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Screen Shot (8:07): Love, child, reach, rise / Sight, blind, steal, light / Mind, scar, clear, fire / Clean, right, pure, kind / Sun, come, sky, tar / Mouth, sand, teeth, tongue / Cut, push, reach, inside / Feed, breathe,
touch, come… No pain, no death, no fear, no hate / No time, no now, no suffering / No touch, no loss, no hand, no sense / No wound, no waste, no lust, no fear / No mind, no greed, no suffering / No thought,
no hurt, no hands to reach / No knife, no words, no lie, no cure / No need, no hate, no will, no speech / No dream, no sleep, no suffering / No pain, no now, no time, no here /No knife, no mind no hand fear /
Love! Now! Breathe, now! Here, now! Here, now! Here, now! … 2. Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett) (12:39): Now I sleep in the belly of woman / And I sleep in the belly of man / And I sleep in the belly
of rhythm / And I sleep in the belly of love / I sleep in the belly of oceans / I sleep in the belly of truth / I sleep in the belly of kindness / And I sleep in the belly of you: I’m just a little boy, I’m just a little boy. I’m
not human. I’m not human. I need love! I need love! … 3. A Little God In My Hands (7:10): Pink little lamb, on a granite slab / Black chasm creeping, forever leaking / Oh universe: Sing in reverse / Oh sucking
lung: We’ll never come / Forever loving! Forever waiting! / Oh yeah! Oh yeah! The universal mind! ... Eye full of sun, hand full of mud / Oh universe: You stink of love! / Forever lazy, forever crazy / Forever holy,
forever hungry / Forever hateful, forever beautiful / Forever needing, forever reaching / Forever stinking, forever breathing / Forever growing, forever leaving… Oh shit and blood! Forever love! / No ebb or flood,
will ever come! / Oh shit and blood! Forever love, love, love! / Forever draining forever leaving / What’s my name? What’s my name? Oh yeah! Oh yeah! The universal mind! … 4. Bring The Sun / Toussaint
L’Ouverture (34:07): Bring the sun, bring the sun… Toussaint L’ouverture! Toussaint L’ouverture! Toussaint L’ouverture Liberté! Egalité! Fraternité! Sangre de Dios! Hijo de Dios! Amor de Dios! Sangre es Vida!
Vida es Sangre! Sangre es Amor! Amor es Sangre! Amor! Amor! Toussaint! Toussaint! … 5. Some Things We Do (5:09): We seed, we feel, we need, we fight / We seal, we cut, we seek, we love / We grow, we
take, we eat, we break / We hunt, we hurt, we seize, we kneel / We heal, we fuck, we pray, we hate / We reach, we touch, we lose, we taste / We learn, we lie, we wound, we waste / We hold, we kill, we love,
we veil / We crawl, we seek, we fail, we rage / We fuck, we come, we love, we work / We search, we share, we wound, we keep / We blind, we take, we hide, we hold / We breathe, we steal, we bind, we build
/ We seed, we fuck, we rage, we weep / We betray, we serve, we regret, we learn / With tooth, and claw, we touch, we teach / We fuck, we love, we forget, we regret / We love, we love, we love, we love / We
fuck, we love, we love, we love … 6. She Loves Us (17:02): I am no thing / I am no one / Come to my mouth / Come to my tongue / I am your girl / I am your son / Come to my house / Come to my lung /
Come to my house / Come to my mouth / Come to my tongue / Fun fun fun! / I am your girl / I am your son / Come to my mouth / Come to my lung / Fun fun fun! / Mau mau mau / Fuck fuck fuck! / Your name
is fuck / I’m going home! I’m going home! / Halleluiah! Halleluiah! … 7. Kirsten Supine (10:33): May moonlight fall upon your breast / May god send wind to lick your lips / The river flows beneath your comb
/ Granite, pines –silver shine, green velvet throne / Folding in, folding in, the water brings the flower string / Folding in, folding in, the water sings the black horse scream / May planets crash, may god rain ash,
to sear our skin, to fold us in / Kneeling close, seeking hands, our blood is warm, but what comes next?...I will let it go, I can’t let it go / I won’t let it go, I can let it go … 8. Oxygen (8:11): Oxygen: Amen!
