Coordinates: 53°49′12″N 1°26′53″W / 53.820°N 1.448°W / 53.820; -1.448
Swarcliffe, originally the Swarcliffe Estate, is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 4.9 miles (8 km) east of Leeds city centre, and within the LS14 Leeds postcode area.
In the 1950s, the Swarcliffe housing estate was developed by the city council which built two and three-bedroomed semi-detached council houses, a number of three-storey blocks containing 12 flats or more, and three brick-built nine-storey blocks of flats. Two of the blocks of flats were demolished in the 1990s and an old people's home was built on the site. In 2007, the remaining block was demolished. The previous year, six of seven fifteen-storey high-rise blocks of flats, built in 1966 as part of the Whinmoor estate, were demolished.
Swarcliffe is served by Swarcliffe Primary School and Nursery, Grimes Dyke Primary School and St. Gregory’s Youth & Adult Centre. Stanks Fire Station provides a service to more than 42,452 people. Swarcliffe has a dwindling number of public houses and shops. Great and Little Swarcliffe Woods lie within the boundaries of the estate.
Down
The spiral stairs
One way, down
I see the light
I see the light but the bulb is gone
Hesitate and grab the handle
I left a trail of grief
I left a pile of regrets
Longing to be seen
Now fill me with an urge to redeem
At the bottom of the stairs
Circle eight my dream is gone
What's there to hold me back?
Dream figure show the light
In a spiral of contempt
What I feel I can't prevent
You're the one holding me back
Scar figure cast aside
A slow descent
No way back
I see my fate
I see my fate but the exit is blocked
Convince me now
Or let me wander
I left a trail of grief
I left a pile of regrets
Longing to be seen
Now fill me with an urge to redeem
At the bottom of the stairs...
The low ceiling's pushing me down
But the spiral stairs ends here
The hidden meaning's pushing me down
And so the spiral stairs ends
At the bottom of the stairs...