Crimson Tide lyrics - Destroyer
I was like the laziest river,
A vulture predisposed to eating off floors.
No wait, I take that back,
I was more like an ocean
Stuck inside hospital corridors.
My condition, in general,
Despite what they say, improves.
So I could care less, on a night like this,
I'm on the lookout for anything that moves.
Crimson Tide!
I know when to hold em.
And I know when to leave.
I know where to go,
And I know how to breathe.
I know how you blow
Bubbles…
You can look at the world
Till you don't know what you've done.
You can follow a salary
To the bottom of the ocean.
Is that yours? Throw it in the pot.
I thought I was smart, I'm not.
I thought I was sick and dying…
Chickenshit singers paying their dues.
A circus mongrel sniffing for clues.
You watch the blonde make mincemeat of the brunette.
An actress pays her debt
To Satan again and again…
I say it, I don't know, just cause.
A child coos sweet nothings to a box of fuzz.
He's not a child, he's 25.
He's never felt so alive!
Crimson Tide.
One more dead rich runaway, who gives a shit.
Must be nice, must be the rain.
When lightning strikes twice,
The funeral goes completely insane.
The funeral's insane…
The funeral's insane…
The funeral's insane…
Vicious stampede, vile promenade,
But in China teacups two fools find love
Back at Hotel Parallel, hysteria I can feel it.
She says get into the zone,
The zone is brimstone and wire.
You open your mouth
To watch your teeth shudder
At the mirror,
At the clutter,
Crimson Tide…
A vulture predisposed to eating off floors.
No wait, I take that back,
I was more like an ocean
Stuck inside hospital corridors.
My condition, in general,
Despite what they say, improves.
So I could care less, on a night like this,
I'm on the lookout for anything that moves.
Crimson Tide!
I know when to hold em.
And I know when to leave.
I know where to go,
And I know how to breathe.
I know how you blow
Bubbles…
You can look at the world
Till you don't know what you've done.
You can follow a salary
To the bottom of the ocean.
Is that yours? Throw it in the pot.
I thought I was smart, I'm not.
I thought I was sick and dying…
Chickenshit singers paying their dues.
A circus mongrel sniffing for clues.
You watch the blonde make mincemeat of the brunette.
An actress pays her debt
To Satan again and again…
I say it, I don't know, just cause.
A child coos sweet nothings to a box of fuzz.
He's not a child, he's 25.
He's never felt so alive!
Crimson Tide.
One more dead rich runaway, who gives a shit.
Must be nice, must be the rain.
When lightning strikes twice,
The funeral goes completely insane.
The funeral's insane…
The funeral's insane…
The funeral's insane…
Vicious stampede, vile promenade,
But in China teacups two fools find love
Back at Hotel Parallel, hysteria I can feel it.
She says get into the zone,
The zone is brimstone and wire.
You open your mouth
To watch your teeth shudder
At the mirror,
At the clutter,
Crimson Tide…
Kinda Dark lyrics - Destroyer
You wandered in there, you wanted it in there
You wanted it in there, every night you took the air
Gasping for anything - there sits The Boston Strangler
Calling all cars! The palace has a moss problem
It glows in the dawn light
Goes wherever you go, sewn into your hem
It's me versus them
First us versus not a goddamn thing
Then The Blind Bitch versus The Clucking Hen
In a ring, around the razor's edge
"Kinda dark in here," she says
"Kinda dark in here," she says
"Kinda dark in here," she says
"Kinda dark in here," she says
You wanted it in there, every night you took the air
Gasping for anything - there sits The Boston Strangler
Calling all cars! The palace has a moss problem
It glows in the dawn light
Goes wherever you go, sewn into your hem
It's me versus them
First us versus not a goddamn thing
Then The Blind Bitch versus The Clucking Hen
In a ring, around the razor's edge
"Kinda dark in here," she says
"Kinda dark in here," she says
"Kinda dark in here," she says
"Kinda dark in here," she says
It Just Doesn't Happen lyrics - Destroyer
You're looking good
In spite of the light
And the air
And the time of the night
They play your favourite song
"She's Just Too Dark To Care"
"High Water Everywhere"
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
You throw yourself down on the playground
Skid to a halt on the runway
You cast a poisonous look to the sun
You know it just doesn't happen to anyone
You know this doesn't just happen to anyone
I find
The silence unbearable
What does that say about the silence?
Versus the violin
And the moonlight
And the moonshine
And your empty pen?
With its ridiculous paper
You throw yourself down on the playground
Skid to a halt on the runway
You cast a poisonous look to the sun
You know it doesn't just happen to anyone
You know this just doesn't happen to anyone
You're looking good
In spite of the light
And the air
And the time of the night
They play your favourite song
"It's Just Too Dark To Care"
"High Water Everywhere"
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
You throw yourself down on the playground
Skid to a halt on the runway
You cast a poisonous look to the sun
You know it doesn't just happen to anyone
You throw yourself down on the playground
Skid to a halt on the runway
You cast a poisonous look to the sun
You know this doesn't just happen to anyone
You know it just doesn't happen to anyone
You know it doesn't just happen to anyone
You know it just doesn't happen to anyone
You know this doesn't just happen to anyone
You know it
In spite of the light
And the air
And the time of the night
They play your favourite song
"She's Just Too Dark To Care"
"High Water Everywhere"
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
You throw yourself down on the playground
Skid to a halt on the runway
You cast a poisonous look to the sun
You know it just doesn't happen to anyone
You know this doesn't just happen to anyone
I find
The silence unbearable
What does that say about the silence?
Versus the violin
And the moonlight
And the moonshine
And your empty pen?
With its ridiculous paper
You throw yourself down on the playground
Skid to a halt on the runway
You cast a poisonous look to the sun
You know it doesn't just happen to anyone
You know this just doesn't happen to anyone
You're looking good
In spite of the light
And the air
And the time of the night
They play your favourite song
"It's Just Too Dark To Care"
"High Water Everywhere"
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
You throw yourself down on the playground
Skid to a halt on the runway
You cast a poisonous look to the sun
You know it doesn't just happen to anyone
You throw yourself down on the playground
Skid to a halt on the runway
You cast a poisonous look to the sun
You know this doesn't just happen to anyone
You know it just doesn't happen to anyone
You know it doesn't just happen to anyone
You know it just doesn't happen to anyone
You know this doesn't just happen to anyone
You know it
The Television Music Supervisor lyrics - Destroyer
The Television Music Supervisor said
"I can't believe what I've done.
I can't believe that I said what I said."
The Television Music Supervisor said
"I can't believe what I've done.
I can't believe that I said what I said."
'Clickety click click'
The music makes a musical sound…
Measured in echoes…
By famous novelist brothers
Shithead No. 1 and Shithead No. 2
The Television Music Supervisor said
"I can't believe what I've done.
I can't believe…
I can't believe…"
"I can't believe what I've done.
I can't believe that I said what I said."
The Television Music Supervisor said
"I can't believe what I've done.
I can't believe that I said what I said."
'Clickety click click'
The music makes a musical sound…
Measured in echoes…
By famous novelist brothers
Shithead No. 1 and Shithead No. 2
The Television Music Supervisor said
"I can't believe what I've done.
I can't believe…
I can't believe…"
The Raven lyrics - Destroyer
Just look at the world around you…
Actually, no, don't look!
Just look at the world around you
Actually, no, don't look
But if you only knew how
I cry foul every hour
Of every day
Well I hope you've enjoyed your stay
Here in the City of the Dying Embers
The petite Terror Train that thought that it could
We throw the game and oh how it feels so good
To be drunk on the field again
To be drunk on the field…
Again…
Come out, come out, wherever you are!
But you don't, the dead don't come out
The dead twist and shout in an invisible world
The Grand Ole Opry of Death is breathless
Breathless
Breathless
Breathless
Breathless
What do you do with it?
For whom have you been saving?
What do you do with it?
For whom have you been saving?
Oh yes you've been good to me in your way…
That's what I'll write about when I write about The Raven…
Actually, no, don't look!
Just look at the world around you
Actually, no, don't look
But if you only knew how
I cry foul every hour
Of every day
Well I hope you've enjoyed your stay
Here in the City of the Dying Embers
The petite Terror Train that thought that it could
We throw the game and oh how it feels so good
To be drunk on the field again
To be drunk on the field…
Again…
Come out, come out, wherever you are!
But you don't, the dead don't come out
The dead twist and shout in an invisible world
The Grand Ole Opry of Death is breathless
Breathless
Breathless
Breathless
Breathless
What do you do with it?
For whom have you been saving?
What do you do with it?
For whom have you been saving?
Oh yes you've been good to me in your way…
That's what I'll write about when I write about The Raven…
Cue Synthesizer lyrics - Destroyer
Did you realize it was hollow?
Like everything that's come before, you are gone
The idiot's dissonant roar
That exquisite gong struck dumb
Cue synthesizer
Cue guitar
Bring in the drums
Cue fake drum
The idea of the world is no good
And the terrain is no good
The sea's blasted poem
A twinkle in the guitar player's eye
Cue synthesizer
Cue guitar
Cue synthesizer
Wherever you are
Open-door policy on not a goddamn thing at night
Death threat scrawled in invisible ink's alright
Been to America, been to Europe, it's the same shit
Went to America, went to Europe, it's all the same shit
I look around the room, I see a room of pit ponies
Drowning forever in a sea of love
I look around the room, we are a room of pit ponies
Drowning forever in a sea of love
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Cue synthesizer
Cue synthesizer
Cue synthesizer
Wherever you are
Cue synthesizer
Wherever you are
Cue synthesizer
Wherever you are
Cue synthesizer
Wherever you are
Like everything that's come before, you are gone
The idiot's dissonant roar
That exquisite gong struck dumb
Cue synthesizer
Cue guitar
Bring in the drums
Cue fake drum
The idea of the world is no good
And the terrain is no good
The sea's blasted poem
A twinkle in the guitar player's eye
Cue synthesizer
Cue guitar
Cue synthesizer
Wherever you are
Open-door policy on not a goddamn thing at night
Death threat scrawled in invisible ink's alright
Been to America, been to Europe, it's the same shit
Went to America, went to Europe, it's all the same shit
I look around the room, I see a room of pit ponies
Drowning forever in a sea of love
I look around the room, we are a room of pit ponies
Drowning forever in a sea of love
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Cue synthesizer
Cue synthesizer
Cue synthesizer
Wherever you are
Cue synthesizer
Wherever you are
Cue synthesizer
Wherever you are
Cue synthesizer
Wherever you are
University Hill lyrics - Destroyer
And when they come
To round us up
To gather us up
Shadow and air
I'll think of you
Standing there
Lovely in the light
And when they come
To bag us up
To make the world
Invisible
Oh man it already is…
Pretty as a picture…
But "pretty as a picture" is "halfway there."
A fortress of solitude's no contest when you stare at oblivion
The game is rigged in every direction
You play to win not a goddamn thing
You climb the walls, you're made of string
You climb the walls, you're made of string
You climb the walls, you're made of string!
And "pretty as a picture" means "halfway there."
Your fortress of solitude's no contest when you're staring at oblivion!
So when they come
To hack us up
Arms, legs, mouth, eyes
Used to be so nice
Used to be such a thrill…
Come on, University Hill!
(It's called love…)
To round us up
To gather us up
Shadow and air
I'll think of you
Standing there
Lovely in the light
And when they come
To bag us up
To make the world
Invisible
Oh man it already is…
Pretty as a picture…
But "pretty as a picture" is "halfway there."
A fortress of solitude's no contest when you stare at oblivion
The game is rigged in every direction
You play to win not a goddamn thing
You climb the walls, you're made of string
You climb the walls, you're made of string
You climb the walls, you're made of string!
And "pretty as a picture" means "halfway there."
Your fortress of solitude's no contest when you're staring at oblivion!
So when they come
To hack us up
Arms, legs, mouth, eyes
Used to be so nice
Used to be such a thrill…
Come on, University Hill!
(It's called love…)
The Man In Black's Blues lyrics - Destroyer
When you're looking for nothing
And you find nothing
And nothing
Turns out as planned
When you're looking for something
In the palm of your hand
It disappears
Before your very eyes
When you're looking for nothing
And you find Nothing
Is more beautiful
Than anything you ever knew
When you're looking for something
That you know is through
It's like it flies away
Before your very eyes
Knock knock
Did you say who you come for?
Knock knock
Did you say who you come for?
And you find nothing
And nothing
Turns out as planned
When you're looking for something
In the palm of your hand
It disappears
Before your very eyes
When you're looking for nothing
And you find Nothing
Is more beautiful
Than anything you ever knew
When you're looking for something
That you know is through
It's like it flies away
Before your very eyes
Knock knock
Did you say who you come for?
Knock knock
Did you say who you come for?
Foolssong lyrics - Destroyer
And with what shall I fix
The hole in the bucket, dear Liza
Where the honeyed diamonds of the light leaving your eyes were?
