The Parasite

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The Parasite by Swans

About The Parasite

“The Parasite“ is the opening track from Swans' sixteenth studio album, The Beggar. A very ‘ritual-esque’ song, possibly describing the relation with a person/animal and a parasite, with very simple instrumentation consisting of a guitar and some synths. A parasite is an organism that steals nutrients, giving nothing in return. .

The Parasite Lyrics

[00:30.53] Breathe my breath into your head
[00:39.56] Righteous, pure, and sour with death
[00:49.20] Here I am, just empty skin
[00:58.29] There is no way out, there is no way in
[01:08.85] Crucified in fractured fields of blue
[01:18.19] All information is equally true
[01:27.99] Feed on me, feed on me, feed on me now
[01:37.25] Feed on me, feed on me, feed on me now
[01:47.49]
[02:04.75] Over the plains and under the seas
[02:14.34] Follow the lines, they all lead back to me
[02:23.05] Tunnel the mountains and cut through the skies
[02:31.85] Cut open your belly, look into my eyes
[02:41.58] Come to me, come to me, come to me now
[02:50.55] Come to me, come to me, come to me now
[02:59.72] You are not free, you are not free
[03:08.67] Come to me, come to me, come here to me
[03:17.12] You must come to me, you are not free
[03:26.92] You are not free, you must come here to me
[03:35.84] Come to me, feed on me, come to me, feed on me
[03:44.27] Come to me, feed on me, come to me, feed on me
[03:52.38] Come to me, feed on me, come to me, feed on me
[04:00.60] Come to me, feed on me, come to me, feed on me
[04:08.69] Come to me, feed on me, come to me...
[04:14.42] I wonder what you are, I wonder where I am
[04:23.12] I wonder if the water is swallowing the land
[04:31.68] I wonder if an image is realer than the thing
[04:40.38] I wonder if I'm singing what you're thinking me to sing
[04:48.90] I wonder if I lost you, you were pulsing in my hand
[04:57.31] Now the continents are shifting, from the future to the past
[05:06.66] The deeper into space, the smaller that you'll go
[05:15.03] The more that you consume, the less you'll ever know
[05:27.02]
[05:32.66] I wonder what I was, I wonder where this is
[05:44.93] I wonder what's inside you, will the glass reveal your bliss?
[05:58.25] Am I broken into pieces to be scattered in the wind?
[06:11.05] When the revelation comes, does it erase the host that lives
[06:23.99] In the body of a sun that itself exists within
[06:36.78] An ever-shrinking sphere that is contracting as we spin?
[06:50.77] I wonder how we got here, I wonder if I care
[07:03.97] I wonder if your breathing is stealing all the air
[07:16.84]
[07:25.37] Breathing in, breathe us in
[07:43.43] Read my mind, reach inside
[08:02.41]

From the album: The Beggar