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Swans – Cloud of Forgetting (2016) | Track profile | Dork

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The Glowing Man
Cloud of Forgetting

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Cloud of Forgetting

Release date: 17th June 2016

From The Glowing Man

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About This Track

"Cloud of Forgetting" is a track by Swans, from the album The Glowing Man, released 17th June 2016. Full lyrics are available below.

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Swans

Swans

Lyrics

Cloud of Forgetting

[Instrumental Intro: 0:00-4:07]

[Verse 1]

Walking out

Counting up

Breathing

Reaching out

Reaching out

[Verse 2]

God, God, God

Leaving

Leaving now

[Refrain]

Surrender! Surrender!

Take us! Take us!

[Verse 3]

The sun

A son

A child

A son

[Refrain]

I see us

Take us!

Save us

Ahh!

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

Children, children

Children, children

I am blind

I am blind

I am blind

Blind

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Track details

From The Glowing Man

2016

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The Glowing Man

Release year

2016

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Christoph Hahn, Christopher Pravdica, Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Phil Puleo, Thor Harris
Producer: Michael Gira
Drums: Phil Puleo
Vocals: Michael Gira
Bass Guitar: Christopher Pravdica
Electric Guitar: Kristin Hahn, Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, William Rieflin
Mastering Engineer: Doug Henderson
Mixing Engineer: Doug Henderson, Ingo
Percussion: Thor Harris
Recording Engineer: John Congleton