Shall I cancel the play? What, three showings a day?
It was shitty, we couldn't stay longer
Beneath the bridge we kissed
I was busy eating my own wrist for that…
I walked into the room and was made sick by the room
I painted a painting known as A Girl And Her Broom
Its figures all lit up -
Nagasaki, At Night, At War With The Devil!
It ain't easy being a baby like you!
And it ain't easy being a baby like me!
The hole in the bucket, dear Liza
Where the honeyed diamonds of the light leaving your eyes were?
Shall I cancel the play? What, three showings a day?
It was shitty, we couldn't stay longer
Beneath the bridge we kissed
I was busy eating my own wrist for that…
I walked into the room and was made sick by the room
I painted a painting known as A Girl And Her Broom
Its figures all lit up -
Nagasaki, At Night, At War With The Devil!
It ain't easy being a baby like you!
And it ain't easy being a baby like me!
Sky's Grey lyrics - Destroyer
Sky's grey
Call for rain
Everyday
You cancel the parade
Give up acting? Fuck no!
I'm just starting to get the good parts
Walk into a room and everything clicks
Bombs in the city, plays in the sticks
Bombs in the city, plays in the sticks
Bombs in the city, plays in the sticks
Should've seen it coming
Should've taken care
Should've tried pretending that anything was there
Come one, come all, dear young revolutionary capitalists
The groom's in the gutter
And the bride just pissed herself
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
Sky's grey
Call for rain
Everyday
You cancel the parade
Give up acting? Fuck no!
I'm just starting to get the good parts
Walk into a room and everything clicks
Bombs in the city, plays in the sticks
Bombs in the city, plays in the sticks
Bombs in the city, plays in the sticks
Should've seen it coming
Should've taken care
Should've tried pretending that anything was there
Come one, come all, dear young revolutionary capitalists
The groom's in the gutter
And the bride just pissed herself
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
I've been working on the new Oliver Twist
Sky's grey
In The Morning lyrics - Destroyer
You wanted it to be good
Yeah you thought that it would be ok
A death star in bloom
Another thought in the incinerator
You wanted it to be cool
Oh you thought that it would be alright
In the morning...
A death star in bloom
A rattle in the hand of a baby
A rattle in the hand of my baby
Goes the rhythm of the night
Yeah you wanted it to be cool
You thought that it would be alright
In the morning...
Hey you, come here
The band sing their songs and then disappear
The band sing their songs and then disappear into the rhythm of the night
Yeah you wanted it to be cool
You thought that it would be alright
In the morning...
In the morning...
In the morning...
Yeah you thought that it would be ok
A death star in bloom
Another thought in the incinerator
You wanted it to be cool
Oh you thought that it would be alright
In the morning...
A death star in bloom
A rattle in the hand of a baby
A rattle in the hand of my baby
Goes the rhythm of the night
Yeah you wanted it to be cool
You thought that it would be alright
In the morning...
Hey you, come here
The band sing their songs and then disappear
The band sing their songs and then disappear into the rhythm of the night
Yeah you wanted it to be cool
You thought that it would be alright
In the morning...
In the morning...
In the morning...
Tinseltown Swimming In Blood lyrics - Destroyer
Tinseltown swimming in blood
Tinsel ribbons dancing in the rain
Flowers on the skyline, hey how was the wine?
What comes round's going round again
Towers coming up for air
I couldn't see, I was blind
Off in the corner, doing poet's work
That's alright for now
It was just a dream of your blue eyes
Tinseltown dripping in blood
Tinsel women dancing in the wind
Dead flowers on the skyline
Hey how was the wine, baby?
What comes round is going round again
Now let me tell you about the dream:
I had no feeling, I had no past
I was the arctic, I was the vast
Spaces without reprieve
I was a dreamer
Watch me leave
Tinsel ribbons dancing in the rain
Flowers on the skyline, hey how was the wine?
What comes round's going round again
Towers coming up for air
I couldn't see, I was blind
Off in the corner, doing poet's work
That's alright for now
It was just a dream of your blue eyes
Tinseltown dripping in blood
Tinsel women dancing in the wind
Dead flowers on the skyline
Hey how was the wine, baby?
What comes round is going round again
Now let me tell you about the dream:
I had no feeling, I had no past
I was the arctic, I was the vast
Spaces without reprieve
I was a dreamer
Watch me leave
Cover From The Sun lyrics - Destroyer
Nancy takes a bow
Sheila takes Manhattan
Lunatics in satin
I think I know what you did last summer
You run for cover from the sun
So what's new, the girl thinks you are a blonde Che Guevara
Asleep in cars, theatre under stars
Shakespeare in the park, you've come undone
It was the year of the tour of the skin, not her own
My life's completely blown
I spent it on a feeling!
So sleep in cars
Theatre under stars
Read Shakespeare in the bars
I think I know what you did last summer
You run for cover from the sun
Sheila takes Manhattan
Lunatics in satin
I think I know what you did last summer
You run for cover from the sun
So what's new, the girl thinks you are a blonde Che Guevara
Asleep in cars, theatre under stars
Shakespeare in the park, you've come undone
It was the year of the tour of the skin, not her own
My life's completely blown
I spent it on a feeling!
So sleep in cars
Theatre under stars
Read Shakespeare in the bars
I think I know what you did last summer
You run for cover from the sun
Saw You At The Hospital lyrics - Destroyer
Saw you at the hospital
Your mind was insane
Your gown was on wrong in the rain
Well, it's a trick, at least I think so
I don't wanna know
Saw you at the Palace Hotel
In your robes from hell
On glass
Your silhouette
Says I'm not there yet
But soon I'm going to be...
Free at last
Saw you at the castle
Your eyes were clearly insane and your robes undone
I'm around, so is she
Do nothing till you hear from me, wasted beneath a landslide
Saw you at the hospital
Your mind was on fire
Your gowns were falling down
Well it's a scene, at least we think so
Well it's a scene, at least we think so
Says the amplifiers to the snow
You watch 'em, you watch 'em glow...
You watch 'em, you watch 'em glow...
You watch 'em, you watch 'em glow...
Your mind was insane
Your gown was on wrong in the rain
Well, it's a trick, at least I think so
I don't wanna know
Saw you at the Palace Hotel
In your robes from hell
On glass
Your silhouette
Says I'm not there yet
But soon I'm going to be...
Free at last
Saw you at the castle
Your eyes were clearly insane and your robes undone
I'm around, so is she
Do nothing till you hear from me, wasted beneath a landslide
Saw you at the hospital
Your mind was on fire
Your gowns were falling down
Well it's a scene, at least we think so
Well it's a scene, at least we think so
Says the amplifiers to the snow
You watch 'em, you watch 'em glow...
You watch 'em, you watch 'em glow...
You watch 'em, you watch 'em glow...
A Light Travels Down The Catwalk lyrics - Destroyer
Strike an empty pose
A pose is always empty
The girl sure loves her roses
The camera lens closes
On bullshit for the night
It's grief, it's suffering
A thorn in my side told me, "Hold, please"
A thorn in my side told me we'll see
A light travel down the catwalk
Let down your curls
Your guests will soon be arriving
On the boulevard of sinners
It's later than you think
On the boulevard of sinners, it's sunset...
Strike an empty pose
A pose ain't always empty
The boy sure knows his roses
The camera lens closes
On bullshit for the night
Money comes, money goes
A girl down on Easy Street gathers up her clothes
In Berlin it's sunny; Barcelona, it snows
A light travels down the catwalk
A light travels down the catwalk
A light travels down the catwalk
A light travels down the catwalk
Strike an empty pose
A pose is always empty
The girl sure loves her roses
The camera lens closes
On bullshit for the night
It's grief, it's suffering
A thorn in my side told me, "Hold, please"
A thorn in my side told me we'll see
A light travel down the catwalk
Let down your curls
Your guests will soon be arriving
On the boulevard of sinners
It's later than you think
On the boulevard of sinners, it's sunset...
Strike an empty pose
A pose ain't always empty
The boy sure knows his roses
The camera lens closes
On bullshit for the night
Money comes, money goes
A girl down on Easy Street gathers up her clothes
In Berlin it's sunny; Barcelona, it snows
A light travels down the catwalk
A light travels down the catwalk
A light travels down the catwalk
A light travels down the catwalk
Strike an empty pose
Rome lyrics - Destroyer
You go out, it's no good
You remain made of wood
It's cruel and unusual
It's insane to be out
In the cold light
In the hallways of the world
You keep hearing it said -
"You're a doornail, you're dead
You're dead. You're dead. You're dead."
You're dead...
But one look in his eyes and you know that you're going
One look and you know that you're gone
Please don't bother trying to find her
Let's check your sales, England and Wales
It's not looking good for the dusk, for the dawn
Do not save the date. Wait. Get out of town
You do not save the date, you wait
You get out of town
You do as Romans do
You do as Romans do
You do as Romans do
You remain made of wood
It's cruel and unusual
It's insane to be out
In the cold light
In the hallways of the world
You keep hearing it said -
"You're a doornail, you're dead
You're dead. You're dead. You're dead."
You're dead...
But one look in his eyes and you know that you're going
One look and you know that you're gone
Please don't bother trying to find her
Let's check your sales, England and Wales
It's not looking good for the dusk, for the dawn
Do not save the date. Wait. Get out of town
You do not save the date, you wait
You get out of town
You do as Romans do
You do as Romans do
You do as Romans do
Sometimes In The World lyrics - Destroyer
I can't pay for this. All I've got is money
And money don't make the world spin
Sometimes in the world the thing that you love dies
And you cry and you cry and cry
Sometimes in the world you turn your back on it
Don't normally go in for that kind of thing, as a rule
Vancouver's got a new Caligula, hey that's cool
Sometimes in the world. Sometimes in the world
Sometimes in the world. Sometimes in the world
Sometimes in the world, you're very alive
You're nuts and bolts and electrocutions
You're antidotes, you're solutions
I can't pay for this. All I've got is money
I can't pay for this. All I've got is money
And money don't make the world spin
Sometimes in the world the thing that you love dies
And you cry and you cry and cry
Sometimes in the world you turn your back on it
Don't normally go in for that kind of thing, as a rule
Vancouver's got a new Caligula, hey that's cool
Sometimes in the world. Sometimes in the world
Sometimes in the world. Sometimes in the world
Sometimes in the world, you're very alive
You're nuts and bolts and electrocutions
You're antidotes, you're solutions
I can't pay for this. All I've got is money
I can't pay for this. All I've got is money
Ivory Coast lyrics - Destroyer
At night I sit and watch the world go by
I'm never never gonna try for the world
Like a rolling stone, always alone
With the father and the ghost
And the ivory on the Ivory Coast
Mama says
"Sometimes everyone hurts
Some beasts eat their shirts
When they're hungry!"
The future looks bleak
The future looks bright
Colour of a star, in the shape of a kite
Will I have to say goodbye to all this dirt, all this snow?
Yes, I think so...
Mama said
"No no no no no."
Like a rolling stone, always alone
In any kind of weather
Good things come to those who wait forever
Good things come to those who wait forever
Good things come to those who wait forever
I'm never never gonna try for the world
Like a rolling stone, always alone
With the father and the ghost
And the ivory on the Ivory Coast
Mama says
"Sometimes everyone hurts
Some beasts eat their shirts
When they're hungry!"
The future looks bleak
The future looks bright
Colour of a star, in the shape of a kite
Will I have to say goodbye to all this dirt, all this snow?
Yes, I think so...
Mama said
"No no no no no."
Like a rolling stone, always alone
In any kind of weather
Good things come to those who wait forever
Good things come to those who wait forever
Good things come to those who wait forever
Stay Lost lyrics - Destroyer
Stay lost. Never found
Out on the street, in The Book of the Dead, for a living
Stay lost. It's an illusion
Being alone's an illusion
Come on, agitation!
W-w-wake up, sh-sh-shake it up!
Levitate! This burden is just
These here three stones!
Stay lost! Stray!
Out on the streets, in The Book of the Dead
Out on the streets, in The Book of the Dead
Out on the streets, in The Book of the Dead
Out on the streets, in The Book of the Dead
Out on the streets...
Out on the street, in The Book of the Dead, for a living
Stay lost. It's an illusion
Being alone's an illusion
Come on, agitation!
W-w-wake up, sh-sh-shake it up!
Levitate! This burden is just
These here three stones!
Stay lost! Stray!
Out on the streets, in The Book of the Dead
Out on the streets, in The Book of the Dead
Out on the streets, in The Book of the Dead
Out on the streets, in The Book of the Dead
Out on the streets...
La Regle Du Jeu lyrics - Destroyer
Tuesday: trees are weeping for the sky and its obscene
Marriage to a woman and its vulgar marriage to a man
A roll of the dice in a world that is bawling and totally loaded
That is bawling and totally loaded...
