Swans - The Beggar

Swans new album, The Beggar, released worldwide June 23, 2023 on Young God Records/Mute. Formats include 2X LP, 2CD, as well as download and stream.
“After numerous pandemic-induced cancellations of tours for the previous Swans album leaving meaning, and an apparent bottomless pit of waiting, waiting, waiting, and the strange disorientation that came with this sudden but interminable forced isolation I decided it was time to write songs for a new Swans album and forget about everything else. They came relatively easily, always informed by the suspicion that these could be my last. When I finally was able to travel, songs in hand, to Berlin to work with my friends recording this record, the feeling was akin to the moment in The Wizard of Oz when the film changes from Black and White to Color. Now I’m feeling quite optimistic. My favourite color is pink. I hope you enjoy the album!” - Michael Gira
Stream and get The Beggar - mute.ffm.to/swans_tb
Order signed copies here: bit.ly/3ncbK6F

[@karisumataichou]

8:01 Michael casually showing off his new form after 4 years. We're so back.

[@lorenzo3119]

Its always the best seeing recent comments on Swan songs!

[@eliasmsv3156]

8:01 fantastic vocal tbh
edit: Also some of his best lyricism yet. Just crushing

[@adamb3370]

Michael Gira just passing a kidney stone, nbd… 😅

[@trash_bender420]

Michael Gira when his dog tries to assert dominance over him and he just won't have it- 8:01

[@NeXvatit]

This song feels like The Return, Part 8 of Twin Peaks

[@brattyvic]

super lynchian i thought the same

[@TehTurtlezClan]

David would definitely vibe with swans

[@technologicalslavery2380]

actually it made me think of a loud music in a bar scene from fire walk with me.

[@VartaiMusic]

I hear the whispering of angels...
Many, many thanks! Can't wait to receive the CD

[@danielparsignault3869]

Hearing alot of Angels of Light in this.

[@FrancisTha1st]

thought the same exact thing through the whole album

[@chungo2548]

Everyone but one person in the current lineup has been involved with AoL

[@jacobsinger1406]

bought it. love it. amazing stuff.

[@peterkollar8378]

my fingers bring light

[@enzogalli5506]

Excellent!!! Genius Mr.Gira...Great Swans!!!!! Thanks. EnzoItaly

[@madnurse6068]

My favorite song on the album. I dream to see a concert in Russia...

[@jordanaycox1984]

Holy F$&#. You never cease to amaze me!

[@bradjaggard1836]

Swans and Wovenhand would be a KILLER lineup. just sayin.....

[@migui0344]

[Verse 1]
I’m sick of chewing at your heels
I’m sick of licking up your spit
What if I keep the power I give you?
Will I then decide to live?
The mud is sucking like a womb
To pull my naked body in
Without your eyes upon my weakness
Will I forget where I begin?
I am the stranger in your mirror
I am a glove without a hand
I am a body gently spinning
Now deliquescing in the wind
I am an empty vessel ringing
In a stone house in the woods
I am the poem that was written
On the backside of your lids
I am the shithead unforgiven
Now crawling up your inner leg
I am an insеct on your bedclothes
Searching for a placе to beg
Now every word’s a new beginning
When there’s nothing left to give
What if I steal the child inside you?
[Bridge]
Will I remember how to live?
When will I finally learn to live?
When do I finally get to live?
When will I finally learn to live?
[Verse 2]
I stand before you polished, golden
I keep a globe of light within
My eyes eroded by derision
They know the purpose of the wind
In every soul there is a craven
Supplicating begging shit
But my objection leads to freedom
My seed is growing and will live
How many people were forgotten
Along this road of broken limbs?
Upon this hill I’ll build my tower
To survey their plowing in
I hear the whispering of angels
I see the dust is made of jewels
I swallow liquid from a river
Fed by the sewage of the cruel
My love is purified but reeking
Of your calumny endured
My feet are bruised and torn and leaking
But lead me towards a silver shore
Before I go there sing a prayer
Into my palms beneath your chin
I am the slaughter at your altar
[Outro]
That's where my will to live begins
That's where my need for you begins
That's where my love for you begins
My love for you will never end
My love for you will never end
(Shouting)

[@138abob]

I'm always excited but also a little fearful when a band I love puts out new music, but this album is really exceptional.

[@zlatkokovac6643]

Vauuuuuuuu...wonderful, as always.

[@TheFinottina]

❤

[@your.appointed.priestess]

Lyrics are powerful!

[@nicknickson3650]

Favorite song on the album. The bass line and vocal delivery are so nice.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

✨🕯🎶🫀🎶🕯✨

[@ghostfields]

such beautiful vocals

[@furkanakkayax]

Swans is GOD

[@auDipquid]

Wrong

[@angelgutierrez9909]

Wrong GOD

[@nicknickson3650]

considering they reference Christ and Christian literature like Cloud of Unknowing and Dark Night of the Soul, I think they're technically a Christian band.

[@j-mersh6572]

@@nicknickson3650Michael also references God a lot in Swans’ 90’s albums. Who knows what he means

[@justflynn-]

AND I AM THE SUN

[@fosterch11]

Tonight - SF

[@davidrutkowski5074]

smacks of Rowland S. Howard
love it

[@franciscoalmeida9019]

Very gothic

[@karansheth8057]

That is what they are made of. Loved it ❤