In Lakota tradition, Škáŋ is the Motion of the universe. The Great Spirit, Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka, reflected upon himself and created the four Superior Spirits, Wi (the first to be created, bringing light to the world), Skan, Maka (Mother Earth) and Íŋyaŋ (the solid support of the Earth or the rock associated with the natural forces of the Earth).
Skan enters the body with the spirit and sets new life in motion. All that is created is in motion, to the radiance of the One who created all things, Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka.
The above taken from Chief Archie Fire Lame Deer and Helene Sarkis (1994) The Lakota Sweat Lodge Cards: Spiritual Teachings of the Sioux Destiny Books ISBN 0-89281-456-X
Skan is an album by the UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night. Recorded in 1979, it was never released, though copies of the tape have circulated among music fans.
Skan comprises the first studio recordings made by Twelfth Night, its first line up having been completed when Clive Mitten joined in late 1978. Production took place in March 1979 at the University of Reading, where the band also played a concert in summer of that year. With the exception of "Für Helene Part I", the tracks, all written by the band, were recorded as a live performance in an empty hall. The album takes its title from the name of the company from which the band had hired its PA.
Some of the album tracks differ from how they came to be known, with "Für Helene Part I" being longer than the version later used in live sets. Parts of the Skan version of this track became part of the experimental "Sequences", which itself went under several revisions during the band's career. "Encore" and "Four And Three" were later renamed "Encore Une Fois" and "Entropy" respectively, the latter track acquiring second and third parts, separately known as "C.R.A.B." and "World Without End", both of which were recorded separately for later albums.
You've ever get the feeling
No matter what they do no matter what they say
You know you'll make it someday
You know the feeling when your back is up against the wall
People say they love you but you ain't convinced at all
Tell them they full of shittin they'll tell ya you insecure
Callin ya immature does that make sense to ya'll?
You ever feel like it's you against the whole world?
Like everybody is scheming even your only girl
Your home boys seem to be counting your money
Tell em you ain't got it n he lookin at you funny
I'm feeling like I probably need ta either leave the game alone
Or either be the cheater bang the chrome n get his hatin on
[Bridge:]
How does the siagon story end how
You know what they sayin for now
[Chorus:]
They'll say I'm killer
I feel I'm as high as I can be
N ya'll ain't gon fly as high as me
I can't be no realaaa
Ya'll ain't gon bring me down [repeats]
I can't be no realaa
Ya'll ain't gonna bring me down
I'm too high but it's not from a drug
It's not from a drink not from a night at the club
It's not from abroad
It's not from what I coped from the deala
I would tell ya
But if I tell ya
Then I gotta kill ya
I've been around a lil while but I'm kinda scared
It's I'll like a vet that's still wet behind the ear
Some niggas look hard
But I don't feel a threat behind the steer
I'm looking for vics
N They could be volunteer
How dare somebody jump out the window ta try n stop me
I wait for niggas then shoot em like I was a paparazzi
Manly's back system knockin the mazzarati
I jump out the back n turn ya block into nagasaki
I shouldn't have always make a issue with the pistol
Just to prove ta kids he's official tissue to the gristle
[Bridge:]
How does the siagon story end how
You know what they sayin for now
[Chorus:]
Just say I'm killer
I feel I'm as high as I can be
N ya'll ain't gon fly as high as me
I can't be no realaaa
Ya'll ain't gon bring me down [repeats]
I can't be no realaa
Ya'll ain't gonna bring me down
I'm too high but it's not from a drug
High on life, love
I'm from above
Just say I'm killer
I feel I'm as high as I can be
N ya'll ain't gon fly as high as me
I can't be no realaaa
Ya'll ain't gon bring me down [repeats]
I can't be no realaa