I’m not sure if I have heard them. The cranes I know but not the swans. At least not off the top of my head. We’ll have to dig up some to listen to here in a bit and see if it Sparks any memories.
Interesting, Yeah the more I think about it maybe I was just up in my own head. Former pixie and her sister known as the Breeders, I loved their debut album and there’s no denying that Cannonball is all over the place.
Ironically Veruca Salt’s Seether seems that way but it actually has meaning ironically.
The Swans Michael Gira tends to sing some odd lyrics.
I’m not sure if I have heard them. The cranes I know but not the swans. At least not off the top of my head. We’ll have to dig up some to listen to here in a bit and see if it Sparks any memories.
Here’s one of my favorite Swans song.
https://youtu.be/6M_K5565jSw
[Verse 1]
I am the hanging man
I hang, I never land
I steal the space between
The filthy and the clean
Healer, come here soon
Come to fill my spoon
Healer, heal my wound
I am a dog: I eat the moon
Healer, heal my lust
Fill my mouth with rust
Healer, hold my hand
Fill my mouth with sand
[Chorus]
Healer, kill this lamb!
I am the hanging man
I am the hanging man
I am, I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am, I am, vr… vr… vr… vr… not!
I am NOT! I am NOT!
I am NOT! I am NOT!
I am NOT!
[Verse 2]
Here I lie, abject
Healer, teeth are red
Force my legs apart:
Healer, hold my heart
Healer, cut my spine
Healer, eat my mind
Write it on the sky:
These stars reveal the lie
Hold the glowing sphere
There is no there or here
[Chorus]
Healer, hold my hand!
I am the hanging man
I am the hanging man
I am, I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am, I am
Vr… vrr… vrr… vrr… vrr, I am not
I am not what I just thought
I am not what I just thought
I am not, I am NOT!
I am NOT!
We are NOT! We are NOT!
NOT! NOT! NOT!
[Outro]
Who is the watcher who’s watching this thought
Whose thought is a thought that is not what he thought
NOT! SHOT! KNOT!
Interesting, Yeah the more I think about it maybe I was just up in my own head. Former pixie and her sister known as the Breeders, I loved their debut album and there’s no denying that Cannonball is all over the place.
Ironically Veruca Salt’s Seether seems that way but it actually has meaning ironically.
I like to think that he’s speaking in metaphor. It could be nonsense though.
I can definitely connect a few of the verses here and there. But yeah the whole thing is definitely a challenge.
Lyrical James Joyce.