Thursday: possibilities, slim and endless
Possibilities, slim and endless
The excellent beautiful woman
Left behind at the party by her friends
With a pig of a man who is wasted
She is wasted and slightly blinded
But not so blind as to not see...
L'America...
But not so blind as to not see...
La Règle du Jeu, La Règle du Jeu
La Règle du Jeu, La Règle du Jeu
La Règle du Jeu, La Règle du Jeu
But not so blind as to not see...
Marriage to a woman and its vulgar marriage to a man
A roll of the dice in a world that is bawling and totally loaded
That is bawling and totally loaded...
Thursday: possibilities, slim and endless
Possibilities, slim and endless
The excellent beautiful woman
Left behind at the party by her friends
With a pig of a man who is wasted
She is wasted and slightly blinded
But not so blind as to not see...
L'America...
But not so blind as to not see...
La Règle du Jeu, La Règle du Jeu
La Règle du Jeu, La Règle du Jeu
La Règle du Jeu, La Règle du Jeu
But not so blind as to not see...
Times Square, Poison Season I lyrics - Destroyer
Jesus is beside himself
Jacob's in a state of decimation
The writing on the wall wasn't writing at all
Just forces of nature in love with a weather station
Artists and repertoire
Hand in hand through the greater way at dawn
The writing on the wall said, "Jesus saves"
The writing on the wall mentions Honey played a game with our waves
You can follow a rose wherever it grows
Yeah, you can fall in love with Times Square
Times Square
Jacob's in a state of decimation
The writing on the wall wasn't writing at all
Just forces of nature in love with a weather station
Artists and repertoire
Hand in hand through the greater way at dawn
The writing on the wall said, "Jesus saves"
The writing on the wall mentions Honey played a game with our waves
You can follow a rose wherever it grows
Yeah, you can fall in love with Times Square
Times Square
Dream Lover lyrics - Destroyer
Dream lover, I know
Someone's idea of fun
You and me thought in some city
Lovers on the run, lovers on the run
Haunted starlight gets in your eyes
Grabs hold of us and turns us around
All the signs say you're in for a surprise
All the signs are saying this way to town
All the signs are saying this way
You're sick in bed
You're sick in the head
You'd love a dog to play dead
You'd love a dog to play dead
I think I used to be more fun
Ah shit, here comes the sun
Oh shit, here comes the sun
Look, here comes that sun
And now, here comes that sun
And lovers on the run
And lovers on the run
And lovers on the run
Dream lover, I know
Dream lover, I know
Someone's idea of fun
You and me thought in some city
Lovers on the run, lovers on the run
Haunted starlight gets in your eyes
Grabs hold of us and turns us around
All the signs say you're in for a surprise
All the signs are saying this way to town
All the signs are saying this way
You're sick in bed
You're sick in the head
You'd love a dog to play dead
You'd love a dog to play dead
I think I used to be more fun
Ah shit, here comes the sun
Oh shit, here comes the sun
Look, here comes that sun
And now, here comes that sun
And lovers on the run
And lovers on the run
And lovers on the run
Dream lover, I know
Dream lover, I know
Forces From Above lyrics - Destroyer
Forces from above denied you the right to be free in your own way
Forces from above love the caps of the world
Forces from above denied you the right to be free in your own way
Forces from above, wish you were here, we think the world of you
I tried to follow the lines to the letter
I was in love with you and your sweater
Oh, forces from above
I climbed high the cathedral steps, it was getting on
The evening progressed like a song
But forces from above
I got paid and then I wrote a song
I got paid and then I rode a song into the heavens
Ba-dum bum
Ba-dum bum
Ba-dum bum
I tried to follow the lines to the letter
On her deathbed, she said, "I hope you get better"
Oh, forces from above
I climbed high the cathedral steps, it was getting on
The evening progresses like a song into the heavens
Into the heavens
Into the heavens
Into the heavens
Into the heavens
Forces from above love the caps of the world
Forces from above denied you the right to be free in your own way
Forces from above, wish you were here, we think the world of you
I tried to follow the lines to the letter
I was in love with you and your sweater
Oh, forces from above
I climbed high the cathedral steps, it was getting on
The evening progressed like a song
But forces from above
I got paid and then I wrote a song
I got paid and then I rode a song into the heavens
Ba-dum bum
Ba-dum bum
Ba-dum bum
I tried to follow the lines to the letter
On her deathbed, she said, "I hope you get better"
Oh, forces from above
I climbed high the cathedral steps, it was getting on
The evening progresses like a song into the heavens
Into the heavens
Into the heavens
Into the heavens
Into the heavens
Hell Is An Open Door lyrics - Destroyer
I'll take my chances on the road
On the inside, I'm an ocean
Like a wheel set into motion into the storm
I'll take my chances
I'll take my chances on the road
On the inside, I am an ocean
Like a wheel set into motion into the storm
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Every murderer voted out of office is sold down the river
Every time I try to look into your eyes, an angel flies by
Baby, it's dumb
Look what I've become
Scum
A relic
A satellite
I was born bright
Now I'm dark as a well
A kite washed up on the shoreline
It's hell down here, it's hell
[x3]
It's hell down here, it's hell
It's hell down here, it's hell
It's hell down here, it's hell
It's hell
It's hell down here, it's hell
It's hell down here, it's hell
It's hell down here
On the inside, I'm an ocean
Like a wheel set into motion into the storm
I'll take my chances
I'll take my chances on the road
On the inside, I am an ocean
Like a wheel set into motion into the storm
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Every murderer voted out of office is sold down the river
Every time I try to look into your eyes, an angel flies by
Baby, it's dumb
Look what I've become
Scum
A relic
A satellite
I was born bright
Now I'm dark as a well
A kite washed up on the shoreline
It's hell down here, it's hell
[x3]
It's hell down here, it's hell
It's hell down here, it's hell
It's hell down here, it's hell
It's hell
It's hell down here, it's hell
It's hell down here, it's hell
It's hell down here
The River lyrics - Destroyer
She despises the direction this city's been going in
She rises above it all, cause, after all
Someone's gotta go free and someone's gotta fall to the rhythm
Escape from New York, escape from L.A
Take it from me, leave London
You study your Braille, you listen to the hail outside
A comedy of souls, a plot thick with holes
In a windowless room on the outskirts of town overlooking the river
You're living, you're breathing
You're living, you're breathing
You try to believe what you don't believe
You wanted to go, you'll never leave
Lily-covered livers
The rich man shivers for reasons unknown in the wind
"I'm over before I begin," he says
"I'm over before I begin to go," he says
She rises above it all, cause, after all
Someone's gotta go free and someone's gotta fall to the rhythm
Escape from New York, escape from L.A
Take it from me, leave London
You study your Braille, you listen to the hail outside
A comedy of souls, a plot thick with holes
In a windowless room on the outskirts of town overlooking the river
You're living, you're breathing
You're living, you're breathing
You try to believe what you don't believe
You wanted to go, you'll never leave
Lily-covered livers
The rich man shivers for reasons unknown in the wind
"I'm over before I begin," he says
"I'm over before I begin to go," he says
Girl In A Sling lyrics - Destroyer
Two stars
Three stars
The night sky above
Used to mean everything
To horses in love
Girl in a sling
How come
Your eyes come
In and out of focus
In the park all alone?
Early spring
Girl in a sling
[x2]
I've been sifting through these remains for years
Bitter tears, bitter pills
Oh, it sucks when there's nothing but gold in those hills
Girl, I know what you're going through
I'm going there too
Girl, I know what you're going through
I'm going there too
I'm going there too
I'm going there too, ah
I'm going there too
I'm going there too, ah
I'm going there
Three stars
The night sky above
Used to mean everything
To horses in love
Girl in a sling
How come
Your eyes come
In and out of focus
In the park all alone?
Early spring
Girl in a sling
[x2]
I've been sifting through these remains for years
Bitter tears, bitter pills
Oh, it sucks when there's nothing but gold in those hills
Girl, I know what you're going through
I'm going there too
Girl, I know what you're going through
I'm going there too
I'm going there too
I'm going there too, ah
I'm going there too
I'm going there too, ah
I'm going there
Times Square lyrics - Destroyer
Jesus is beside himself
Jacob's in a state of decimation
The writing on the wall wasn't writing at all
Just forces of nature in love with a weather station
Artists and repertoire
Hand in hand through the greater way at dawn
The writing on the wall said, "Jesus saves"
The writing on the wall mentions
Honey played a game with our waves
You can follow a rose wherever it grows
Yeah, you can fall in love with Times Square
Times Square
Judy's beside herself
Jack's in a state of desolation
The writing on the wall wasn't writing at all
Just forces of nature in love with a radio station
You can follow a road to the ocean
Times Square
Times Square
Times Square
Oh, you could fall in love
Oh, you could fall in love
Oh, you could fall in love
Jacob's in a state of decimation
The writing on the wall wasn't writing at all
Just forces of nature in love with a weather station
Artists and repertoire
Hand in hand through the greater way at dawn
The writing on the wall said, "Jesus saves"
The writing on the wall mentions
Honey played a game with our waves
You can follow a rose wherever it grows
Yeah, you can fall in love with Times Square
Times Square
Judy's beside herself
Jack's in a state of desolation
The writing on the wall wasn't writing at all
Just forces of nature in love with a radio station
You can follow a road to the ocean
Times Square
Times Square
Times Square
Oh, you could fall in love
Oh, you could fall in love
Oh, you could fall in love
Archer On The Beach lyrics - Destroyer
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
The Ash King’s made of ashes, the Ice Queen’s made of snow
And Archer’s where you left him, with his arrows stuck inside a peach
Awake on your crutches in the moonlight, Archer on the beach
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
The Ass King’s made of asses, the Ice Queen’s native snow
And Archer’s where you left him, with his arrows slightly out of reach
Impossible raver on your death bed, Archer on the beach
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
The Ice Queen’s made of ashes, the Ash King’s made of snow
And Archer’s where you left him, with his arrows all in a heap
Stapled to the neck of the storm, Archer on the beach
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
The Ash King’s made of ashes, the Ice Queen’s made of snow
And Archer’s where you left him, with his arrows stuck inside a peach
Awake on your crutches in the moonlight, Archer on the beach
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
The Ass King’s made of asses, the Ice Queen’s native snow
And Archer’s where you left him, with his arrows slightly out of reach
Impossible raver on your death bed, Archer on the beach
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
The Ice Queen’s made of ashes, the Ash King’s made of snow
And Archer’s where you left him, with his arrows all in a heap
Stapled to the neck of the storm, Archer on the beach
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
Careful now, watch your step, in you go
Midnight Meet The Rain lyrics - Destroyer
You make a plea for me to come to my senses
Just like the time before, the time before that
Visit the symphony and I smell a rat, well
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
You were standing on deep waters
We fill our cups with rum
And raise a toast to them
And raise a toast to the world of scum around us closing in
I travel light towards the light
I suffered a terrible fright last night
And I've got no interest in getting dressed today
To go outside and play a game you know so well
You make a plea for me to come to my senses
Just like the time before, the time before that
I visit the symphony, I smell a rat, well
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
You've been standing on deep waters
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
You've been standing on deep waters
You've been standing on deep waters
You were standing on deep waters
Just like the time before, the time before that
Visit the symphony and I smell a rat, well
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
You were standing on deep waters
We fill our cups with rum
And raise a toast to them
And raise a toast to the world of scum around us closing in
I travel light towards the light
I suffered a terrible fright last night
And I've got no interest in getting dressed today
To go outside and play a game you know so well
You make a plea for me to come to my senses
Just like the time before, the time before that
I visit the symphony, I smell a rat, well
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
You've been standing on deep waters
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
Midnight meet the rain
You've been standing on deep waters
You've been standing on deep waters
You were standing on deep waters
Solace's Bride lyrics - Destroyer
Solace's bride's been having second thoughts
She's had some time to think it through
Stars blink, stars go wild and expire
Stars get made from fire
Solace's bride's been having second thoughts
She's had some time to think it through
Stars blink, stars go wild and expire
Stars get made from fire
I stare at the sky so I know which way's up
I drink my wine from a porcelain cup
I fall down
Solace's bride's been having second thoughts
She's had some time to think it through
She's made up her mind but they're not gonna let her
She doesn't want to get better
She doesn't want to get better
She doesn't want to get better
She doesn't want to get better
She's solace's bride
She's had some time to think it through
Stars blink, stars go wild and expire
Stars get made from fire
Solace's bride's been having second thoughts
She's had some time to think it through
Stars blink, stars go wild and expire
Stars get made from fire
I stare at the sky so I know which way's up
I drink my wine from a porcelain cup
I fall down
Solace's bride's been having second thoughts
She's had some time to think it through
She's made up her mind but they're not gonna let her
She doesn't want to get better
She doesn't want to get better
She doesn't want to get better
She doesn't want to get better
She's solace's bride
Bangkok lyrics - Destroyer
Like you, I've been around the world, seen a million girls
I've seen Bangkok, I've seen Bangkok
Black, blue, red, YZ, oh very nice
Very nice
Like you, I've been around the world, worn a million pearls
I've seen Bangkok, I've seen Bangkok
I've seen Bangkok, I've seen Bangkok
So bring out your dead, bring out the light
Bring out your dark birds in flight
Bring out your red roses too
Hey, what's got into Sunny? [x4]
Oh, what's got into Sunny?
