Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Michael Gira
Was not ‘complete’ until 4 years later when a quite different rendition was found on To Be Kind. The title of the subsequent Swans album can be found in this version alone, “My father will guide me up a rope to the sky.”
Oxygen, amen
I cannot breathe again
Oxygen, come in
Burn my lungs, be my friend
Come in
Well it's hard to get air when your neck is a fist
And it's hard to walk a stair when your leg will not lift
It's hard to stay alive stuffed with cold clay inside
It's hard to control your own mind when there's nowhere left to hide
From the fact you can't breathe through a hole that is closed
From the panic now growing like an oily black smoke
Oxygen, please come in
I can see the blue sky
Just up ahead
But it's sticky and thick
And its true color
It is red
Hey there, dog man, now I drink from your bowl
Hey there, mister skull, I'm not scared of your cull
Gonna go outside, I'll go out in the snow
Gonna rip off my skin, gonna burn up my clothes
Gonna read my own bones, I'll dance and I'll spin
I'll cut a clean hole through solid air, and I'll steal all the oxygen
And my father will guide me up a rope to the sky
With my mother beside me, my last breath will expire
Oxygen, oxygen
Amen, amen, I cannot breathe again
Bye old friend
Good-bye
I give up
Now I finally decide
I am free of your grip
I refuse to even try
I refuse to even try
I am free of your grip
I will not open these lips
Oxygen was written by Michael Gira.
Oxygen was produced by Michael Gira.
Michael Gira released Oxygen on Mon Jan 18 2010.