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Why Are We Alive? is the eleventh track on the album White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity by Swans. It is the twelfth track on the 2015 remaster of the album, which adds Blind, from Michael Gira's solo album Drainland, as the tenth track.
The song "Why Are We Alive" by Swans is a profound expression of existential confusion and spiritual searching. The first lines introduce the singer's sense of alienation from conventional human experience: "Now I'm not a man and I don't feel love/And I don't see anything coming down from above." These lyrics suggest a deep disconnection from the social and emotional norms of humanity, but also a skepticism of traditional religious belief. The singer's perspective is characterized by a mood of bleakness and emptiness, as if searching for purpose or meaning in a barren landscape.
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