Hey, what's got into Sunny?
I've seen Bangkok, I've seen Bangkok
Black, blue, red, YZ, oh very nice
Very nice
Like you, I've been around the world, worn a million pearls
I've seen Bangkok, I've seen Bangkok
I've seen Bangkok, I've seen Bangkok
So bring out your dead, bring out the light
Bring out your dark birds in flight
Bring out your red roses too
Hey, what's got into Sunny? [x4]
Oh, what's got into Sunny?
Hey, what's got into Sunny?
Sun In The Sky lyrics - Destroyer
You don't start the fire
You just turn it on
Yours is to always know not why
Just turn your head and walk away
Dinosaur in the ice
Buffalo on the plain
Sun in the sky still rising
Children lost in the grain
Sun in the sky still rising
Children lost in the grain
Suffering every way you'd look
Really good in that thing
I tried to write a book for you
Couldn't hold the pen, couldn't find the paper
Tender is the night
That sweeps us up in its folly
I left my keys on the kite
And my violin on the trolley
I left my keys on the kite
And my violin on the trolley
What's in that dark love?
Is it a song about Gloria?
Is it a song about love
And the stars up above?
You drink a cup of wine
To settle your nerves
You float down the Rhine
Beside your plastic bag
You float down the Rhine
Clutching a plastic bag
It's a miracle every time
I open my mouth
And silence is golden
It blinks and it sighs
It takes a look outside
At a ball on a tether
I know a lot about the light
And I heard a bit about the weather
I know a lot about the light
I heard a bit about the weather
To see you crane your neck
When the world's at war
When the world's at war
You get a tick in your neck
Some bands like the strife
Some bands like to shimmy
Bombs go off in your eye
I'm so much deeper than the damage
Bombs go off in your eye
I'm so much deeper than the damage
Dinosaur in the ice
Buffalo on the plain
Sun in the sky still rising
Sun in the sky still rising
Sun in the sky still rising
Sun in the sky
You just turn it on
Yours is to always know not why
Just turn your head and walk away
Dinosaur in the ice
Buffalo on the plain
Sun in the sky still rising
Children lost in the grain
Sun in the sky still rising
Children lost in the grain
Suffering every way you'd look
Really good in that thing
I tried to write a book for you
Couldn't hold the pen, couldn't find the paper
Tender is the night
That sweeps us up in its folly
I left my keys on the kite
And my violin on the trolley
I left my keys on the kite
And my violin on the trolley
What's in that dark love?
Is it a song about Gloria?
Is it a song about love
And the stars up above?
You drink a cup of wine
To settle your nerves
You float down the Rhine
Beside your plastic bag
You float down the Rhine
Clutching a plastic bag
It's a miracle every time
I open my mouth
And silence is golden
It blinks and it sighs
It takes a look outside
At a ball on a tether
I know a lot about the light
And I heard a bit about the weather
I know a lot about the light
I heard a bit about the weather
To see you crane your neck
When the world's at war
When the world's at war
You get a tick in your neck
Some bands like the strife
Some bands like to shimmy
Bombs go off in your eye
I'm so much deeper than the damage
Bombs go off in your eye
I'm so much deeper than the damage
Dinosaur in the ice
Buffalo on the plain
Sun in the sky still rising
Sun in the sky still rising
Sun in the sky still rising
Sun in the sky
Times Square, Poison Season Ii lyrics - Destroyer
Judy's beside herself
Jack's in a state of desolation
The writing on the wall wasn't writing at all
Just forces of nature in love with a radio station
You can follow a road to the ocean
Times Square
Times Square
Times Square
Oh, you could fall in love
Oh, you could fall in love
Oh, you could fall in love
Jack's in a state of desolation
The writing on the wall wasn't writing at all
Just forces of nature in love with a radio station
You can follow a road to the ocean
Times Square
Times Square
Times Square
Oh, you could fall in love
Oh, you could fall in love
Oh, you could fall in love
Maria De Las Nieves lyrics - Destroyer
SÃ, la fiesta terminó,
¿o ni siquiera comenzó?
Habrá que ver las huellas.
Esterilizantes con alcohol,
practicantes de una rara religión
como una monja bella,
a ver qué dice ella.
MarÃa de las Nieves se encerró en mi habitación,
tiene los pies frÃos y un puñal siniestro sobre el camisón.
MarÃa de las Nieves, se me rompe el corazón.
La casa sucia permanece a oscuras,
la mano negra está en un mar de dudas,
baraja las tarjetas,
la mano tiene jeta.
Hay luces de portales de Belén,
hay quien intenta que lo pase bien,
hay dos mil pesetas,
apenas se ve dentro la cara de un poeta.
MarÃa de las Nieves se encerró en
mi habitación,
tiene los pies frÃos y me da la sensación
de que ha perdido
la noción del tiempo y el sentido del tacto y el oÃdo
MarÃa de las Nieves se encerró en mi habitación,
¿por qué estará tan quieta? Los demás se han ido
y en mi dedo anular hay un aro de metal,
oigo cerca el llanto de un chiquillo, ¡ah...!
Los demás se han ido.
¿o ni siquiera comenzó?
Habrá que ver las huellas.
Esterilizantes con alcohol,
practicantes de una rara religión
como una monja bella,
a ver qué dice ella.
MarÃa de las Nieves se encerró en mi habitación,
tiene los pies frÃos y un puñal siniestro sobre el camisón.
MarÃa de las Nieves, se me rompe el corazón.
La casa sucia permanece a oscuras,
la mano negra está en un mar de dudas,
baraja las tarjetas,
la mano tiene jeta.
Hay luces de portales de Belén,
hay quien intenta que lo pase bien,
hay dos mil pesetas,
apenas se ve dentro la cara de un poeta.
MarÃa de las Nieves se encerró en
mi habitación,
tiene los pies frÃos y me da la sensación
de que ha perdido
la noción del tiempo y el sentido del tacto y el oÃdo
MarÃa de las Nieves se encerró en mi habitación,
¿por qué estará tan quieta? Los demás se han ido
y en mi dedo anular hay un aro de metal,
oigo cerca el llanto de un chiquillo, ¡ah...!
Los demás se han ido.
Del Monton lyrics - Destroyer
Cerca fue del castillo,
el de San Sebastián,
de las barcas que amarran
a la orilla del mar.
Nunca tú me quisiste,
yo vi ponerse el sol,
calabaza gigante:
ay, qué miedo me dio.
Pudo ser un amor del montón,
pero todo el montón era mÃo.
Y perdà la cabeza
y toqué pronto fondo.
Y se fue un pescador
al son del cante jondo.
Yo miraba al castillo
y me creÃa Franz Kafka,
y escribà una canción
que acabé en una tasca.
Pudo ser un amor del montón,
pero todo el montón era mÃo.
Pudo ser, pero nunca fue nada
y en nada se queda el montón.
Pudo ser un amor del montón,
pero todo el montón,
pero todo el montón,
pero todo el montón era mÃo.
Cerca fue del castillo,
el de San Sebastián,
de las barcas que amarran
a la orilla del mar.
el de San Sebastián,
de las barcas que amarran
a la orilla del mar.
Nunca tú me quisiste,
yo vi ponerse el sol,
calabaza gigante:
ay, qué miedo me dio.
Pudo ser un amor del montón,
pero todo el montón era mÃo.
Y perdà la cabeza
y toqué pronto fondo.
Y se fue un pescador
al son del cante jondo.
Yo miraba al castillo
y me creÃa Franz Kafka,
y escribà una canción
que acabé en una tasca.
Pudo ser un amor del montón,
pero todo el montón era mÃo.
Pudo ser, pero nunca fue nada
y en nada se queda el montón.
Pudo ser un amor del montón,
pero todo el montón,
pero todo el montón,
pero todo el montón era mÃo.
Cerca fue del castillo,
el de San Sebastián,
de las barcas que amarran
a la orilla del mar.
El Rito lyrics - Destroyer
Dale que toma, toma que dale
baila que se marchen las mañanas
asi el mes de abril.
Dia a desagua la madrugada,
a los 4 vientos de zarpada,
que bien te sienta asi.
Bailaras (bailara), saltaras esa hoguera que aparece
en tus ojos encendidos por un rito asi
Dale que toma, toma que dale
todos los acertijos son iguales,
pero este no es asi.
Martes y 13, 14 Y EFE tocan los tambores en la calle
Noviembre no es asi.
Bailara (bailara) saltaras esa hoguera que aparece
en tus ojos encendidos por un rito asi.
Bailaras saltaras esa hoguera que aparece
en tus ojos encendidos por ritos asi.
Dale que toma, toma que dale,
ya viene el vieto fresco de la tarde,
ya hueles en ti,
Que dia es hoy que dia es mañana te respondere con un abrazo,
por otro rito asi.
baila que se marchen las mañanas
asi el mes de abril.
Dia a desagua la madrugada,
a los 4 vientos de zarpada,
que bien te sienta asi.
Bailaras (bailara), saltaras esa hoguera que aparece
en tus ojos encendidos por un rito asi
Dale que toma, toma que dale
todos los acertijos son iguales,
pero este no es asi.
Martes y 13, 14 Y EFE tocan los tambores en la calle
Noviembre no es asi.
Bailara (bailara) saltaras esa hoguera que aparece
en tus ojos encendidos por un rito asi.
Bailaras saltaras esa hoguera que aparece
en tus ojos encendidos por ritos asi.
Dale que toma, toma que dale,
ya viene el vieto fresco de la tarde,
ya hueles en ti,
Que dia es hoy que dia es mañana te respondere con un abrazo,
por otro rito asi.
Babieca lyrics - Destroyer
La noche pasada soñé
que Murcia iba a desaparecer,
la noche pasada soñé
que Murcia iba a desaparecer.
La noche pasada soñé,
Granada ya no existÃa,
ni rastro de AlmerÃa,
la noche pasada soñé.
No, no sé para qué,
no sé para qué me desperté.
Tu voz me sacaba del catre,
me decÃa que fuera,
tu voz me sacaba del catre,
yo atravesaba Alicante,
diez tierras que hubiera delante
conocerÃan mi espada.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay,
más Babieca que yo aquà no hay,
más Babieca que yo aquà no hay, no.
Mi espada era Tizona
y mi caballo Babieca.
Mi espada era Tizona,
tú eras doña Jimena.
Crucé un desierto de pena
que parecÃa Arizona.
Era una tierra de infieles,
de muchos gitanos y payos,
era una tierra de infieles,
la que vi a lomos de mi caballo,
eran la tira de pieles
para hacer de mi capa un sayo.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay.
Era una tierra de infieles,
de muchos gitanos y payos,
era una tierra de infieles,
la que vi a lomos de mi caballo,
eran la tira de pieles
para hacer de mi capa un sayo.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay.
que Murcia iba a desaparecer,
la noche pasada soñé
que Murcia iba a desaparecer.
La noche pasada soñé,
Granada ya no existÃa,
ni rastro de AlmerÃa,
la noche pasada soñé.
No, no sé para qué,
no sé para qué me desperté.
Tu voz me sacaba del catre,
me decÃa que fuera,
tu voz me sacaba del catre,
yo atravesaba Alicante,
diez tierras que hubiera delante
conocerÃan mi espada.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay,
más Babieca que yo aquà no hay,
más Babieca que yo aquà no hay, no.
Mi espada era Tizona
y mi caballo Babieca.
Mi espada era Tizona,
tú eras doña Jimena.
Crucé un desierto de pena
que parecÃa Arizona.
Era una tierra de infieles,
de muchos gitanos y payos,
era una tierra de infieles,
la que vi a lomos de mi caballo,
eran la tira de pieles
para hacer de mi capa un sayo.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay.
Era una tierra de infieles,
de muchos gitanos y payos,
era una tierra de infieles,
la que vi a lomos de mi caballo,
eran la tira de pieles
para hacer de mi capa un sayo.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay.
Más Babieca que yo aquà no hay.
Bye Bye lyrics - Destroyer
1, 2, 3, 4
Pero tú de qué vas,
ya no pisaré tu dique de broma
en la gominola, bye, bye.
Ladridos que silbar,
juntos y a tres me alejo un pasito
de la escaramuza, bye, bye.
Tormenta en la comunión,
que conservarás en lona de circo,
estampa desnuda y no más.
Cangrejo de color
huye en el solar de lirios llorones,
harén de carmines, bye, bye.
Culebras en el telar,
es tu carnaval, rival en la sombra,
risueños de sobra, bye, bye.
Pero tú de qué vas,
ya no pisaré tu dique de broma
en la gominola, bye, bye.
