I saw you kneeling on a desert plateau Your eyes were melting from inside your skull The wind was burning holes into my skin Where does a body end? Your voice is drifting through the stratosphere My mouth is drinking from your pool of tears I saw your heartbeat in the radium screen What does a body mean? The future's leaking through a shut lead door In the ruins of a city under the forest floor Your naked body's buried in a vacant field What does your body feel now? The air is black and has no oxygen The bodies in the river float beneath the sun Transparent skin it shines a light from deep within Where does your body begin? The stars are hidden by a mirrored sky And darkness disappears behind reflected light Perception is a distance in a closed-in space How will your body escape? The crowd is feeling you inside your head Your imagination's canceled by the opposite And every possibility's been proved untrue Now is your body you?
Gira is a very intelectual man, from Nietzsche to Merleau-Ponty, he know his stuff. I think I see Merleau-Ponty in "Perception is a distance in a closed-in space".
This song is even more effective when you know that the word “body” has an unknown origin. No one know where it ultimately came from and what it means in it’s root definition.
This is, by a wide margin, my favorite studio album that Swans put out in the 90s. I must admit that, aside from Blood Promise, I mostly ignored this album for well over a decade after I got into them. It's only within the past year that I realized what a mistake that was. The lyrics, production, and drums are just incredible. R.I.P. Bill Rieflin... you were an incredible drummer.
I remember the first time I heard this song. I was driving to visit a friend living in Kalamazoo, MI at the time. It was overcast and raining for the drive until the sun poked through a small hole in the dark clouds as the rain stopped. Was an interesting aesthetic to accompany the song. Pulled over and immediately bought the record.
I must agree. 1. The Great Annihilator 2. Children of God 3. Shame Humility Revenge (ok, project but Gira is Swans and Skin is Gira) 4. Die Tur ist zu (I personally prefer it above Soundtracks for some tracks, others not) 5. White Light from the mouth/Love of Life (both somewhat the same great album) no after 1997 period things to be seen here though The Seer is a pretty good album IMHO but nothing compared to the above.
When I got this album, I remember calling it the ideal "soundtrack for the apocalypse," but then Soundtracks for the Blind came out. So I figured that was the soundtrack for the desolate wasteland that comes after the end of civilization. So for me, it's between Great Annihilator and SFTB. And I also consider Children of God one of the greats. I love the newer stuff too but I don't know that they could ever get back to this level. If anything is overlooked, IMO, it's the Body Lovers album. It doesn't burn with the same purpose as TGA or SFTB (or have any lyrics) but the sonic intensity and epic arrangements are all there.
@@brennenspice6098 Different strokes for different folks, buddy. I, for one, still respect Gira's artistic integrity and prolific nature, but I was into Swans before they reformed in 2010, and their new stuff does nothing for me. I miss when they wrote concise songs instead of 30-minute "compositions".
@@arnoburtner380thats a crazy top 5😭 Mine would have to be 1: to be kind 2: soundtracks for the blind 3: filth 4: the seer 5: the great annihilator (I havnt heard the glowing man yet)
That's what I do: Check RUclips for some worth having in physical form. And when I find something good, I try not to play it on the computer because it sounds like crap.
Well, according to the law of the stability of energy & matter, the body never really goes anywhere, whether in birth, growth, death, decay, etc ... It's just constantly transforming. It doesn't "MATTER" whether there is someone to see it or not. But soul? spirit? ghost? consciousness? memory? mind? that's open to debate. I think we shouldn't overestimate our consciousness, specially considering humanity's current state of affairs!
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I saw you kneeling on a desert plateau
Your eyes were melting from inside your skull
The wind was burning holes into my skin
Where does a body end?
Your voice is drifting through the stratosphere
My mouth is drinking from your pool of tears
I saw your heartbeat in the radium screen
What does a body mean?
The future's leaking through a shut lead door
In the ruins of a city under the forest floor
Your naked body's buried in a vacant field
What does your body feel now?
The air is black and has no oxygen
The bodies in the river float beneath the sun
Transparent skin it shines a light from deep within
Where does your body begin?
The stars are hidden by a mirrored sky
And darkness disappears behind reflected light
Perception is a distance in a closed-in space
How will your body escape?
