Swan Upon Leda
Hozier"Swan Upon Leda" is a song by Hozier, released in 2022 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:29 long and contains 29 lines and 167 words.
Lyrics
0:07A husband waits outside
0:13A crying child pushes a child into the night
0:20She was told he would come this time
0:26Without leaving so much as a feather behind
0:33To enact at last the perfect plan
0:39One more sweet boy to be butchered by men
0:46But gateway to the world
0:51Was still outside the reach of him
0:58Would never belong to angels
1:03Had never belonged to men
1:09The swan upon Leda
1:14Empire upon Jerusalem
1:24A grandmother smuggling meds
1:30Past where the god child-soldier
1:33Setanta stood dead
1:37Our graceful turner of heads
1:43Weaves through the checkpoints like a needle and thread
1:50Someone's frightened boy waves her on
1:56She offers a mother's smile and soon she's gone
2:03The gateway to the world
2:09The gun in a trembling hand
2:15Where nature unmakes the boundary
2:21The pillar of myth still stands
2:26The swan upon Leda
2:31Occupier upon ancient land
3:12But gateway to the world
3:17Was still outside the reach of him
3:23Would never belong to angels
3:29Had never belonged to men
A husband waits outside A crying child pushes a child into the night She was told he would come this time Without leaving so much as a feather behind To enact at last the perfect plan One more sweet boy to be butchered by men But gateway to the world Was still outside the reach of him Would never belong to angels Had never belonged to men The swan upon Leda Empire upon Jerusalem A grandmother smuggling meds Past where the god child-soldier Setanta stood dead Our graceful turner of heads Weaves through the checkpoints like a needle and thread Someone's frightened boy waves her on She offers a mother's smile and soon she's gone The gateway to the world The gun in a trembling hand Where nature unmakes the boundary The pillar of myth still stands The swan upon Leda Occupier upon ancient land But gateway to the world Was still outside the reach of him Would never belong to angels Had never belonged to men
Translation
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