Ladridos que silbar,
juntos y a tres me alejo un pasito
de la escaramuza, bye, bye.
Tormenta en la comunión,
que conservarás en lona de circo,
estampa desnuda y no más.
Cangrejo de color
huye en el solar de lirios llorones,
harén de carmines, bye, bye.
Culebras en el telar,
es tu carnaval, rival en la sombra,
risueños de sobra, bye, bye.
Chinatown lyrics - Destroyer
You can't believe
The way the wind's talking to the sea.
I heard that someone said it before,
I don't care,
I can't walk away, I can't walk away...
In Chinatown...
The wind and the rain:
To your detriment you try to explain
A government swallowed up in the squall.
I can't walk away, at all,
In Chinatown...
You can't believe,
Though I'm sure somebody's said it before:
I know you and I know the score...
I can't walk away, you can't walk away...
I can't walk away, you can't walk away...
I can't walk away, you can't walk away...
I can't walk away, you can't walk away...
I can't walk away...
The way the wind's talking to the sea.
I heard that someone said it before,
I don't care,
I can't walk away, I can't walk away...
In Chinatown...
The wind and the rain:
To your detriment you try to explain
A government swallowed up in the squall.
I can't walk away, at all,
In Chinatown...
You can't believe,
Though I'm sure somebody's said it before:
I know you and I know the score...
I can't walk away, you can't walk away...
I can't walk away, you can't walk away...
I can't walk away, you can't walk away...
I can't walk away, you can't walk away...
I can't walk away...
Blue Eyes lyrics - Destroyer
You terrify the land.
You are pestle and mortar.
Your first love's new order:
Mother Nature's Son.
King Of The Everglades: Population 1.
I write poetry for myself! I write poetry for myself...
You're a permanent figure of jacked-up sorrow.
I want you to love me. You send me a coffin of roses.
I guess that's the way that things go
These days...
Take pills, for instance, I heard they're no good for you.
"I won't and I never will," she said...
"I won't and I never will.
I won't and I never will.
I won't and I never will.
I won't and I never will..."
Blue Eyes...
Oh, baby can't you see they had it in for me,
They had it in for me, they had it in for me.
Oh, baby can't you see they had it in for me,
They had it in for me...
Blue Eyes...
I sent a message in a bottle to the press.
It said, "Don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves.
Don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves.
Don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves.
I've thumbed through the books on your shelves.
I've thumbed through the books on your shelves.
I've thumbed through the books on your shelves.
I've thumbed through the books on your shelves..."
Blue Eyes...
You are pestle and mortar.
Your first love's new order:
Mother Nature's Son.
King Of The Everglades: Population 1.
I write poetry for myself! I write poetry for myself...
You're a permanent figure of jacked-up sorrow.
I want you to love me. You send me a coffin of roses.
I guess that's the way that things go
These days...
Take pills, for instance, I heard they're no good for you.
"I won't and I never will," she said...
"I won't and I never will.
I won't and I never will.
I won't and I never will.
I won't and I never will..."
Blue Eyes...
Oh, baby can't you see they had it in for me,
They had it in for me, they had it in for me.
Oh, baby can't you see they had it in for me,
They had it in for me...
Blue Eyes...
I sent a message in a bottle to the press.
It said, "Don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves.
Don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves.
Don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves.
I've thumbed through the books on your shelves.
I've thumbed through the books on your shelves.
I've thumbed through the books on your shelves.
I've thumbed through the books on your shelves..."
Blue Eyes...
Savage Night At The Opera lyrics - Destroyer
A savage night at the opera.
Another savage night at the club.
Let's face it, old souls like us are being born to die!
It's not a war till someone loses an eye!
Yes, I'm familiar with your scene.
Some would say, shockingly uptight.
21-gun salute to the Fallen Birds Of The Sky.
I heard their record, it's alright...
Hey, Infinite Sense Of Value...
Hey, Infinite Sense Of Value...
Hey, Mystic Prince Of The Purlieu At Night!
I heard your record, it's alright...
You'll never guess just what I've seen...
A horse abandoned midstream...
Quatrain etched on a dirtpile...
Quatrain etched, hey that's your style!
You'll never guess just where I've been...
A life abandoned midstream...
Quatrain etched on a turnstile...
Just set the loop and then go wild-
er...
Another savage night at the club.
Let's face it, old souls like us are being born to die!
It's not a war till someone loses an eye!
Yes, I'm familiar with your scene.
Some would say, shockingly uptight.
21-gun salute to the Fallen Birds Of The Sky.
I heard their record, it's alright...
Hey, Infinite Sense Of Value...
Hey, Infinite Sense Of Value...
Hey, Mystic Prince Of The Purlieu At Night!
I heard your record, it's alright...
You'll never guess just what I've seen...
A horse abandoned midstream...
Quatrain etched on a dirtpile...
Quatrain etched, hey that's your style!
You'll never guess just where I've been...
A life abandoned midstream...
Quatrain etched on a turnstile...
Just set the loop and then go wild-
er...
Suicide Demo For Kara Walker lyrics - Destroyer
Brown paper bag, don't stop me now,
I'm on a roll.
Plain brown wrapper in your pocket.
Is it still the invisible man you're consorting with,
Woman?
Now that you got it all...wrong...
You got it all...Backwards Girl.
Enter through the exit and exist through the entrance
When you can.
Seen you consort with your invisible manhole.
Fool child, you're never gonna make it.
New York City just wants to see you naked
(And they will).
Though they'd never say so.
Wise, old, black and dead in the snow:
My southern sister...
"Sister, Sister" was the name of the band.
Flesh and blood, my death close at hand! Sister,
This is not about me and it's not about you, I swear!
No hard feelings, nothing personal, soft sculpture rides the air,
For free...
Words words words...
Longings longings longings...
All in vain...
Just ask Vanity, abandoned out in the rain
By the world, another proud American...
And as proud Americans, we let it slide...away...
Harmless little Negress,
You got to say yes
To another excess...
Let's go for a ride today...
In possession of eyes, that's it...
In possession of eyes, that's it...
A southern bunkhouse, blue skies up above,
A kindly figure of feminine grace and wit passes for love,
These days...
All that slender-wristed white translucent business
Passes for love, these days...
Mushhead genius
Passes for love, these days...
Four more years... Four more years...
Four hundred more years of this shit
(Fuck it)!
I look up I see the North Star, I look up I see the North Star
When I look up at the bar through these tears...
Four white pillars, Yankee-style...
All of America loves to lights his pipes...
All of America live to light his pipe at night...
To which Dixie responds - "Freeeee...
Me..."
And unlashes his sashes...
Again...
Maybe or maybe not ("fast forward" she said)...
Maybe once the seed is sown ("fast forward" she said)...
"This bird has flown south," she said.
"Don't talk about the south," she said.
It's not you, it's nothing personal,
No hard feelings, nothing's there...
Soft sculpture rides hard on the air...
Now that you got it all...wrong...
You got it all...backwards girl...
Enter through the exit and exit through the entrance...
When you can...
I'm on a roll.
Plain brown wrapper in your pocket.
Is it still the invisible man you're consorting with,
Woman?
Now that you got it all...wrong...
You got it all...Backwards Girl.
Enter through the exit and exist through the entrance
When you can.
Seen you consort with your invisible manhole.
Fool child, you're never gonna make it.
New York City just wants to see you naked
(And they will).
Though they'd never say so.
Wise, old, black and dead in the snow:
My southern sister...
"Sister, Sister" was the name of the band.
Flesh and blood, my death close at hand! Sister,
This is not about me and it's not about you, I swear!
No hard feelings, nothing personal, soft sculpture rides the air,
For free...
Words words words...
Longings longings longings...
All in vain...
Just ask Vanity, abandoned out in the rain
By the world, another proud American...
And as proud Americans, we let it slide...away...
Harmless little Negress,
You got to say yes
To another excess...
Let's go for a ride today...
In possession of eyes, that's it...
In possession of eyes, that's it...
A southern bunkhouse, blue skies up above,
A kindly figure of feminine grace and wit passes for love,
These days...
All that slender-wristed white translucent business
Passes for love, these days...
Mushhead genius
Passes for love, these days...
Four more years... Four more years...
Four hundred more years of this shit
(Fuck it)!
I look up I see the North Star, I look up I see the North Star
When I look up at the bar through these tears...
Four white pillars, Yankee-style...
All of America loves to lights his pipes...
All of America live to light his pipe at night...
To which Dixie responds - "Freeeee...
Me..."
And unlashes his sashes...
Again...
Maybe or maybe not ("fast forward" she said)...
Maybe once the seed is sown ("fast forward" she said)...
"This bird has flown south," she said.
"Don't talk about the south," she said.
It's not you, it's nothing personal,
No hard feelings, nothing's there...
Soft sculpture rides hard on the air...
Now that you got it all...wrong...
You got it all...backwards girl...
Enter through the exit and exit through the entrance...
When you can...
Poor In Love lyrics - Destroyer
I was poor in love. I was poor in wealth.
I was okay in everything else there was.
Oh, I was poor in love.
I was poor in love...
I was poor in love. I was poor in wealth.
I was okay in everything else there was.
Oh, I was poor in love.
I was poor in love...
She took me aside and said -
"Look I don't do this every day,
You got style!... All you've got in style!
I can see it from a mile away!"
Oh, I was poor in love.
I was poor in love...
"You were born okay.
Rich in name alone.
Your Jesuit profile will suit
The coming apocalypse!"
Oh, I was poor in love.
Poor in love...
Why does everybody sing along?
Why does everybody sing along,
When we built this city on
Ruins?...
Why does everybody sing along?
Why does everybody sing along,
When we built this city on
Ruins?...
On ruins...
On ruins...
I was okay in everything else there was.
Oh, I was poor in love.
I was poor in love...
I was poor in love. I was poor in wealth.
I was okay in everything else there was.
Oh, I was poor in love.
I was poor in love...
She took me aside and said -
"Look I don't do this every day,
You got style!... All you've got in style!
I can see it from a mile away!"
Oh, I was poor in love.
I was poor in love...
"You were born okay.
Rich in name alone.
Your Jesuit profile will suit
The coming apocalypse!"
Oh, I was poor in love.
Poor in love...
Why does everybody sing along?
Why does everybody sing along,
When we built this city on
Ruins?...
Why does everybody sing along?
Why does everybody sing along,
When we built this city on
Ruins?...
On ruins...
On ruins...
Kaputt lyrics - Destroyer
Wasting your days
Chasing some girl's alright.
Chasing cocaine
Through the backrooms of the world all night.
Wasting your days
Chasing some girl's alright.
Chasing cocaine
Through the backrooms of the world all night.
Sounds, Smash Hits, Melody Maker, NME,
All sound like a dream to me.
All sound like a dream to me.
All sounds like a dream...
Sounds, Smash Hits, Melody Maker, NME,
All sound like a dream to me.
All sound like a dream to me.
All sounds like a dream...
Step out of your toga and into the fog,
You are a prince on the ocean...
(In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye)
Step out of your toga into the ocean,
Look they got your prints on the fog...
(In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye)
Chasing some girl's alright.
Chasing cocaine
Through the backrooms of the world all night.
Wasting your days
Chasing some girl's alright.
Chasing cocaine
Through the backrooms of the world all night.
Sounds, Smash Hits, Melody Maker, NME,
All sound like a dream to me.
All sound like a dream to me.
All sounds like a dream...
Sounds, Smash Hits, Melody Maker, NME,
All sound like a dream to me.
All sound like a dream to me.
All sounds like a dream...
Step out of your toga and into the fog,
You are a prince on the ocean...
(In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye)
Step out of your toga into the ocean,
Look they got your prints on the fog...
(In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye)
Downtown lyrics - Destroyer
I was just getting used
To having you 'round.
You went wandering
Around the world.
I woke up.
I went downtown.
I woke up and everything was drowning...
Downtown...
Little Comet (that's the name we gave him!)
's been trying.
But he doesn't see why
MaryJane from down the lane went insane.
Oh she's still better off than I am...
Downtown!...
Held a candle to the window,
Then the door.
Saw the features of the world light up,
Oh Eva, your face!
I was a four-leaf clover.
I was Red Rover on his way over
To your place!...
I was just getting used
To having you 'round
You went wandering
Around the world.
I woke up,
I went downtown.
I woke up
And everything was drowning...
To having you 'round.
You went wandering
Around the world.
I woke up.
I went downtown.
I woke up and everything was drowning...
Downtown...
Little Comet (that's the name we gave him!)
's been trying.
But he doesn't see why
MaryJane from down the lane went insane.
Oh she's still better off than I am...
Downtown!...
Held a candle to the window,
Then the door.
Saw the features of the world light up,
Oh Eva, your face!
I was a four-leaf clover.
I was Red Rover on his way over
To your place!...
I was just getting used
To having you 'round
You went wandering
Around the world.
I woke up,
I went downtown.
