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I Am a Tower Lyrics

Swans - Birthing
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Album

Birthing

(2025)
TypeStudio Full-length
GenresPost-Rock, Experimental Rock
LabelsYoung God Records, Mute Records
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2. I Am a Tower (19:17)
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it

With thin boneless fingers and pink polished nails
I am searching for truth in the fat folds of your blunder
Speak up, Dick! Bring wonder, bring plunder
Bring your fish-headed fixer to whisper my ear
Please worry me here, tongue that victim in there
Revenge me a jagged course deep, deep, inside
Climb stairs through coarse hairs, now ride, now ride
Then exit and jet it spraying foam through the air
Over concrete islands and neon green palms
Over fields of shining neonicotinoid lawns
Over upturned faces searching fading, lost stars
Over smashed pipelines of sewage flooding polished new cars
Over crossed lines in jungles buried thousands of years
Over mountains collapsing, ravaged, and speared
Over rivers of salt feeding open-mouthed need
Here I come, here I come, here I weep, here I bleed
Wash my blood-blubbered scum with gritted, black oil
Just show me an ocean and I'll fart as it boils
I am gathering souls, I am gathering your scabs
I am the best fucking fuck that you never will have

I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it
I, alone, will fix it

I am a tower, I am a tower, I am a tower, I am a tower
I am a tower, I am a tower, I am a tower, I am a tower

I see the dawned light rise, up round the edge of skies
I reach up into the night, I grab my sword to fight
And all you millions of fools, down in your swimming pools
I am collecting heads, I am the last man left

I am a tower, I am a tower, I am a tower, I am a tower
I am a tower, I am a tower, I am a tower, I am a tower

I am the power of mind, and if I think it it's mine
I am a kingdom of one, behold what I have become
Down in the belly of earth, I hereby nullify your birth
Now everything is mine, I am the end of time

I am a tower, tower
I am a tower, tower
I am a tower, tower
I am a tower, tower
I am a tower, tower
I am a tower, tower
I am a tower, tower
I am a tower, tower
I am a tower, tower
I am a tower, tower
I am a tower, tower
I am a tower

I am a lamb
I am a kitten
I am a kitten
I am a tiny pink bubble
Drifting on the wind
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Birthing - Lyrics
Birthing - Album Credits
Members
  • Michael Gira : Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Words, Songwriting
  • Christopher Pravdica : Bass, Taishōgoto, Loops, Sounds, Keyboards, Songwriting (disc 1; track 1-3, disc 2; track 4)
  • Phil Puleo : Drums, Hammer Dulcimer, Flute, Melodica, Percussion, Songwriting (disc 1; track 1-3, disc 2; track 4)
  • Norman Westberg : Electric Guitars, Loops
  • Dana Schechter : Lap Steel Guitars, Bass, Loops, Songwriting (disc 1; track 1-3, disc 2; track 4)
  • Kristof Hahn : Lap Steel Guitars, Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Loops, Backing Vocals, Songwriting (disc 1; track 1-3, disc 2; track 4)
  • Larry Mullins : Mellotron, Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer, Drums, Vibraphone, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Songwriting (disc 1; track 1-3, disc 2; track 4)
Additional musicians
  • Laura Carbone : Backing Vocals
  • Lucy Kruger : Backing Vocals
  • Jennifer Gira : Backing Vocals, Cameo Vocals
  • Timothy Wyskida : Drums (disc 2; track 6)
  • Andreas Dormann Soprano Saxophone
  • Little Mikey : Cameo Vocals
Other staff
  • Michael Gira : Producer
  • Kiron Gaudi : Assistant Engineer
  • Ingo Krauss : Recording, Mixing Engineer
  • Doug Henderson : Mastering Engineer
  • Phil Puleo : Layout
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