded in 1992 during the sessions for love of life, it was later added in the remastered version of white light from the mouth of infinity
@driversviewofficial
@driversviewofficial 5 жыл бұрын
make a 10 hour version. im too tired of clicking replay
@llednop
@llednop 3 жыл бұрын
Swans, Michael Gira's one of the most powerful ways to feel and embrace music, its many iterations, incarnations, its many journeys to Heaven and Hell and beyond, and the voice, that singing VOICE... should be considered one of the greatest acts in modern music history.
@thrillcutz2162
@thrillcutz2162 5 жыл бұрын
I’ve just heard this one minute ago,so pure ,so real. Now,nothing fits in the landscape of perfection as one has never had a true grip on ““perfection” in artistic sense but through art we usually get a stand-still glimpse to what perfection may mean to us.This is one of the few pieces ,one of the few songs i’ve listened that i would call “perfect”.Few casual moments lead us to stomp at such beautiful things ,you know?
@seansabu310
@seansabu310 Ай бұрын
The lyrics by themselves as transparent and intimately retrospective they are stand alone as a testament to M.Giras God given genius how he even managed to coalesce sonically make it even more emotionally penetrating and potent . Music today doesn't provoke people to think ,feel or change its just there to bemuse people to a state of vacuity but through the obfuscation of distractions, prejudices and corporate rapacity we are fortunate enough to have someone like Michael imparts an inner world of experience through sound and words forcing us to remember we are in all actuality real and live and move and have being
@alexandergonzalez50666
@alexandergonzalez50666 2 жыл бұрын
My fav song of all time
@matthewsolina4920
@matthewsolina4920 2 жыл бұрын
I have family and a few friends. But, in a lot of ways I feel totally alone.
@deadchannel332
@deadchannel332 6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song.
@severslwt9330
@severslwt9330 7 ай бұрын
I heard this song today, and it made me feel like I've been listening to it for years.Happy new year btw
@melvingira
@melvingira 5 жыл бұрын
This song is just incredibly beautiful. I am always transported when I hear it.
@rp8164
@rp8164 Жыл бұрын
Check out Slint - 'Washer' if you like this song.
@BojanTomicMusicChannel
@BojanTomicMusicChannel 2 жыл бұрын
I doubt that there are any PanterA fans here, but, amazingly enough, I've heard of this song years ago through PanterA's singer Phil Anselmo. He mentioned it in some interview. From time to time this song will cross my mind, so I'll have to play it and every single time it blows my mind. A true masterpiece.
@bloodnchocolate
@bloodnchocolate 2 жыл бұрын
I'd be interested in reading that interview. Phil has some amazing taste in music.
@hughmacdonnell9096
@hughmacdonnell9096 4 жыл бұрын
Always felt Michael sounds very like early Matt Berninger from The National here, fantantic song.
@newskin9234
@newskin9234 4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me more of Ian Curtis
@martinjcooke72
@martinjcooke72 Жыл бұрын
Truth is beauty. That’s all ye need to know.
@alexanderkatashov8824
@alexanderkatashov8824 4 жыл бұрын
Forever blind. Never young.
@vitalstation
@vitalstation 4 жыл бұрын
this song feels like my theme. i try to stare into the sun to glimpse the truth, but in my search, all i do is blind myself with delusion further and further it seems. my search for truth runs in opposition to the blindness that i need to cultivate to prevent myself from becoming the lonely fool.
@vitalstation
@vitalstation Ай бұрын
Lmao
@chscelebrity8325
@chscelebrity8325 5 ай бұрын
Swans are incredible. Simply put.
@OxenUlous
@OxenUlous Жыл бұрын
Blindness before The Salvation.
@jasperferrie4687
@jasperferrie4687 10 ай бұрын
Good cry to song
@Fieldhouz
@Fieldhouz 6 жыл бұрын
Heard this during the credits of the snowboard movie 'Enlighten'. Great music!
@literallynull
@literallynull Жыл бұрын
The least depressive Swans song
@JennZed
@JennZed 6 жыл бұрын
Your music really does give pleasure .. thank you.
@matthewcoombs3282
@matthewcoombs3282 2 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe Gira left this track off the first pressing of "White Light in the Mouth of Infinity". Still there were so many strong track on what is a masterpiece of an album.
@andreamassellucci
@andreamassellucci 6 жыл бұрын
one of my swans fav
@kosterix123
@kosterix123 3 ай бұрын
self-deluded, confident, and... blind great band that I'm grateful to have seen live.
@adambolger3269
@adambolger3269 2 жыл бұрын
Description has me near tearing up. I love you too, Michael Gira.
@user-di1vr9st6m
@user-di1vr9st6m 2 жыл бұрын
Dear god, what a song... Pure gold.
@AbstractEnergy321
@AbstractEnergy321 4 ай бұрын
I would say this is a pretty good god damn good fucking song, period. Have a nice day
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