Oxygen: Amen! / I can breathe again. I can breathe again. / Oxygen –come in! Oxygen –come in! / Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! / Black oil smoke / Thick blue sky/ Dead red eye/ Hear me cry / Eat my throat /
Feed my mind / Yellow eye: Feel me cry / Take me now / Peel my skin /Scrape my vein / Seal me in / Break my bones / Dance and spin / Cut a hole / Feed me now! - I’ll steal all the oxygen! … Hey there Dog
Man, now I drink from your bowl / Hey there Mr Skull, I’m not scared of your cull / Oxygen! Amen! Oxygen! Amen! / Breathe in! Breathe in! … 9. Nathalie Neal (10:15): Hey hey hey Nathalie / Hey hey hey
Nathalie / Love is strong, Love is long / Live forever in this song – Nathalie! / Kill the cruel, heal the blind / Cut your name onto the sky – Nathalie! … Hey hey hey Nathalie / Hey hey hey Nathalie / Scatter joy,
Steal the light / Dance upon a useless lie – Nathalie! / Love is strong, Hate is gone / Live forever in this song – Nathalie! … 10. To Be Kind (8:23): To be kind, to be kind / To be real, to be new / To be sung by
a song that’s untrue / The falling sun, the fallen one / In a bed, painted blue, touching you / Listening, just listening / To the rain, to the wind, in the field / To be kind, to be kind / To be lost, in a bed touching
you / To be lost, to be lost / To be found in the sound of this room… “There are millions and millions of stars in your eyes…”

Words and Music Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 by Michael Gira. Tracks 2, 4, 6 and 10 Words by Michael Gira and Music by Gira, Westberg, Puleo, Hahn, Pravdica, Harris.. All music published by Young God
Publishing (ascap) (administered by Mute Song outside North America). This album and © 2014 Young God Records (under exclusive license to Mute Artists Limited outside North America.).

Produced by Michael Gira. All songs recorded and mixed by John Congleton, engineer. Recorded at Sonic Ranch,Tornillo,Texas. 2nd engineer and all-around upstanding guy and master of logistics at Sonic
Ranch: Charles Godfrey. Supreme intern at SR: Libni E. Garcia. Horse Wrangler: Guillermo Tellez Gonzales “Charo”. The Horses: Venino, Seqario, Indio (recorded by Charles Godfrey). Beneficent Overlord at
SR: Tony Rancich. Overdubs and vocals were executed at Elmwood Studios, Dallas, Texas, and engineered by John Congleton. This record was mastered by Doug Henderson at Micro-Moose, Berlin. Little
Annie recording by Paul Wallfisch. Travel logistics and sanity: Brandon Eggleston. M. Gira amplifiers generously supplied by Orange Amplifiers. Strings by D’ Addario. Original baby images by Bob Biggs (circa
1976), with thanks to Susan Martin. Art Direction and design by M.Gira. Layout by Phil Puleo. Business and Management and Young God Label Administration by Peter Wright / Virtual Label. Booking of Swans:
Todd Cote / Leafy Green Booking. Publicity: Howard Wuelfing / Howlin’ Wuelf Media.
