Swans - The Beggar

[@karisumataichou]

8:01 Michael casually showing off his new form after 4 years. We're so back.

[@lorenzo3119]

Its always the best seeing recent comments on Swan songs!

[@eliasmsv3156]

8:01 fantastic vocal tbh edit: Also some of his best lyricism yet. Just crushing

[@adamb3370]

Michael Gira just passing a kidney stone, nbd… 😅

[@trash_bender420]

Michael Gira when his dog tries to assert dominance over him and he just won't have it- 8:01

[@VartaiMusic]

I hear the whispering of angels... Many, many thanks! Can't wait to receive the CD

[@NeXvatit]

This song feels like The Return, Part 8 of Twin Peaks

[@brattyvic]

super lynchian i thought the same

[@TehTurtlezClan]

David would definitely vibe with swans

[@technologicalslavery2380]

actually it made me think of a loud music in a bar scene from fire walk with me.

[@jacobsinger1406]

bought it. love it. amazing stuff.

[@danielparsignault3869]

Hearing alot of Angels of Light in this.

[@FrancisTha1st]

thought the same exact thing through the whole album

[@chungo2548]

Everyone but one person in the current lineup has been involved with AoL

[@migui0344]

[Verse 1] I’m sick of chewing at your heels I’m sick of licking up your spit What if I keep the power I give you? Will I then decide to live? The mud is sucking like a womb To pull my naked body in Without your eyes upon my weakness Will I forget where I begin? I am the stranger in your mirror I am a glove without a hand I am a body gently spinning Now deliquescing in the wind I am an empty vessel ringing In a stone house in the woods I am the poem that was written On the backside of your lids I am the shithead unforgiven Now crawling up your inner leg I am an insеct on your bedclothes Searching for a placе to beg Now every word’s a new beginning When there’s nothing left to give What if I steal the child inside you? [Bridge] Will I remember how to live? When will I finally learn to live? When do I finally get to live? When will I finally learn to live? [Verse 2] I stand before you polished, golden I keep a globe of light within My eyes eroded by derision They know the purpose of the wind In every soul there is a craven Supplicating begging shit But my objection leads to freedom My seed is growing and will live How many people were forgotten Along this road of broken limbs? Upon this hill I’ll build my tower To survey their plowing in I hear the whispering of angels I see the dust is made of jewels I swallow liquid from a river Fed by the sewage of the cruel My love is purified but reeking Of your calumny endured My feet are bruised and torn and leaking But lead me towards a silver shore Before I go there sing a prayer Into my palms beneath your chin I am the slaughter at your altar [Outro] That's where my will to live begins That's where my need for you begins That's where my love for you begins My love for you will never end My love for you will never end (Shouting)

[@bradjaggard1836]

Swans and Wovenhand would be a KILLER lineup. just sayin.....

[@SVBlueRecluse]

Holy F$&#. You never cease to amaze me!

[@peterkollar8378]

my fingers bring light

[@vertyisprobablydead]

Gira's STILL GOT IT!

[@madnurse6068]

My favorite song on the album. I dream to see a concert in Russia...

[@your.appointed.priestess]

Lyrics are powerful!

[@enzogalli5506]

Excellent!!! Genius Mr.Gira...Great Swans!!!!! Thanks. EnzoItaly

[@nicknickson3650]

Favorite song on the album. The bass line and vocal delivery are so nice.

[@zlatkokovac6643]

Vauuuuuuuu...wonderful, as always.

[@TheFinottina]

❤

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

✨🕯🎶🫀🎶🕯✨

[@furkanakkayax]

Swans is GOD

[@auDipquid]

Wrong

[@angelgutierrez9909]

Wrong GOD

[@nicknickson3650]

considering they reference Christ and Christian literature like Cloud of Unknowing and Dark Night of the Soul, I think they're technically a Christian band.

[@j-mersh6572]

@@nicknickson3650Michael also references God a lot in Swans’ 90’s albums. Who knows what he means

[@justflynn-]

AND I AM THE SUN

[@ghostfields]

such beautiful vocals

[@davidrutkowski5074]

smacks of Rowland S. Howard love it

[@franciscoalmeida9019]

Very gothic

[@karansheth8057]

That is what they are made of. Loved it ❤

[@138abob]

I'm always excited but also a little fearful when a band I love puts out new music, but this album is really exceptional.