Info from the booklet:
“The Knot” was, according to the booklet, developed specifically for the Swans’s 2016/2017 tour (although it was also performed on Michael Gira’s solo tour). It incorporates a section from No Words/No Thoughts.
This performance was recorded at Huxley’s, Berlin, October 18th...
[Instrumental: (0:00 - 19:16)]
[Verse 1]
See us
See us
Ah, ah
Eee, ah
Eee, ah
[Instrumental: (21:24 - 25:12)]
[Verse 2]
Run your hands through my soil
Feed your blood through my skull
Ah, fold back my skin
And wash me with oil
Ah
[Verse 3]
White bird in your mouth
Chewed powder of time
Now, scattered in clouds
Over fields washed with lime
Ah, ah
[Verse 4]
I am asking you this
I am asking you this
I am asking
I am asking you this
What made us?
What made us like this, like this?
What made us?
What made us like this?
Who made us?
Who made us?
What made us like this?
Ah
[Instrumental: (37:33- 43:14)]
[Outro]
Someday
Someday
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I
I, I
Will
I will
Come
The Knot was written by Paul Wallfisch & Christopher Pravdica & Christoph Hahn & Norman Westberg & Phil Puleo & Michael Gira.
The Knot was produced by Michael Gira.