The crowd is feeling you inside your head
Your imagination's canceled by the opposite
And every possibility's been proved untrue
Now is your body you?
I usually don't care much for lyrics but the lyrics to this song are incredible.
Same. It’s one of those few songs where I focus on the lyrics the most.
Gira is a very intelectual man, from Nietzsche to Merleau-Ponty, he know his stuff. I think I see Merleau-Ponty in "Perception is a distance in a closed-in space".
This song is even more effective when you know that the word “body” has an unknown origin. No one know where it ultimately came from and what it means in it’s root definition.
This is, by a wide margin, my favorite studio album that Swans put out in the 90s. I must admit that, aside from Blood Promise, I mostly ignored this album for well over a decade after I got into them. It's only within the past year that I realized what a mistake that was. The lyrics, production, and drums are just incredible. R.I.P. Bill Rieflin... you were an incredible drummer.
Some of the best lyrics ever put in music like this, this track is insane
This is so underrated wtf
It’s their best album in my opinion
michael are you ok why is everything being uploaded this is scaryt
lol i'm personally glad that he decided to tone down his copyright takedown bullshit
This is definitely my favorite song on this album, and one of my favorite songs of all time.
So underrated it hurts. This song is other worldly
Incredible writing
HAIRS STANDING ON END THE ENTIRE TIME THANK YOU MICHAEL
This song is like a rollercoaster and the parts where he repeats the chorus are the drops.
I remember the first time I heard this song. I was driving to visit a friend living in Kalamazoo, MI at the time. It was overcast and raining for the drive until the sun poked through a small hole in the dark clouds as the rain stopped. Was an interesting aesthetic to accompany the song. Pulled over and immediately bought the record.
I'm just discovering this album, this is amazing !
Their best album tbh
I must agree.
1. The Great Annihilator
2. Children of God
3. Shame Humility Revenge (ok, project but Gira is Swans and Skin is Gira)
4. Die Tur ist zu (I personally prefer it above Soundtracks for some tracks, others not)
5. White Light from the mouth/Love of Life (both somewhat the same great album)
no after 1997 period things to be seen here though The Seer is a pretty good album IMHO but nothing compared to the above.
@@arnoburtner380 Seriously? The new material deserves way more credit...
When I got this album, I remember calling it the ideal "soundtrack for the apocalypse," but then Soundtracks for the Blind came out. So I figured that was the soundtrack for the desolate wasteland that comes after the end of civilization.
So for me, it's between Great Annihilator and SFTB. And I also consider Children of God one of the greats. I love the newer stuff too but I don't know that they could ever get back to this level. If anything is overlooked, IMO, it's the Body Lovers album. It doesn't burn with the same purpose as TGA or SFTB (or have any lyrics) but the sonic intensity and epic arrangements are all there.
@@brennenspice6098 Different strokes for different folks, buddy. I, for one, still respect Gira's artistic integrity and prolific nature, but I was into Swans before they reformed in 2010, and their new stuff does nothing for me. I miss when they wrote concise songs instead of 30-minute "compositions".
@@arnoburtner380thats a crazy top 5😭
Mine would have to be
1: to be kind
2: soundtracks for the blind
3: filth
4: the seer
5: the great annihilator
(I havnt heard the glowing man yet)
Banger
♾
loveeeeeeeeeeeee SWANS . LOVEEEEEEEE MICHAEL GIRA
That's what I do: Check RUclips for some worth having in physical form. And when I find something good, I try not to play it on the computer because it sounds like crap.
amazing
A body never ends, it just stops breathing in the end.
the Body dies, but the soul is eternal!
@@vinyldiary6664 There is no such thing as a soul my man. Get a reality check.
Ag Srf there’s no such thing as a body my dear
Well, according to the law of the stability of energy & matter, the body never really goes anywhere, whether in birth, growth, death, decay, etc ... It's just constantly transforming. It doesn't "MATTER" whether there is someone to see it or not. But soul? spirit? ghost? consciousness? memory? mind? that's open to debate. I think we shouldn't overestimate our consciousness, specially considering humanity's current state of affairs!
@@agsrf6479 You read Burroughs? I think of it as our own electromagnetic energy field.
this is a fucking great song
Awesome intro
Very weird very nice very thanks papa bless
Very weird very nice very thanks
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