I woke up
And everything was drowning...
Song For America lyrics - Destroyer
I wrote a song for America they told me it was clever,
Jessica's gone on vacation on the dark side of town forever.
Who knew? Who knew?
I wrote a song for America they told me it was clever,
Jessica's gone on vacation on the dark side of town forever.
Who knew? Who knew?
I wrote a song for America they told me it was clever,
Jessica's gone on vacation on the dark side of town forever.
Who knew? Who knew?
Who knew? Who knew?
Winter, spring, summer and fall,
Animals crawl, towards death's embrace.
Winter, spring, summer, fall, unspeakable!
In a morning, on a Sunday, just wasted in the rain!
Winter, spring, summer and fall,
Animals crawl, towards death's embrace.
Winter, spring, summer, fall, unspeakable!
In a morning, on a Sunday, just wasted in the rain!
Winter, spring, summer and fall,
Animals crawl, towards death's embrace.
Winter, spring, summer, fall, unspeakable!
In a morning, on a Sunday, just wasted in the rain!
Jessica's gone on vacation on the dark side of town forever.
Who knew? Who knew?
I wrote a song for America they told me it was clever,
Jessica's gone on vacation on the dark side of town forever.
Who knew? Who knew?
I wrote a song for America they told me it was clever,
Jessica's gone on vacation on the dark side of town forever.
Who knew? Who knew?
Who knew? Who knew?
Winter, spring, summer and fall,
Animals crawl, towards death's embrace.
Winter, spring, summer, fall, unspeakable!
In a morning, on a Sunday, just wasted in the rain!
Winter, spring, summer and fall,
Animals crawl, towards death's embrace.
Winter, spring, summer, fall, unspeakable!
In a morning, on a Sunday, just wasted in the rain!
Winter, spring, summer and fall,
Animals crawl, towards death's embrace.
Winter, spring, summer, fall, unspeakable!
In a morning, on a Sunday, just wasted in the rain!
Bay Of Pigs (Detail) lyrics - Destroyer
Soon.
Soon.
Listen, I've been drinking
As our house lies in ruin.
I don't know what I'm doing
Alone in the dark
At the park or at the pier,
Watching ships disappear in the rain.
The world's just bones.
The world is black stones dressed up in the rain
With no place to go but home-
Just like Nance.
On a night like this, why, she's pro-stars, pro-sky.
All lit up and sick of fighting
Beneath the diseased lighting of the discotheque at night.
It don't mean a thing. It never means a thing.
It don't mean a thing. It never means a thing.
It's got that swing.
I've seen it all. I've seen it all.
Magnolia's a girl. Her heart's made of wood.
As apocalypses go, that's pretty good.
Sha-la-la, wouldn't you say?
Please remove your spurs.
Come to think of it, remove your antlers.
Haven't seen you for ages.
I still fly into rages at the mention of your name,
Christine White.
I think about you often, off in the desert,
Laughing your head off in the Forest of the Night.
Say a prayer for the light.
So now I live well. I live in the mine.
I'm still slinging mud at the towers all the time.
I took a walk
And threw up in an English Garden.
I was born in the North, but my father's from the South.
Love is a political beast with jaws for a mouth. I don't care!
You're upset- and have every right to be.
Regretfully, you decline.
Every night was a waste of time.
Every night. Every night. Every night.
You were on the side of good.
I was inside of the sea's guts,
A crumbling beauty trapped in a river of ice.
A crumbling beauty trapped in Paradise,
Oh yes, it was Paradise!
The tide comes in and the tide goes out again.
I suppose this is the kind of thing we see every day.
The tide comes in. The tide goes away.
Oh, the tide comes in. Yeah, the tide. Yes, the tide.
A ransom note written on the night sky above
Reminds me what-in-particular about this wine I love.
Like a punctured beast, better-off dead,
Compliments going to my head:
La-da-da, la-da-da!
And speaking of my mind (the Sunflower),
And speaking of a world turning sour on you,
I was twenty years old in 1992.
I was bathed in golden sunlight, alright?
I was ripped on dope. You were a ray of sunshine.
I was a hopeless romantic. You were swine.
You've got to spend money to make money.
You've got to stop calling me "honey".
Oh world! You f*cking explosion that turns us around!
The searchlight slumps over, so sick of the night,
And the kids on the boats, busted in the shipyard
Going down, down, down, down, down, down, down.
You traveled light (all night, every night),
To arrive at the conclusion
Of the world's inutterable secret,
And you shut your mouth.
I've seen it all. I've seen it all. I've seen it all.
Free and easy. Gentle. Gentle.
The wind through the trees makes you mental for me.
Nancy, in a state of crisis, on a cloud.
Soon.
Soon.
Soon.
Listen, I've been drinking
As our house lies in ruin.
I don't know what I'm doing
Alone in the dark
At the park or at the pier,
Watching ships disappear in the rain.
The world's just bones.
The world is black stones dressed up in the rain
With no place to go but home-
Just like Nance.
On a night like this, why, she's pro-stars, pro-sky.
All lit up and sick of fighting
Beneath the diseased lighting of the discotheque at night.
It don't mean a thing. It never means a thing.
It don't mean a thing. It never means a thing.
It's got that swing.
I've seen it all. I've seen it all.
Magnolia's a girl. Her heart's made of wood.
As apocalypses go, that's pretty good.
Sha-la-la, wouldn't you say?
Please remove your spurs.
Come to think of it, remove your antlers.
Haven't seen you for ages.
I still fly into rages at the mention of your name,
Christine White.
I think about you often, off in the desert,
Laughing your head off in the Forest of the Night.
Say a prayer for the light.
So now I live well. I live in the mine.
I'm still slinging mud at the towers all the time.
I took a walk
And threw up in an English Garden.
I was born in the North, but my father's from the South.
Love is a political beast with jaws for a mouth. I don't care!
You're upset- and have every right to be.
Regretfully, you decline.
Every night was a waste of time.
Every night. Every night. Every night.
You were on the side of good.
I was inside of the sea's guts,
A crumbling beauty trapped in a river of ice.
A crumbling beauty trapped in Paradise,
Oh yes, it was Paradise!
The tide comes in and the tide goes out again.
I suppose this is the kind of thing we see every day.
The tide comes in. The tide goes away.
Oh, the tide comes in. Yeah, the tide. Yes, the tide.
A ransom note written on the night sky above
Reminds me what-in-particular about this wine I love.
Like a punctured beast, better-off dead,
Compliments going to my head:
La-da-da, la-da-da!
And speaking of my mind (the Sunflower),
And speaking of a world turning sour on you,
I was twenty years old in 1992.
I was bathed in golden sunlight, alright?
I was ripped on dope. You were a ray of sunshine.
I was a hopeless romantic. You were swine.
You've got to spend money to make money.
You've got to stop calling me "honey".
Oh world! You f*cking explosion that turns us around!
The searchlight slumps over, so sick of the night,
And the kids on the boats, busted in the shipyard
Going down, down, down, down, down, down, down.
You traveled light (all night, every night),
To arrive at the conclusion
Of the world's inutterable secret,
And you shut your mouth.
I've seen it all. I've seen it all. I've seen it all.
Free and easy. Gentle. Gentle.
The wind through the trees makes you mental for me.
Nancy, in a state of crisis, on a cloud.
Soon.
Soon.
Blue Flower / Blue Flame lyrics - Destroyer
Okay, fine,
even the sky looks like wine,
and everywhere I turn there's
a new face in town
stuck inside the well
fresh hells to attend to...
Blue flower, blue flame
a woman by another name is not a woman.
Don't know why,
don't know when,
a cathedral sick of the sky again
says to it––
"Oh, please not now! Will you just look at the time––it's standing still!"
Somewhere applause falls dead on the hillside...
Blue flower, blue flame
a woman by another name is not a woman.
I'll tell you what I mean by that.
Maybe not in seconds flat,
maybe not today...
Blue flower, blue flame
a woman by another name is not a woman.
I'll tell you what I mean by that.
Maybe not in seconds flat,
maybe never.
A gray ashen sadness rises like the sun, oh well.
It was time I decided to try this hotel:
Her world...
Tulip has an inner animal,
she's in it for a good time.
I was on the outs for a while
but now things are all right.
I gave you a flower because foxes travel light
and a penny for your thoughts was never enough––
your head gets filled with that stuff.
even the sky looks like wine,
and everywhere I turn there's
a new face in town
stuck inside the well
fresh hells to attend to...
Blue flower, blue flame
a woman by another name is not a woman.
Don't know why,
don't know when,
a cathedral sick of the sky again
says to it––
"Oh, please not now! Will you just look at the time––it's standing still!"
Somewhere applause falls dead on the hillside...
Blue flower, blue flame
a woman by another name is not a woman.
I'll tell you what I mean by that.
Maybe not in seconds flat,
maybe not today...
Blue flower, blue flame
a woman by another name is not a woman.
I'll tell you what I mean by that.
Maybe not in seconds flat,
maybe never.
A gray ashen sadness rises like the sun, oh well.
It was time I decided to try this hotel:
Her world...
Tulip has an inner animal,
she's in it for a good time.
I was on the outs for a while
but now things are all right.
I gave you a flower because foxes travel light
and a penny for your thoughts was never enough––
your head gets filled with that stuff.
Dark Leaves Form A Thread lyrics - Destroyer
Susan, the truth is,
sipping sherry branded by moonlight's just a game people are playing tonight.
Seriously, terror advances...so
Sorry if you should find me
thinking of only the things that I need.
I've been living in America in churches of greed––it's sick!
No, it's cool.
You go. I'll stay,
perfectly at home with this dread.
Dark leaves form a thread!
So,
should you still want me
you can find me down at the café,
a little bit too busy being served.
Sworn enemy of the waitresses there,
a late September sunlight travels through her hair––it wants to be seen...
Nah, it's cool.
You go. I'll stay,
perfectly at home with this dread.
Dark leaves form a thread!
sipping sherry branded by moonlight's just a game people are playing tonight.
Seriously, terror advances...so
Sorry if you should find me
thinking of only the things that I need.
I've been living in America in churches of greed––it's sick!
No, it's cool.
You go. I'll stay,
perfectly at home with this dread.
Dark leaves form a thread!
So,
should you still want me
you can find me down at the café,
a little bit too busy being served.
Sworn enemy of the waitresses there,
a late September sunlight travels through her hair––it wants to be seen...
Nah, it's cool.
You go. I'll stay,
perfectly at home with this dread.
Dark leaves form a thread!
The State lyrics - Destroyer
Oh, The State cut off my arms
and the state tore my eyes with her nails.
Hey, I was just put on this earth––a bad wind to trash the sails of all you evil men!
You should know somewhere in the night
There's a blue broken drum playing dead.
And that's...good to know!
Oh, The State tore out our hearts
and The State exposed our hearts
and wounded me, gave me this bad knee, tore down my baby's favorite tree...
But, oh!
You should know somewhere in the night
There's a blue broken drum playing dead.
And that's good to know!
Loose lips sink the lives of disgusting women,
so the State rolled me up into a ball.
I crushed diamonds in the fall and traded them for bread!
Turn away if you should hear me begin to sing!
I look like a fucking monster with this wing!
Craving new experiences, so what––
Oh but maybe you should know!
Somewhere in the night
there's a blue broken drum playing dead!
and the state tore my eyes with her nails.
Hey, I was just put on this earth––a bad wind to trash the sails of all you evil men!
You should know somewhere in the night
There's a blue broken drum playing dead.
And that's...good to know!
Oh, The State tore out our hearts
and The State exposed our hearts
and wounded me, gave me this bad knee, tore down my baby's favorite tree...
But, oh!
You should know somewhere in the night
There's a blue broken drum playing dead.
And that's good to know!
Loose lips sink the lives of disgusting women,
so the State rolled me up into a ball.
I crushed diamonds in the fall and traded them for bread!
Turn away if you should hear me begin to sing!
I look like a fucking monster with this wing!
Craving new experiences, so what––
Oh but maybe you should know!
Somewhere in the night
there's a blue broken drum playing dead!
Foam Hands lyrics - Destroyer
True love regrets to inform you
There are certain things you must do
to perceive his face In the stains on the wall
I didn't know what time it was at all
I didn't know what time it was at all
Foam hands
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
Me and the King have been steadily growing apart
He lives down the hall
I didn't know what time it was at all
I didn't know what time it was at all
Foam hands
I'm not the kind
To tell you what is true
And what is totally out of control
I didn't know what time it was at all
I didn't know what time it was at all
Foam hands
Foam hands
Foam hands
Foam hands
There are certain things you must do
to perceive his face In the stains on the wall
I didn't know what time it was at all
I didn't know what time it was at all
Foam hands
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
Me and the King have been steadily growing apart
He lives down the hall
I didn't know what time it was at all
I didn't know what time it was at all
Foam hands
I'm not the kind
To tell you what is true
And what is totally out of control
I didn't know what time it was at all
I didn't know what time it was at all
Foam hands
Foam hands
Foam hands
Foam hands
My Favorite Year lyrics - Destroyer
You in white, and me in grey go well tonight.
