Black Swan Lyrics

[Verse 1]
What will grow crooked, you can't make straight
It's the price that you gotta pay
Do yourself a favour and pack your bags
Buy a ticket and get on the train
Buy a ticket and get on the train

[Chorus]
'Cause this is fucked up, fucked up
'Cause this is fucked up, fucked up

[Verse 2]
People get crushed like biscuit crumbs
And laid down in the bitumen
You have tried your best to please everyone
But it just isn't happening
No, it just isn't happening

[Chorus]
And it's fucked up, fucked up
And this is fucked up, fucked up
This your blind spot, blind spot
It should be obvious, but it's not

[Verse 3]
You cannot kick-start a dead horse
You just cross yourself and walk away
I don't care what the future holds
'Cause I'm right here, and I'm today

With your fingers you can touch me
[Chorus]
I am your black swan, black swan
(But I made it to the top, but I made it to the top)
And this is fucked up, fucked up
We are black swans, black swans
(But I made it to the top, but I made it to the top)
And for spare parts, we're broken up
You are fucked up, fucked up
This is fucked up, fucked up
We are black swans, black swans
And for spare parts, we're broken up

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Black Swan is the fourth song off of Thom Yorke’s 2006 solo album, The Eraser.

A black swan is an unprecedented event that is rationalised afterwards as if it could have been prepared for.

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Credits
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Recorded At
The Hospital Club, Covent Garden, Greater London, England; Radiohead's studio, Oxfordshire, England
Release Date
July 10, 2006
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