Info from the booklet:
This was born, after much trial and error, out of the song “Deliquescing,” which itself was born out of “The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black.” The performance recorded for the album marks the first time it found an actual shape.
This performance was recorded at Huxle...
[Instrumental: (0:00 - 3:01)]
[Verse 1]
Head trash, mind stink
Don't think, burn now
Clean mind, kill time
Black cloud, burn now
Tight rope, neck choke
Take hope, burn now
Mind scan, flat land
Zero, I fly now
[Refrain]
Fly now, fly now
Fly now, fly now
Fly now, fly now
Fly now, fly now
Fly now
[Verse 2]
Mother, sister
Father, burn now
Brother, teacher
Ego, fly now
[Refrain]
Fly now, fly now
Fly now, fly now
Fly now, fly now
Fly now, fly now
[Outro]
Yellow, yellow
B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Butterfly
B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Butterfly
B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Butterfly
B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Butterfly
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
Yellow, yellow
I am Butterfly!
The Man Who Refused to Be Unhappy was written by Paul Wallfisch & Christopher Pravdica & Christoph Hahn & Norman Westberg & Phil Puleo & Michael Gira.
The Man Who Refused to Be Unhappy was produced by Michael Gira.
Swans released The Man Who Refused to Be Unhappy on Wed May 17 2017.