So let's linger here.
This used to be my favorite palm tree––
I was starving in that shithouse, the world.
But now it's gone,
and the whole point of everything's the "moving on."
Well, let's see, a calm and a storm and––okay!––a star's born.
Now let me just sit here and eat these almonds, on 3 and 4 and...!
Beware the company you reside in! Beware the company you reside in!
Beware the company you reside in! Beware the company you reside in!
Beware the company you reside in! Beware the company you reside in!
Beware the company you reside in!
Beware!
Nicole, she, blasted on ecstasy
in some East Pender hovel circa 1993.
It was a good year, it was a very good year.
And now it's gone,
they're saying the whole point of everything's the "moving on."
Well, I can't help but feel somewhat opposed to this,
my shit having been torched by fascists.
Though, in some small way, we're all traitors to our own kind...
So let's linger here.
This used to be my favorite palm tree––
I was starving in that shithouse, the world.
But now it's gone,
and the whole point of everything's the "moving on."
Well, let's see, a calm and a storm and––okay!––a star's born.
Now let me just sit here and eat these almonds, on 3 and 4 and...!
Beware the company you reside in! Beware the company you reside in!
Beware the company you reside in! Beware the company you reside in!
Beware the company you reside in! Beware the company you reside in!
Beware the company you reside in!
Beware!
Nicole, she, blasted on ecstasy
in some East Pender hovel circa 1993.
It was a good year, it was a very good year.
And now it's gone,
they're saying the whole point of everything's the "moving on."
Well, I can't help but feel somewhat opposed to this,
my shit having been torched by fascists.
Though, in some small way, we're all traitors to our own kind...
Shooting Rockets (From The Desk Of Night's Ape) lyrics - Destroyer
Caution, hot ashes
The girl says to her first kiss
They stuck eternity inside a bird's fist just to watch it fly
Just to make it go
Just to let them slip away
Don't ask me how I know
I just do
Night surgeon dons his robes
To take apart a fellow amateur
Well I've heard it once said
One gives what one gets
Oh I didn't go out into this world
Just to get stung by rich mans hornets
Who amongst us has left these things undone
Who let these animals into my kingdom
A blind doe learns to work the rig
A once thin man turns into a pig
The endless groves where my soul pukes the night away
The problem as I see it
I was messed up
On a tangent I was wrong
They mix them strong
And I was partial to the feeling
It's a terrible feast we've been stuffing our faces on
A terrible breeze from the east coming on
Bearing the scent of our one hundred first kills
You love her you leave her
You try to achieve
But the vision that she has from the start
I've got street despair carved into my heart
I've got street despair carved into my heart
My dear didn't you hear
A chorus is a thing that bears repeating
And the problem as I see it is
Girls stay away from that shit
Saw you in Swan Lake you were great
Saw you down in Strathcona square devouring an AfterEight
Who cares I didn't mean it
For your last encore
You sawed yourself in half
It was just you and your raft and this crummy requiem
Shooting rockets
Run or fly
At some point I had to ask why
I had to show you a world not tethered to disasters
But this would prove impossible
I snuck a look inside your skull and said
Don't look now
But Gretchen's seeing red again
The truth is a thing to coax out of it shell
The truth on this you and I are going to tangle
Off treacherous bliss off
First you come in all sweet
And then on tiger's paws you retreat
Into a darken nether shadow region
Hey are they still serving that piss
Shooting rockets
And it'd be true what they say
Were they to say why yes I dig the scourge
It's not that I quit
It's not that my poems are shit
In the light of the privilege of dreams
Alive she cried once now alive she screams
Shooting rockets
Praise be the delightful muezzin tending his flock
Praise be those alabaster hands running amok on your body
They love you in spite of your lame scene
We live in darkness the light is a dream you see
Shooting rockets
The girl says to her first kiss
They stuck eternity inside a bird's fist just to watch it fly
Just to make it go
Just to let them slip away
Don't ask me how I know
I just do
Night surgeon dons his robes
To take apart a fellow amateur
Well I've heard it once said
One gives what one gets
Oh I didn't go out into this world
Just to get stung by rich mans hornets
Who amongst us has left these things undone
Who let these animals into my kingdom
A blind doe learns to work the rig
A once thin man turns into a pig
The endless groves where my soul pukes the night away
The problem as I see it
I was messed up
On a tangent I was wrong
They mix them strong
And I was partial to the feeling
It's a terrible feast we've been stuffing our faces on
A terrible breeze from the east coming on
Bearing the scent of our one hundred first kills
You love her you leave her
You try to achieve
But the vision that she has from the start
I've got street despair carved into my heart
I've got street despair carved into my heart
My dear didn't you hear
A chorus is a thing that bears repeating
And the problem as I see it is
Girls stay away from that shit
Saw you in Swan Lake you were great
Saw you down in Strathcona square devouring an AfterEight
Who cares I didn't mean it
For your last encore
You sawed yourself in half
It was just you and your raft and this crummy requiem
Shooting rockets
Run or fly
At some point I had to ask why
I had to show you a world not tethered to disasters
But this would prove impossible
I snuck a look inside your skull and said
Don't look now
But Gretchen's seeing red again
The truth is a thing to coax out of it shell
The truth on this you and I are going to tangle
Off treacherous bliss off
First you come in all sweet
And then on tiger's paws you retreat
Into a darken nether shadow region
Hey are they still serving that piss
Shooting rockets
And it'd be true what they say
Were they to say why yes I dig the scourge
It's not that I quit
It's not that my poems are shit
In the light of the privilege of dreams
Alive she cried once now alive she screams
Shooting rockets
Praise be the delightful muezzin tending his flock
Praise be those alabaster hands running amok on your body
They love you in spite of your lame scene
We live in darkness the light is a dream you see
Shooting rockets
Introducing Angels lyrics - Destroyer
Common scars brought us together.
Common scars brought us together.
A commoner's scars brought us together beneath an idiot's moon.
It comes too soon.
Just plant Tulip and watch her bloom.
Introducing angels.
Common scars brought us together.
Common scars brought us together.
Prominent scars brought us together beneath the light of the moon.
It's not too soon.
Flower-girl stalks the groom:
a degenerate drunk on war graves, saying–– "Guide me, misty poets!"
Introducing angels.
Common scars brought us together.
A commoner's scars brought us together beneath an idiot's moon.
It comes too soon.
Just plant Tulip and watch her bloom.
Introducing angels.
Common scars brought us together.
Common scars brought us together.
Prominent scars brought us together beneath the light of the moon.
It's not too soon.
Flower-girl stalks the groom:
a degenerate drunk on war graves, saying–– "Guide me, misty poets!"
Introducing angels.
Rivers lyrics - Destroyer
See the sun crawling over the sky.
Keep an eye on the surf and the sea and the sand.
Don't you know every night is a stand-off with the fucking horizon!
You had a real time of it.
Staring off into the light.
Hands tied behind your back.
Steel chair giving you shivers.
You've always had a problem flowing down rivers...
See the rain falling down from the sky to its death,
Smashed on the street in despair, somewhere over there I swear!
You had a real time of it.
Staring up into the light.
Hands tied behind your head...go!
Stranded on the carousel.
A cripple from the wreck.
I was ringing a bell's neck, looking for a sign.
"Three stars means I'm losing you,"
says The Night to one of her romances.
The plane lands and everybody dances, it's fine...
You had a real time of it.
Staring off into the light.
Hands tied behind your head.
Steel chair giving you shivers.
You always had a problem flowing down rivers!
You've always had a problem flowing down rivers!
Keep an eye on the surf and the sea and the sand.
Don't you know every night is a stand-off with the fucking horizon!
You had a real time of it.
Staring off into the light.
Hands tied behind your back.
Steel chair giving you shivers.
You've always had a problem flowing down rivers...
See the rain falling down from the sky to its death,
Smashed on the street in despair, somewhere over there I swear!
You had a real time of it.
Staring up into the light.
Hands tied behind your head...go!
Stranded on the carousel.
A cripple from the wreck.
I was ringing a bell's neck, looking for a sign.
"Three stars means I'm losing you,"
says The Night to one of her romances.
The plane lands and everybody dances, it's fine...
You had a real time of it.
Staring off into the light.
Hands tied behind your head.
Steel chair giving you shivers.
You always had a problem flowing down rivers!
You've always had a problem flowing down rivers!
Leopard Of Honor lyrics - Destroyer
The leopard of honor speaks to a crowd of the dead, shouting out for more
Suspiciously formed of the fast ones, you must always leave them wanting, he said
So we went down to the store
I saw you at the store
Now, in this regards, where do I start to keep us free - keep us apart?
I wanted to speak up, but it was not my place
Just some little shit in love with your eyes - a brute adrift in space
Pirouettes across the sky's faces where you'll find me
I was dead on my feet
Asleep for days
A stranger to the sun's brutal gaze, ah yeah
Mother Superior's the only one who calls
She says, "Hey, when are you ever coming over?"
Remove that wretched writing from the wall
It's just more pictures again.
Jenny fell like a ton of bricks
Jenny fell like a ton of bricks
These are characterized as special times, and these are special times -- oh
Jenny fell like a ton of bricks
She travels in and out of you like some shade whistlin' Dixie
I didn't know why, I guess I was high
Sick mansions freckle the skies, saying, "For Christ's sakes, inhabit me"
I was dead on my feet
Asleep for days
A stranger to the sun's brutal ways, ah yeah
Mother Superior's the only one who calls
She says, "Baby, when are you ever coming over?"
Enjoy the wretched writing on the wall
Enjoy!
Will the leopard of honor speak? Will the leopard of honor speak?
Please stand, open your mouth, put out your hand and say
"I saw you standing there singing for money"
Going dum da da dum
Suspiciously formed of the fast ones, you must always leave them wanting, he said
So we went down to the store
I saw you at the store
Now, in this regards, where do I start to keep us free - keep us apart?
I wanted to speak up, but it was not my place
Just some little shit in love with your eyes - a brute adrift in space
Pirouettes across the sky's faces where you'll find me
I was dead on my feet
Asleep for days
A stranger to the sun's brutal gaze, ah yeah
Mother Superior's the only one who calls
She says, "Hey, when are you ever coming over?"
Remove that wretched writing from the wall
It's just more pictures again.
Jenny fell like a ton of bricks
Jenny fell like a ton of bricks
These are characterized as special times, and these are special times -- oh
Jenny fell like a ton of bricks
She travels in and out of you like some shade whistlin' Dixie
I didn't know why, I guess I was high
Sick mansions freckle the skies, saying, "For Christ's sakes, inhabit me"
I was dead on my feet
Asleep for days
A stranger to the sun's brutal ways, ah yeah
Mother Superior's the only one who calls
She says, "Baby, when are you ever coming over?"
Enjoy the wretched writing on the wall
Enjoy!
Will the leopard of honor speak? Will the leopard of honor speak?
Please stand, open your mouth, put out your hand and say
"I saw you standing there singing for money"
Going dum da da dum
Plaza Trinidad lyrics - Destroyer
I was caught in the middle of a world war
This time it was dense light vs. the azure
I was high as a kite, I was never coming home tonight
And I couldn’t believe how loud it was.
What devilry the source of this screaming
You and your dress: fair game.
The birds off Plaza Trinidad: insane.
You can watch them go!
I was stuck inside a river’s flow, a corridor’s glow's idea of an ocean
Okay, it’s agreed I wasn’t much to look at then
Known mostly for the whites of my eyes
A hen clucking escape from her torn surface
And I couldn’t believe how loud it was
What devilry the source of this screaming
You and your dress forgave the birds of Plaza Trinidad
and soon you can watch them go!
I was stuck inside a river’s flow, a corridor’s glow
A world at war! The kind of thing we've seen before!
Dense light vs. the azure
I was high as a kite, I was never coming home tonight.
And I couldn’t believe––
How loud it was.
How loud it was.
And I couldn’t believe how loud it was, how loud it was.
And I couldn’t believe how loud it was, how loud it was.
This time it was dense light vs. the azure
I was high as a kite, I was never coming home tonight
And I couldn’t believe how loud it was.
What devilry the source of this screaming
You and your dress: fair game.
The birds off Plaza Trinidad: insane.
You can watch them go!
I was stuck inside a river’s flow, a corridor’s glow's idea of an ocean
Okay, it’s agreed I wasn’t much to look at then
Known mostly for the whites of my eyes
A hen clucking escape from her torn surface
And I couldn’t believe how loud it was
What devilry the source of this screaming
You and your dress forgave the birds of Plaza Trinidad
and soon you can watch them go!
I was stuck inside a river’s flow, a corridor’s glow
A world at war! The kind of thing we've seen before!
Dense light vs. the azure
I was high as a kite, I was never coming home tonight.
And I couldn’t believe––
How loud it was.