Swans: Michael Gira - vocals, electric and acoustic guitar; Norman Westberg - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals; Phil Puleo - drums, percussion, dulcimer, piano, keys, vocals; Christoph Hahn - lap steel
guitars, electric guitar, vocals; Thor Harris - drums / percussion, vibes and bells, wind instruments, handmade viola, vocals; Christopher Pravdica - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals. Honorary Swan Forever:
Bill Rieflin - (on multiple songs throughout the record) drums / percussion, piano, bass, guitar, synths, keyboards. Guest Musicians: Duet with MG on Some Things We Do - Little Annie. Strings and String
Arrangement on Some Things We Do - Julia Kent. Background Vocals on Nathalie Neal, Bring the Sun, Screen Shot, Kirsten Supine - St. Vincent (appears courtesy of Loma Vista Recordings). Background
vocals on Bring the Sun - Cold Specks (appears courtesy of Mute Artists). Background Vocals on She Loves Us, A Little God in My Hands - Jennifer Church. More Musicians (Dallas): Violin - Daniel Hart;
Mandolin - Rex Emerson; Trombone - David Pierce; Trumpet - Evan Weiss; Piano, Harpsichord, Synth - Sean Kirkpatrick; Piano – John Congleton.

This record was made possible through the sale of a handmade double live cd as well as other items via the website younggodrecords.com. The people listed below contributed extraordinarily and are hereby
thanked eternally. Executive Producers: Sarah Pelch, Erik Martin, Joseph Balsama, Gregory Landa, Christopher Slind Nicholson, Alex Mahler, Monika Czesnik, Michael Seaton, Mic Litter, Aaron Hudspeth,
Sharon Smith, Mic Litter, Jed Lackritz, John Wm. Thompson, Stephen Smegelski, Efraim Nokata, Forrest L Norvell, Kyle & Caleen Busic-Faulkner, Martin Smyth, Dara Elerath, Jan Voets, Pt Starr, Erik Martin
And Sarah Pelch, Stephen Cholette, Magdalene Sullivan, Dennis Stolk, Evgeny Timesup, Miles Spencer, James Finch, Christophe Pfertzel, Julian Mcallister, Kenichi Sum-Kuriyama, Philip Jespersen, Bruno
Mello, Matt Darch, Royce Farrell, Kris Lonergan, Mr. Midian, Daniel Darch, Tom Demarchi, Matthew Boe, Drew West, Joseph Allred, Christopher Bradbury, Alex Voightman, David Marks, Don Mayers, Christopher
Patarazzi, Andrew Baratta, Thorsten Klamp, Steve Smith, Alberto Ruiz Garcia, Chris Campbell, Brooklyn Dave, Jennifer Deforge & Tom “The Fish” Guttadauro, Ben Ronald-Loader, Rui Sousa E Silva, Josef
Klingler, David Holtzer, Satoshi Morita, Christopher Cox, Roger Diveley, Kalvin Southwell, Taylor Campbell, Jason Molloy, Thomas Boston,Alexander Content, L. A. V., Justin M. Norton, Mark Bourdeau, Sean
E.m. Moore, Bruno De Almeida Ferrari, Anabela Duarte, David Braniff, Feeding Tube Records, Machina 77, Cliff Thompson, Blake E. And Lori G., Dane R. Scalise, Jessica And Olivier Mallinus, Kevin Souza,
Gabriel Pasquale, Norhal El Halwagy, Erik Urchenko, Jeffre Dene, Jeffrey C. Richardson, Stanislav Spy Vs. Spy Akimov, Post-Soviet Depression Press In Bisbee, Az, Joel Gale, Clément Sol, Matt Bordofsky,
Baran, Reix, Nada, J. Walker, Neil Webb, Dave Hayden, Caleb Gowett, Leonid Nasekailo, Sean Coleman, Jonathan A Jones, Joel Cooper, R. Goldie, Irini Spanou, Matthew Spence, Harri Ilkko, Arınç Aksoy,
