Swan Upon Leda English Song Lyrics By Hozier.

 Swan Upon Leda English Song Lyrics By Hozier.

Song: Swan Upon Leda

Singer(s): Hozier

Lyrics: Hozier

Label: Universal/Island Music Ltd.

Release Date: October 7, 2022

Swan Upon Leda Lyrics in English 

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 the 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

The gateway to the world

Was still outside the reach of him

Would never belong to angels

Had never belonged to men