Swans - A Piece Of The Sky (Demo)

[@micahtewersofficial]

Probably my favorite song, in my whole life.

[@j.c.marshall2374]

A definite desert island song for me too.

[@naturphilosophie1]

beautiful. so happy to hear this as it was created by Michael alone with his guitar. this is one of my favorite swans pieces out of all their records.

[@purpl9231]

worth noting that before the demos on the album, Gira literally begged the listener not to upload them anywhere

[@ein8539]

I don't get it, why not? Does he need the money? Is he coy? This is wonderful and it's messed up how there's a bunch of other demos out there not on the net because of his (rightfully) attitude.

[@ptypaolo]

@@ein8539 maybe he just wanted the world to listen to the album version first, I imagine he likes that one more.

[@lazztronica4998]

@@ein8539 I think by having the demo versions of these songs available everywhere it takes away from the exclusivity promised on the original fundraiser CD. Plus it’s his work at the end of the day and if you respect the man then you’d respect his wishes for the demos to only be on the physical CD.

[@j.c.marshall2374]

I love the Michael Gira/Swans Demos. This is quite special, especially stripped to the barest elements. Thank You.🙂

[@dennyhamrick2552]

>that glorious out of tune guitar god bless

[@metalyuncle3106]

i can’t even tell that it’s out of tune

[@metalyuncle3106]

This is so beautiful it makes my heart ache

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

So beautiful. Shed some tears listening to this one. A real prayer. Heartfelt and yearning. We all really want to see. Be with...The creator

[@tooolest32]

Thank you for posting .

[@nicknickson3650]

Swans is lowkey Christian music and I love it

[@coronelfalk]

SAVE YOUR SOUL, DAMN YOU TO HELL- NAH SAVE YOUR SOUL, DAMN YOU TO HELL- NAH SAVE YOUR SOUL, SAVE YOUR SOUL, SAVE YOUR SOUL, SAVE YOUR SOUL! - Mr. Gira

[@nicknickson3650]

@@coronelfalk that album was actually made to be intentionally pro-Christ as a rebellion against the Satanist trending themes of other bands at the time. There's tons of other pro-Christ stuff in Swans. They even made two songs about Cloud of Unknowing, an amazing Christian mysticism book.

[@alex11v3]

As a Christian I love it, but ngl, I dont pretend to show Swans for my mom

[@user-bz9xd4ss7p]

@@nicknickson3650you don’t have to cope like that. It’s okay to listen to non religious music. When I was religious I was constantly doing this with media I liked. I would google “is father John misty a Christian” for example. In the end, you don’t win. It’s better to forget about claiming art for yourself and just enjoy it as it is. Peace

[@nicknickson3650]

@@user-bz9xd4ss7pObviously they're not a gospel band but there's tons of Christian themes and no themes that don't sit right with me. Hopefully you come back to Christ! peace

[@bilalrahman5512]

Mmkay, so we're all sobbing, I trust?

[@mattrose4343]

this is incredible thank you, any way you have the other acoustic songs?

[@Halonics]

+Matt Rose Yeah, but I can't put them up. My channel was already close to being taken down for other Swans songs, which I had to remove.

[@ein8539]

@@Halonics please I need them I'll give you my Gmail 😭😭😭

[@quinnnosbod3673]

@@ein8539 soulseek is your friend

[@electrizer]

Where have you got this from? It's quite amazing! Did Gira ever released the demo stuff anywhere? Would be quite enlightening to listen to some of those introductions to song. Thanks!

[@Halonics]

It was on the limited edition release of "We Rose From Your Bed With The Sun In Our Head"

[@electrizer]

Halonics Amazing, thanks!

[@electrizer]

Halonics Are there more tracks like that with comments?

[@Halonics]

electrizer Yep. That includes the special edition of "Not Here/Not Now" as well, by the way...

[@sntrytf]

its one of the bonus tracks from we rose from your bed with the sun in our head, its physical only and can only be listened to if you purchased the album.

[@EvilLadderGaming]

Anybody know what tuning this is in?

[@macarron5729]

Chords?

[@dontpanic5278]

For the singing part it should be E A F#M E, I think at least.

[@macarron5729]

capo on the 2nd freet Em G6/E (320030) FMaj7 (133210) Dsus2 (000230) Dm Em Eadd4 (002000) FMaj7 Dsus2 Dm and the in the verses is D G6(320000) Em

[@ein8539]

@@macarron5729 holy shit u r the boss baby

[@NoiseKidd]

Dude what the fuck. He specifically said not to upload to youtube.

[@Schodboyblves]

boo hoo

[@Halonics]

+NoiseKidd It was all over the internet way before I put it up. Still, if you're reading this Mr. Gira, I apologize.

[@Raifuuuuu]

At least I can hear this recording today because of the uploader

[@MarieTracy-em5rb]

​@@Raifuuuuutrue huh. Also just because someone says don't, but they can, are they going to listen? Not usually especially if you tell them not to. Must of liked it enough to share it. Be positive🎉 😅 🎉