Helpless Child lyrics

[Verse 1]

Now you be the mother and

I'll be your fool

I'll hide myself deep inside

Your crimson pool

The muddy water runs

Beneath your folds

You won't let me breathe;

You won't let me go

Now you'll be the stranger and

I'll be the white-skinned son

You'll blacken my innocence

With sugar and opium

[Verse 2]

The children were suffocating

Down in your damp cave

And you were the mother

And I was the sleeping slave

Protect me from violence

Hold me in your cool lips

You'll drug me with kindness

So I can pretend I exist

Now you be the only child

I'll suck on your breast

You'll feed me with gasoline

I'll burn my name in your head

[Instrumental]

• Artist:Swans
• Album:Soundtracks for the Blind