M. Gira - If You…

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

[qriofficial]

This is exactly what I'd imagine an album with this cover sounds like.

[SansRedGoddess]

M. Gira - If You… Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
If you carry the light for me
Through oceans of melting steel
The very next sound you feel
Will be the low red sky bleeding

[Chorus]
But oh, it's all right
I don't care, it's all right

[Verse 2]
I'm subtracting the air from my lungs
So someone will breathe in me
My body's just empty skin
Floating through tunnelling space

[Chorus]
But oh, it's all right
I don't care, it's all right

[Noise]

[Verse 3]
If you put your wet mouth on my skin
I will black out my blue eyes
And the very next sound you feel
Will be my white body bleeding

[Chorus]
But oh, it's all right
I don't care, it's all right