Swan Upon Leda Lyrics – Hozier

Her 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 Hand,

But The Gateway To The World,

Was Still Outside Of Reach For Them,

Would Never Belong To Angels,

Had Never Belonged To Men,

The Swan Upon Leda,

Empire Upon Jerusalem,

A Grandmother Smuggling Eggs,

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 Is Gone,

The Gateway To The World,

Is Gone In A Trembling Hand,

When Nature Unmakes The Boundary,

The Pillar Of Myth Still Stands,

The Swan Upon Leda,

Occupier Upon Ancient Land,

But The Gateway To The World,

Is Still Outside The Reach Of Hands,

Would Never Belong To Angels,

Had Never Belonged To Men,

Written by: Hozier