Black Swan
TH1RT3EN
2011
Duration: 4:10
Track number: 9
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A deeply introspective song about personal regret, addiction, and self-destruction. The narrator feels abandoned by their 'angels' and haunted by their mistakes. The **'Black Swan'** is a metaphor for a devastating, unexpected event or realization of loss (perhaps a re-recording of a song originally intended for the *'United Abominations'* album, reflecting on Mustaine's past struggles). The **'churchyard shadow'** symbolizes their fate catching up to them.
Lyrics
I thought at this hour any **pleasure**
Can never really be a **sin in vain**
**One hundred and one shots of opportunity**
I'd gladly take them all again and again..... and again
My **angels left me**, sorrows are my own
And now I'm here with the **Devil**, on my own
Just like a **Churchyard Shadow**, **creeping after me**
It's only there to **terrify my mind**, **Black Swan** keeps **haunting me**.
I promise that my soul not to get paid away
Wind always starts of as **psychedelic** and then it turns to **black**
My head starts swaying, I forgot what it was that I was saying
I don't know where I am and I'll never, never make it back.
I **sealed my fate**, and I **paid my debt**
I **fell from grace** with deep regret
My **angels left me**, sorrows are my own
And now I'm here with the **devil on my own**
Just like the **Churchyard shadow**, **creeping after me**
It's only there to **terrify my mind**, **Black Swan** keeps **haunting me**
Just like the **Churchyard shadow**, there's **nothing left to see**
It's only there to **terrify my mind**, **Black Swan** keeps **haunting me**
My **angels left me**, sorrows are my own
And now I'm here with the **devil on my own** (on my own)
Just like the **Churchyard shadow**, **creeping after me**
It's only there to **terrify my mind**, **Black Swan** keeps **haunting me**
Just like the **Churchyard shadow**, there's **nothing left to see**
It's only there to **terrify my mind**, **Black Swan** keeps **haunting me**
Just like the **Churchyard shadow**, **creeping after me**
There's **nothing left to see**, there's **nothing left of me**
