Swans - Song for Dead Time

Hello, thank you for listening to our music. I hope it gives you some joy and pleasure.

I am pleased that you have discovered our music through this medium. I view this experience as the equivalent of previewing a record in a record store in days of old. However, if you wish to experience the music in its' fullest form, I would strongly encourage you to acquire it in a physical format you can bring into your home. Not only will you then be able to experience the richest version of the music sonically, but you will also be afforded the opportunity to enjoy the tangible artwork, which was conceived in tandem with the music, and serves as a further portal to experiencing the total conceptual and spiritual and emotional content of the work we have labored, lovingly, to bring to you.

I love you,

- Michael Gira / Swans / Young God Records

[leonardmccullagh]

I had a dream about taken acid at a festival and Swans were playing I've never heard of them so iam checking them out so far iam loving it.Grest music I've never heard before 😮

[urschei]

both versions are great but this one was my first listen

[crazzzysean]

Damb U guys are exceptional, so deep, first heard U in about 1990, this cool goth friend gave me a cassette, i Loved U then n i Love U even more now... Thank U Thank U Thank U<3

[thakurmishra]

Now the past is untrue, and this breath is a lie
And the sun is an emptiness that burns through the sky
And this ground - it will slide down, down into the sea
And when this body dies, no man will ever breathe one word of ignorance for me
So bury your trust beneath the ground with me
And lay your loneliness down for the sun to consume

Now the earth bleeds cold water in my open hands
But their bodies bleed poison and they swallow the sand
And we'll walk to the river, where we will die of a thirst
And my fate, it's no question
Every fool, he is broken beneath the same holy curse

So bury your trust beneath the ground with me
And lay your loneliness down for the sun to burn to sand

[aldry]

This goes really well with a cigarette and a post break-up.

[puppetmaster]

I like Jarboe and Michaels singing in this song. Both versions are great.

[SassySasquatchh]

Honestly, I think I prefer the original.

[dalegriffin]

Michael Gira songwriting is very similar to my style. Im sure that Michael studies Philosophy and is influenced by Shopenhauer and Zapffe.

[UlfRoarNilsen]

Whereas the original sounds open, intimate and warm, you've compressed it with this version to an unpleasant pumping sound and added reverb to distance the vocals. What were you thinking?

[the_beavrest]

There's a heavy tone of solipsism in swans words, am i wrong? I'm only trying to crack the meaning and way of thinking of all their work. If you know or can understand the feeling of this please inform me. Sorry for the lack of better words but I'm deeply interested

[jamesguillorytheirascibleh]

While I do like that the guitars are more prominent in this version, the original is just far superior. Same thing with Will We Survive and When She Breathes on the reissue. Vastly inferior versions. The extended version of Why Are We Alive is an improvement on an already masterful song, however. And the addition of Blind is obviously welcome. But they aren’t worth ruining the perfect track listing of the original with three crappy replacements. The originals were masterpieces on a masterpiece of an album. Hopefully another reissue will be coming one day to rectify this grievous error.

[olasfelipe]

Was this remastered? It sounds compressed/brickwalled and trebley.

[matteoluceri]

F**k. I sold my first press CD to buy the new 3-disc version and found this . So disappointed