Scott Senton, Fernando Jorge, Inspector Bloor, Scott Porayko, Hiroshi Oda, Metodiy Ivanov, Jose Manuel Pérez Puerto, Alfonso Cores Arnott, William David Cymbalist, Greg Armknecht, Pm Walsh, Nikolaj Ht
Petersen, Andrew Drummond Noble, Petru G., Matthew Evans, Noel Shanagher, Stephanie Quinlan, Piotr Matejczuk, Niki Schliebs, Jason Campbell, Tania Sarai Ibanez, Craig Peacock, Joseph Mancine, Damon
Hobbs, Travis R Hurst, Chris Szkoda, Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf, Philip Rahbek Pedersen, Catherine Escarcega, Duane Capizzi, Pablo Cordero, Robert Ropinski, Johann Figl, Eric Bahringer, Heiko Haas, Erik Ter
Wal, Terje Moltu, Ash Babb, Simon Bostock, Dan Green, John Christian Blomqvist, Eirik Dyroy, Ole Hermann Melby, Joseph Cortese, Andrew Robie, Rick Rusyn, Chris Mattingly, Zachary Lauterbach, Nitai
Gozlan, Jarek Jadczak, Andrew Galliet, Eric Dey, Jordan Zivitz, Laura Viera Quinn, Derek O’sullivan, Fiona Pollard, Sam Lundquist, Joseph ‘Yos’ Levy, Niklas Gustavsson, Lawrence English, Shawn Hanf, Mark
John, David San Segundo Bello, John S. Graham, Michael Quinn, Christian Breugelmans, Koningpeter, Frank Reyskens, Jean-Luc Carrara, Jeff Taugner, Knut Tore Breivik, Familia Córdova Cisneros, Gregory
Steward, Colin Relton, Jamie Landau, Jan Larsen, Daniel Echavarri, Mark Woodrow Henderson, Peter Harton, Simon West, Cameron Obscura, Bruce Levinson, Charles Millen, Valerie Richet, Joe Petrick, Wesley
Miller, Nick Fitzherbert, Paul Dickerson, Patrice Richard, Luuk Versluys, Scott Fritsch-Hammes, Emmanuel Bellas, Peter Harry Olof Åkerbäck, Doug, Damien Vandercruyssen, Tim Noble, Sven Wilhelm Jansby,
Asbjørn Taugbøl, Mathilde Marie Schweickert, James Percy Lister, Glenn Osboldstone, Alejandro Martínez Algobia, Terence Q. Bishop, Jeff Sublett, Raq Vb Aka Craig Whitman, Richard Job, Evan James Purdey,
John Simatos, Steven Couri, Fart Boss Endless Mike Feldmann, Rosemary & Huckleberry Bryant, Phillip Jones, Roland Bauer, B. Derbyshire, Kane A Hawkins, Anthony Stomski, Stephen Salmons, Andrew
Hoffman, Timmy Hellström, Yohann Chevreux, Myles & Suzanne, Maurizio Menicacci, Nick Lomas, Jorge Cristoveanu Luiña, George A Smith Jr, Pelle, Dmitry Kordas, Vasily Dubov, Darryl Smith, Thomas
Vandenbout, Renaud Tschirner, Pedro N. Mizukami, Credit Rory Carlin, Bruno Perillo, Laurence Taylor, Jay Harnish, Azriel P, Christian Olson, Antonio María Rivero Espadas, Jeremy Belinfante, Arvoid, Benjamin
J Coughlin, Billy Jacobs, Maxwell ‘Groovoss’ Fletcher, Jason Andrew Pennington, Rob Mantel, Ben Hasic, Daniel Mach, Ryan Maltby, Matthew Spence, Mats Rytther, Shane Murphy, Hege W, Marc Steen, Erick
De Deyn, Scott Gibbs, Thomas Dahlhaus, Damian Lunny, Philippe Maire, Savely Rosenaur, Ralph Dfouni, Aaron Speight, Rev. Syung Myung Me/Kittysneezes.com, Nick Mills, Jordan Pierce, David Webb,
Kazushige Masuda, Luc Tironneau, Silas & Asa Burson, Conor Augustine, Nikolaj Lisek, Marco Silva, Hiroshi Saito, Blasarius, Alexey Brazhnikov, Ivan Arciniegas, A.g.a. Kuehn, Brett De Boni, Masanobu
Kikukawa, Taylor Franklin Davis, Matt Malone, Dr. Lars Röhrig.
For Jennifer Gira. General Thanks: you know...

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