be strong
be hard
resist temptation
stick your hand in your eye
close your fist
resist
flex your muscles
walk on this line
look straight ahead
flex your muscles
be hard
come back for more
Swans - Filth Album Lyrics
Swans - Filth Lyrics
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Big Strong Boss
stupid snake
big strong boss
break my back
blood runs black
cut my throat
kill me snake
do what i say
you're the boss
big strong boss
break my back
blood runs black
cut my throat
kill me snake
do what i say
you're the boss
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Blackout
get drunk [x2]
breathe in [x2]
don't breathe [x2]
blackout, [x2]
don't talk until you're spoken to [x2]
don't breath [x2]
blackout
breathe in [x2]
don't breathe [x2]
blackout, [x2]
don't talk until you're spoken to [x2]
don't breath [x2]
blackout
Writer: MATTHEW HARRIS, PETER TAYLOR, SCOTT HARRIS, STEVEN MCGUINNESS
Copyright: Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, DEFENSIVE MUSIC PUBL INTL LTD
Copyright: Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, DEFENSIVE MUSIC PUBL INTL LTD
Power For Power
use sex for control
use power for power
use money for cruelty
use hate for freedom
take control and keep it
don't let go
he was your friend
she was your friend
they were wrong
turn against them
sex, power, money, hate
take control and keep it
don't let go
power for power
power for power's sake
use power for power
use money for cruelty
use hate for freedom
take control and keep it
don't let go
he was your friend
she was your friend
they were wrong
turn against them
sex, power, money, hate
take control and keep it
don't let go
power for power
power for power's sake
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Freak
come here you freak
i saw you crawling last night
big erection in your hand
you rule the world
you're gonna murder somebody weak
strong men win at violence and abuse
i'm not scared
i'll take what i want
something for nothing
i want what you've got
i saw you crawling last night
big erection in your hand
you rule the world
you're gonna murder somebody weak
strong men win at violence and abuse
i'm not scared
i'll take what i want
something for nothing
i want what you've got
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Right Wrong
And what do I do,
With the gift you present to me,
The one no one else would buy?
They would not accept the filthy premise of your most terrible innocence.
So let them say, how were you wild,
For what you really were was tender.
Yes how you screamed, all through the night,
Yet silent tears streamed down through morning light,
Most beautiful, my lonely, sinner.
With the gift you present to me,
The one no one else would buy?
They would not accept the filthy premise of your most terrible innocence.
So let them say, how were you wild,
For what you really were was tender.
Yes how you screamed, all through the night,
Yet silent tears streamed down through morning light,
Most beautiful, my lonely, sinner.
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Writer: OCEANA MAHLMANN, ANDRE HARRIS, DARRYL FARRIS, JOSEPH EDWARD MACKLIN
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, YOUNG GOD PUBLISHING, BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, YOUNG GOD PUBLISHING, BMG Rights Management
Weakling
i don't feel pain
i never escape
i'm under the bed
i'm licking the floor
i never dream
this isn't real
not real [x2]
you know everything
i forgot how to breathe
you're touching my chest
when i'm touched i bleed
i never dream
this isn't real
not real [x2]
i never escape
i'm under the bed
i'm licking the floor
i never dream
this isn't real
not real [x2]
you know everything
i forgot how to breathe
you're touching my chest
when i'm touched i bleed
i never dream
this isn't real
not real [x2]
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Gang
come here you freak
i saw you crawling last night
big erection in your hand
you rule the world
you're gonna murder somebody weak
strong men win at violence and abuse
i'm not scared
i'll take what i want
something for nothing
i want what you've got
i saw you crawling last night
big erection in your hand
you rule the world
you're gonna murder somebody weak
strong men win at violence and abuse
i'm not scared
i'll take what i want
something for nothing
i want what you've got
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Filth is the debut studio album by American experimental rock band Swans. It was released in 1983 through Neutral Records, following the release of the band's self-titled debut EP in 1982. Though it did not receive much contemporary attention, Filth has since been recognized as ahead of its time and significant to heavy genres of music.
Musically, the album is bleak, grinding, and deliberately repetitive, defined by two bassists persistently doubling over the same chord. The two drummers, Jonathan Kane and Roli Mosimann, play chaotically and angularly, occasionally mixing in percussion from metal straps striking tables, and the distorted guitar of Norman Westberg plays in a grating fashion. The vocals of Swans frontman Michael Gira are scathing and direct, covering topics of social decay, corruption, rape, and abuse of power.
Genre(s):
No wave, noise rock, industrial, gothic Musically, the album is bleak, grinding, and deliberately repetitive, defined by two bassists persistently doubling over the same chord. The two drummers, Jonathan Kane and Roli Mosimann, play chaotically and angularly, occasionally mixing in percussion from metal straps striking tables, and the distorted guitar of Norman Westberg plays in a grating fashion. The vocals of Swans frontman Michael Gira are scathing and direct, covering topics of social decay, corruption, rape, and abuse of power.
Length: 36:46
Released: May 27th, 1983
Year: 1983