I needed love
and I had love
but it was no kinda love i needed
I grew up with swans
but they’re all dyin
or they’re all flyin on
I grew up with swans
but they’re all dyin
or they’re all flyin away
their songs
are just as ugly as the coming of the day
just as ugly as this shame
just as ugly as the night
just as ugly as my name
I just wish I could take flight
I grew up with swans
but they’re all fading from my sight
if I ain’t dyin
I just wish I could take flight
Vocals: haunted, and subversive. Guitars: splintered shrieks. Drum machine: grim, unrelenting nausea. Visceral noise, with a hook that gets stuck in in your throat. Just try spitting them out. Stranger Killings
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