Swans - Killing For Company

I couldn't stop myself
I knew I'd do it again
But I could heal myself,
If I could feel your skin
And if I comprehend this moment
I know we'll live again
And if I heal your wound
We will make love again
And now we're slipping through this millenium
We should feel sorry for the people
Can I kiss your skin?
And there's hunger in the desert.
And missiles in the sky
And every soul is interwoven
Before the wrong or right
I know we'll live again
Though it's just a feeling
I know we'll never end
I'll keep you company

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• company
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• great
• annihilator
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• jarobe

[fuckscum]

This song is about Dennis Neilsen, who targeted primarily gay men to kill. My Dad used to own a pub in South Kesington which is famous for 3 serial killers finding victims in their, imo, this perfectly sums up the dark moddyness of that pub.

[swans1997]

For me, The Great Annhilator, blends all the elements of power, passion, grace, and beauty of SWANS , in one magnificent package. Not a duff moment on that album.

[swans1997]

@sexyEmma4u yeh, sure.

[thetwilightgarden]

Incredible track. It makes me want to turn the volume up loud enough to shake the house. I love the brutality & intensity in this track... AMAZING.

[FractalBolt]

Part of this song's lyrcs remind me a lot of the paranoid and chaotic last years of the 20th century; UFO suicide cults, Y2K, end of the world nuts, Conspirancy Theories, terrorism on the rise, etc.

[RipGarrido]

"Though it's just a feeling

I know we'll never end

I'll keep you company"

So sad..

It seems everybody wants to see me dead.

I already feel dead, please love...leave me alone!

[RipGarrido]

I'm not a serial killer but I see myself in the lyrics of this song.

[swans1997]

@AriasuperiorYT Ok, but I was talking about this album, Soundtracks is another one.

[AriasuperiorYT]

@swans1997

it's a great album, but i think that all the beauty and power of swans blends even more on soundtracks for the blind.

[abortionrock]

That photo reminds me of the publicity photo for Mazzy Star's Among My Swan album...but seeing as this album came out first it almost seems like a parody. Hope and David were sitting on a single bench not 2 separate chairs...damn...all the juxtaposition makes me chuckle hahaha...

[auxemoron87]

@MrRapistman While I agree with you and bloodyrockfire may we not forget The Burning World.... ugh. Although, it was better than MOST music from that time, it was a hard listen for me. And Melvins were particularly influenced by Swans and FLIPPER for their slow post punk sludge a thons

[bloodyrockfire]

@MrRapistman not all of those bands are particularly mainstream.Godflesh for instance They also had an experimental edge very similar to Swans As for Tool and NIN, I agree.