The introduction to To Be Kind begins with a sinister bass riff and slowly evolves to a chugging monster filled with clanging drums and sparkling guitars.
In concert Bassist Christopher Pravdica plays the bass groove with a distortion pedal.
Lyrically, the song deals with the theme of everything...
[Verse 1]
Love, child, reach, rise; sight, blind, steal, light
Mind, scar, clear, fire; clean, right, pure, kind
Sun, come, sky, tar; mouth, sand, teeth, tongue
Cut, push, reach, inside; feed, breathe, touch, come
[Verse 2]
No pain, no death, no fear, no hate
No time, no now, no suffering
No touch, no loss, no hand, no sense
No wound, no waste, no lust, no fear
No mind, no greed, no suffering
No thought, no hurt, no hands to reach
No knife, no words, no lie, no cure
No need, no hate, no will, no speech
[Verse 3]
No dream, no sleep, no suffering
No dream, no sleep, no suffering
No dream, no sleep, no suffering
No dream, no sleep, no suffering
[Verse 4]
No pain, no now, no time, no here
No pain, no now, no time, no here
No pain, no now, no time, no here
No pain, no now, no time, no here
No knife, no mind, no hand, no fear
No knife, no mind, no hand, no fear
No knife, no mind, no hand, no fear
No knife, no mind, no hand, no here
[Outro]
Love! Now!
Breathe! Now!
Love! Now!
Breathe! Now!
Love! Now!
Breathe! Now!
Love! Now!
Breathe! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Here! Now!
Screen Shot was written by Michael Gira.
Screen Shot was produced by Michael Gira.
Swans released Screen Shot on Mon May 12 2014.