Swans - Amnesia Lyrics

Strangely beautiful.

[Verse 1]
The sun is an acid eye
We're corroded with pleasure inside
There's a hole in your thin white skin
Now we'll never be clean again
Our hands are two broken claws
We scrape at the ground for hours
I buried this sound in the floor
To gain control of this feeling

[Chorus]
Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na
Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na
(Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na)
Amnesia, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na

[Verse 2]
And this city's a crowded room
And the earth is a closing tomb
In my hand is your perfect womb
When you breathe, your breath is obscene
My heart is a lead box
Ideas are shutting locks
The air was just turned off
Now you're sucking from this machine


[Chorus]
Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na
Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na
(Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na)
Amnesia, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na

[Verse 3]
The sun will not rise today
You children will stay where you lay
The oil is black and it's thick
And sex is a void filled with plastic
The President's mouth is a whore
When there's murder, the audience roars
There's no room left here for the strong
And everything human's necessarily wrong

[Chorus]
Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na
Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na
(Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na)
Amnesia, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na
Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na
(Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na)
Amnesia, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na
Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na
(Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na)
Amnesia, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na
Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na
(Na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na)
Amnesia, na na, na, na na, na, na na, na, na na

👏👏What a wonderful song, fulfilling

This reminds me of "Failure" (from the White Light... album)

Without Swans my life woud have been 17% more meaningless.

Why 17% specifically?

but with them, its down all the 34%! (leaving meaning)

Really digging this new version of Amnesia

damn...

Such a different take than the Love of Life version. It's great.

So far album feels like something Johnny Cash would have covered