This song has similar themes to the novel by Aldous Huxley, Brave New World. The people are controlled through sex, pleasure, and drugs.
[Verse 1]
Use sex for control
Use power for power
Use hate for freedom
Use money for cruelty
Use money for cruelty
[Chorus]
Take control and keep it
Take control and keep it
Don't let go
Don't let go
[Verse 2]
He was your friend
She was your friend
He was your friend
She was your friend
They were wrong, they were wrong
They were wrong, they were wrong
Turn against them
Turn against them
Sex, power
Money, hate
[Chorus]
Take control and keep it
Take control and keep it
Don't let go
Don't let go
[Outro]
Power for power
Power for power
Power for power
Power for power's sake
Power for power
Power for power's sake
Power for power
Power for power's sake
Power for power
Power for power's sake
Power for power
Power for power's sake
Power for power
Power for power's sake
Power for power
Power for power's sake
Power for power
Power for power
Power for power
Power for power's sake
Power for Power was written by Harry Crosby & Jonathan Kane & Roli Mosimann & Norman Westberg & Michael Gira.
Power for Power was produced by Michael Gira.
Swans released Power for Power on Fri May 27 1983.