Failure Lyrics by Swans
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And I, I've been lonely
And I, I've been blind
And I, I've learned nothing
So my hands are firmly tied
To the sinking leadweight
of failure

I've worked hard all my life
Money slips through my hands
My face in the mirror tells me
It's no surprise that I am
Pushing the stone up the hill
of failure

They tempt me with violence
They punish me with ideals
And they crush me with an image
Of my life that's nothing but unreal
Except on the goddamned slaveship
of failure

I'll drown here trying
To get up for some air
But each time I think I breathe
I'm laid on with a double share
Of the punishing burden
of failure

I don't deserve to be down here
But I'll never leave
And I, I've learned one thing
You can't escape the beast
In the null and void pit
of failure

When I get my hands on some money
I'll kiss its green skin
And I'll ask its dirty face
"Where the hell have you been?"
"I am the fuel that fires the engines
of failure."

I'll be old and broken down
I'll forget who and where I am
I'll be senile or forgotten
But I'll remember and understand
You can bank your hard-earned money
on failure

I saw my father crying
I saw my mother break her hand
On a wall that wouldn't weep
But that certainly held in
The mechanical moans of a dying man
Who was a failure

My back hurts me when I bend
Because I carry a load
And my brain hurts like a knife-hole
Because I've yet to be shown
How to pull myself out from
The sucking quicksand
of failure

Some people lie in hell
Many bastards succeed
But I, I've learned nothing
I can't even elegantly bleed
Out the poison blood
of failure
And I, I've been lonely   And I, I've been blind   And I, I've learned nothing   So my hands are firmly tied   To the sinking leadweight   of failure      I've worked hard all my life   Money slips through my hands   My face in the mirror tells me   It's no surprise that I am   Pushing the stone up the hill   of failure      They tempt me with violence    They punish me with ideals    And they crush me with an image   Of my life that's nothing but unreal    Except on the goddamned slaveship   of failure      I'll drown here trying   To get up for some air   But each time I think I breathe   I'm laid on with a double share   Of the punishing burden   of failure      I don't deserve to be down here   But I'll never leave   And I, I've learned one thing   You can't escape the beast   In the null and void pit   of failure      When I get my hands on some money   I'll kiss its green skin   And I'll ask its dirty face   "Where the hell have you been?"   "I am the fuel that fires the engines   of failure."      I'll be old and broken down   I'll forget who and where I am   I'll be senile or forgotten   But I'll remember and understand   You can bank your hard-earned money   on failure      I saw my father crying   I saw my mother break her hand   On a wall that wouldn't weep   But that certainly held in   The mechanical moans of a dying man   Who was a failure      My back hurts me when I bend   Because I carry a load   And my brain hurts like a knife-hole   Because I've yet to be shown   How to pull myself out from   The sucking quicksand   of failure      Some people lie in hell   Many bastards succeed   But I, I've learned nothing   I can't even elegantly bleed   Out the poison blood   of failure