Swans
Live At The Kitchen NYC 1982/3
[1. Strip/Burn (0:57-3:55)]

Nothing will go wrong
Nothing will change
The ending is fixed
Work for the reward at the end

Flat on our backs with our face in the ceiling
Looks like we're ready to be stripped or burned
Looks like we're ready to be stripped or burned
Looks like we're ready to be stripped or burned
Looks like we're ready to be stripped or burned
Looks like we're ready to be stripped or burned
Looks like we're ready to be stroked
Looks like we're ready to be crushed
First we're stroked, then we're crushed
First we're stroked, then we're crushed
Work for the reward at the end

Strip, burn, strip, burn
Strip, burn, strip, burn
Strip, burn, strip, burn
Strip, burn, strip, burn
Strip, burn, strip, burn
Strip, burn, strip, burn
Strip, burn, strip, burn
Strip, burn, strip, burn

[2. Red Sheet (4:37-7:45)]

Red sheet, red sheet
Red sheet, red sheet
Red sheet, red sheet
Red sheet, red sheet
Red sheet, red sheet
Red sheet, red sheet
Get out, get out
Get out, get out
Get out, get out
Get out, get out

Get out, get out
Get out, get out
Get out, get out
Get out, get out
Get out, get out
Get out, get out
Get out, get out
Get out, get out
Get out, get out
Get out, get out

[Michael Gira]
This song is called "Blackout"

[3. Blackout (8:30-11:27)]

Get drunk, get drunk
Breathe in, breathe in
Hold it in, hold it in
Don't breathe, don't breathe
Blackout, blackout
Blackout, blackout

Don't talk until you're spoken to
Don't talk until you're spoken to
Don't breathe, don't breathe
Blackout, blackout
Blackout, blackout

[Michael Gira]
Thank you


[4. Clay Man (12:04-14:55)]

Get into this car
Get into this car
Bow your head down
Your flesh is soft
Your flesh is clay
Your flesh is easy to shape
Your flesh is easy to shape
Get into your cell
Get into your bed
Your flesh is soft
Your flesh is clay
Your flesh is easy to shape

Now you're a clay man
Now you're a clay man


[Michael Gira]
This one's a little slower

[5. Stay Here (15:55-19:18)]

Be hard, be strong
Resist temptation
Stick your hand in your eye
Close your fist
Flex your muscles
Be strong, be hard
Be strong, be hard

And come back for more
And come back for more
And come back for more
And come back for more
And
And come back for more
And


[Michael Gira]
This is our last song, and this is called "Weakling"

[6. Weakling (20:10-23:47)]

I don't feel pain
I never escape
I'm under the bed
I'm licking the floor

I never dream
This isn't real
This isn't real
This isn't real
This isn't real

You know everything
I forget how to breathe
You're touching my chest
When I'm touched, I bleed

I never dream
This isn't real
This isn't real
This isn't real
This isn't real
This isn't real
This isn't real
This isn't real


[Michael Gira]
Bye