Biography:
Swans is a band from New York, United States, active from 1982 to 1997, reformed in 2010, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira.
Marginally associated with the no wave scene at first, their original sound was slow and extremely heavy, with live performances that were often so brutal and physical that in a number of instances certain audience members were made ill, police were called and venues were shut down. This early physical sound is possibly best heard on the live album Public Castration Is A Good idea.
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Artist: Swans
Title: (She's A) Universal Emptiness
C Em x4
C Em
And she sits there by the wall
C Em
Making holes where I just stood
C Em
And her hands, they touch her face
C Em
Like her face is made of wood
C Em
And she holds onto a memory
C Em
Of something I never said
C Em
But she still can't quite remember
C Em
If my eyes are blue or dead
G Em
She's the mother of us all
G Em
She's the victim of my sadness
G Em
And the more she tries to know it
G Em
The more she'll never fill it
G Em
She's a universal emptiness
G Em
A universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
And a total lack of faith
C Em x4
C Em
And I saw her once before
C Em
Down on her bended knees
C Em
Through a window of the church at night
C Em
Confessing to the broken priest
C Em
She is holy, as all women are
C Em
And she suffers like a saint
C Em
Yeah, she touched my hand with cruelty
C Em
But I was punished far too late
G Em
She's the mother of us all
G Em
She's the guardian our sins
G Em
And the more she tries to save us
G Em
The more she pulls us in
G Em
She's a universal emptiness
G Em
A universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
's a universe..ahah
Em
She's the last mistake we make...
Title: (She's A) Universal Emptiness
C Em x4
C Em
And she sits there by the wall
C Em
Making holes where I just stood
C Em
And her hands, they touch her face
C Em
Like her face is made of wood
C Em
And she holds onto a memory
C Em
Of something I never said
C Em
But she still can't quite remember
C Em
If my eyes are blue or dead
G Em
She's the mother of us all
G Em
She's the victim of my sadness
G Em
And the more she tries to know it
G Em
The more she'll never fill it
G Em
She's a universal emptiness
G Em
A universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
And a total lack of faith
C Em x4
C Em
And I saw her once before
C Em
Down on her bended knees
C Em
Through a window of the church at night
C Em
Confessing to the broken priest
C Em
She is holy, as all women are
C Em
And she suffers like a saint
C Em
Yeah, she touched my hand with cruelty
C Em
But I was punished far too late
G Em
She's the mother of us all
G Em
She's the guardian our sins
G Em
And the more she tries to save us
G Em
The more she pulls us in
G Em
She's a universal emptiness
G Em
A universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
's a universal emptiness
G Em
's a universe..ahah
Em
She's the last mistake we make...
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