How loud it was.
And I couldn’t believe how loud it was, how loud it was.
And I couldn’t believe how loud it was, how loud it was.
Libby's First Sunrise lyrics - Destroyer
Libby's first sunrise.
You've been wasted from the day
Of wandering and boozing and sleeping outside.
Now the light holds a terrible secret and now you know, oh,
That this is what you get.
You've been wandering around.
You've been fucking around.
You've been wandering around.
You've been fucking around...uh.
Libby's first sunrise.
You've been wasted from the day
Of wandering and boozing and sleeping outside.
Playing the idiot all of your life and this is what you get.
Master of all you survey,
But today you've been wandering around.
You've been fucking around.
You've been wandering around.
You've been fucking around...uh.
Libby's first sunrise.
You've been wasted from the day, and now you know, oh.
Suffering idiots all of your life and this is what you get.
Now the light holds a terrible secret.
The light holds a terrible secret.
The light holds a terrible secret.
The light holds a terrible secret. Oh, the light!
Oh, the light!
You've been wasted from the day
Of wandering and boozing and sleeping outside.
Now the light holds a terrible secret and now you know, oh,
That this is what you get.
You've been wandering around.
You've been fucking around.
You've been wandering around.
You've been fucking around...uh.
Libby's first sunrise.
You've been wasted from the day
Of wandering and boozing and sleeping outside.
Playing the idiot all of your life and this is what you get.
Master of all you survey,
But today you've been wandering around.
You've been fucking around.
You've been wandering around.
You've been fucking around...uh.
Libby's first sunrise.
You've been wasted from the day, and now you know, oh.
Suffering idiots all of your life and this is what you get.
Now the light holds a terrible secret.
The light holds a terrible secret.
The light holds a terrible secret.
The light holds a terrible secret. Oh, the light!
Oh, the light!
Rubies lyrics - Destroyer
Dueling cyclones jackknife.
They got eyes for your wife and the blood that lives in her heart.
Cast myself towards infinity.
Trust me, I had my reasons.
Had a dress for every season, it was worth it.
Pulled into town relatively free of hassle.
Secured a room at the castle, it paid for itself.
Checked out my surroundings, headed down to Thornton Park.
Find your way.
Discover that things are dark.
Shadowy figures babbling on about typical rural shit.
I wave bye to them in a modern way and increase my stay at the
dock of the bay.
Quiet, Ruby, someone's coming.
Approach with stealth.
Oh, it's just your precious American Underground
and it is born of wealth.
With not a writer in the lot.
Sapphires vie for your attention
Cheap dancers, they mean well in their way.
But Priest says - "Please, I can't stand my knees
And I can't bear her raven tresses (1)caught up in a breeze like that!"
Blessed doctor, do your worst.
Cut me open, remove this thirst.
Hidden, but near.
A series of visions, I won't repeat them here.
I won't repeat them here.
Typical me, typical me.
I gave my cargo to the sea.
I gave the water what it always wanted to be.
Look to the West!
"Ah look it's no contest," - Proud Mary said as she lit the fuse.
"I wanted you, I wanted your blues."
Your Blues.
"All good things must come to an end.
The bad ones just go on forever."
Isn't that what I just said?
It is Now and it is Never.
It is Now and it is Never.
It is Now and it is Never.
It is Now and it is Never.
Don't worry about her.
She's been known to appreciate the elegance of an empty room.
Look, I made you this broom.
A predicate warning to the sun -
"This Night advances on..."
The sketchy crowd shows me drawings, they're alright.
An alternately dim and frightful waste.
Now come on honey let's go outside.
You disrupt the world's disorder just by virtue of your grace, you know...
I didn't want to go, but leave I must...
As gratifying as this dust was.
Please don't wake me from this - my golden slumber -
I am proud to be a part of this number!
They got eyes for your wife and the blood that lives in her heart.
Cast myself towards infinity.
Trust me, I had my reasons.
Had a dress for every season, it was worth it.
Pulled into town relatively free of hassle.
Secured a room at the castle, it paid for itself.
Checked out my surroundings, headed down to Thornton Park.
Find your way.
Discover that things are dark.
Shadowy figures babbling on about typical rural shit.
I wave bye to them in a modern way and increase my stay at the
dock of the bay.
Quiet, Ruby, someone's coming.
Approach with stealth.
Oh, it's just your precious American Underground
and it is born of wealth.
With not a writer in the lot.
Sapphires vie for your attention
Cheap dancers, they mean well in their way.
But Priest says - "Please, I can't stand my knees
And I can't bear her raven tresses (1)caught up in a breeze like that!"
Blessed doctor, do your worst.
Cut me open, remove this thirst.
Hidden, but near.
A series of visions, I won't repeat them here.
I won't repeat them here.
Typical me, typical me.
I gave my cargo to the sea.
I gave the water what it always wanted to be.
Look to the West!
"Ah look it's no contest," - Proud Mary said as she lit the fuse.
"I wanted you, I wanted your blues."
Your Blues.
"All good things must come to an end.
The bad ones just go on forever."
Isn't that what I just said?
It is Now and it is Never.
It is Now and it is Never.
It is Now and it is Never.
It is Now and it is Never.
Don't worry about her.
She's been known to appreciate the elegance of an empty room.
Look, I made you this broom.
A predicate warning to the sun -
"This Night advances on..."
The sketchy crowd shows me drawings, they're alright.
An alternately dim and frightful waste.
Now come on honey let's go outside.
You disrupt the world's disorder just by virtue of your grace, you know...
I didn't want to go, but leave I must...
As gratifying as this dust was.
Please don't wake me from this - my golden slumber -
I am proud to be a part of this number!
Your Blood lyrics - Destroyer
I went for you in military times and, then, I waited well into the 2300s.
I made my way through the Union Street design kids.
They were alright.
They were on fire.
They harbored an elementary desire to do good works.
I bought 'em all, I bought 'em all!
I made donations to The Plague, and The Fall and The Old Grey Mare in her stall!
Endangered Ape, a couple years in Solitary never really hurt anyone.
Distinguished colleagues, dead music-writers' brides - I apologize.
They were alright.
They were on fire.
They harbored an elementary desire to do good works.
I bought 'em all, I bought 'em all!
I made donations to The Plague, and The Fall and The Old Grey Mare in her stall.
I don't know, I guess I'm doing alright.
Tabitha takes another stab at becoming light.
She never wants to go.
Always want to stay illuminated.
Ride towards the dawn, Quicksilver on the side of nothing.
Never had a chance.
Never had to choose Your Blood versus Your Blues.
I made my way through the Union Street design kids.
They were alright.
They were on fire.
They harbored an elementary desire to do good works.
I bought 'em all, I bought 'em all!
I made donations to The Plague, and The Fall and The Old Grey Mare in her stall!
Endangered Ape, a couple years in Solitary never really hurt anyone.
Distinguished colleagues, dead music-writers' brides - I apologize.
They were alright.
They were on fire.
They harbored an elementary desire to do good works.
I bought 'em all, I bought 'em all!
I made donations to The Plague, and The Fall and The Old Grey Mare in her stall.
I don't know, I guess I'm doing alright.
Tabitha takes another stab at becoming light.
She never wants to go.
Always want to stay illuminated.
Ride towards the dawn, Quicksilver on the side of nothing.
Never had a chance.
Never had to choose Your Blood versus Your Blues.
European Oils lyrics - Destroyer
I made a tomb for all the incompatible cells I could take,
And I brought bells to the wake.
And you... you didn't mind shedding your beautiful European blood
As I screamed: "death to the murderers we've loved all our lives!"
I was good with names, I had a way with faces
And I was the dominant theme in a number of places.
And you... you didn't mind... mixing your beautiful European oils
For a still life. Oh Candice, we should've run for our lives!
When I'm at war I insist on a slaughter,
And getting it on with the hangman's daughter.
She needs release. She needs to feel at ease with her father,
The fucking maniac.
I made a tomb for all the incompatible cells I could take,
And I brought bells to the wake. And you...
you didn't mind shedding your beautiful European blood
As I screamed: "death to the murderers we've loved all our lives!"
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
I wanted you, I wanted these treasures, too.
And I brought bells to the wake.
And you... you didn't mind shedding your beautiful European blood
As I screamed: "death to the murderers we've loved all our lives!"
I was good with names, I had a way with faces
And I was the dominant theme in a number of places.
And you... you didn't mind... mixing your beautiful European oils
For a still life. Oh Candice, we should've run for our lives!
When I'm at war I insist on a slaughter,
And getting it on with the hangman's daughter.
She needs release. She needs to feel at ease with her father,
The fucking maniac.
I made a tomb for all the incompatible cells I could take,
And I brought bells to the wake. And you...
you didn't mind shedding your beautiful European blood
As I screamed: "death to the murderers we've loved all our lives!"
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
I wanted you, I wanted these treasures, too.
Painter In Your Pocket lyrics - Destroyer
And I'm reminded of the time that I was blinded by the sun.
It was a welcome change from the sight of you hanging
Like a willow off the arm of yet another visionary
Prophetess east van punk.
I didn't stand a chance.
I couldn't stand at all.
You looked ok with the others.
You looked great on your own.
It was 2002 and you couldn't be bothered to say, 'hello' or 'goodbye'.
Or stand the 'test of time' - you did, I just tried to separate an ocean from these tears we cried...
Where did you get that line?
Where did you get that look?
Where did you get that penchant for destruction in the way you talk?
Where did you get that ride?
Where did you get that rocket?
Where did you get that painter in your pocket?
Hey, there's Christine
And there's where she could've been.
The summer season was cheap.
Birds of prey stick together and, hey, so do we...
I didn't stand a chance.
I didn't stand at all.
You looked ok with the others.
You looked great by yourself.
It was 2002 and you needed reminding to stay alive.
And so did I, but at least I tried to fall upon that sword and never look back...
Where did you get that line?
Where did you get that look?
Where did you get that penchant for destruction in the way you talk?
Where did you get that ride?
Where did you get that rocket?
Where did you get that painter in your pocket?
I didn't stand a chance.
I didn't stand at all.
You looked ok with the others...
It was a welcome change from the sight of you hanging
Like a willow off the arm of yet another visionary
Prophetess east van punk.
I didn't stand a chance.
I couldn't stand at all.
You looked ok with the others.
You looked great on your own.
It was 2002 and you couldn't be bothered to say, 'hello' or 'goodbye'.
Or stand the 'test of time' - you did, I just tried to separate an ocean from these tears we cried...
Where did you get that line?
Where did you get that look?
Where did you get that penchant for destruction in the way you talk?
Where did you get that ride?
Where did you get that rocket?
Where did you get that painter in your pocket?
Hey, there's Christine
And there's where she could've been.
The summer season was cheap.
Birds of prey stick together and, hey, so do we...
I didn't stand a chance.
I didn't stand at all.
You looked ok with the others.
You looked great by yourself.
It was 2002 and you needed reminding to stay alive.
And so did I, but at least I tried to fall upon that sword and never look back...
Where did you get that line?
Where did you get that look?
Where did you get that penchant for destruction in the way you talk?
Where did you get that ride?
Where did you get that rocket?
Where did you get that painter in your pocket?
I didn't stand a chance.
I didn't stand at all.
You looked ok with the others...
Looter's Follies lyrics - Destroyer
You can huff, You can puff,
But you'll never destroy that stuff.
Finally, I see why I suppose,
Kids, You better change your feathers,
You'll never fly with those... things.
These nights the boys sing, "Hello, Emptiness"
I heard you're alright.
I heard you're alright.
I've heard of you.
A body aching, fragile and pale.
Dark valleys, a house, its trail.
Why can't you see that a life in arms,
And a life of mimicry,
It's the same thing.
The room was crowded,
And though you couldn't care less about it.
That much was true, that much.
Another version of this miniature Rome to set fire to.
Why did we stop fucking around you?
Girls, like gazelles, graze.
Boys, wearing bells, blaze new trails in sound.
I looked up, I looked around.
A famous Toronto painter shot me down.
Oh, I've busted my ass on these streets too long,
He said "I set fire to the bed and tore, tore his gown".
Felt some mercurial presence hitherto unknown.
It was the sun.
It was a stone falling through blank space.
It was that jewel-encrusted roan getting in my face.
Looked across the way to the princess rooms.
I saw brides and their grooms.
Heard the sound of bells ringing.
Cinders look back fondly upon a house on fire.
When across an ocean.
We go.
We row, and we row, and we tire
Now, step out of the darkness and into the light.
Yeah, it's common knowledge: I've been doing alright.
No, I can't complain.
On the east side midwives' lives go down the drain.
All cause our babies are dying. (screaming)
I lifted the veil to see nature's trickery
Revealed as pure shit from which nothing ever rose,
Because nothing ever could.
I swear somewhere the truth lies within this wood.
And i swear looter's follies has never sounded so good.
And win or lose, what's the difference?
But you'll never destroy that stuff.
Finally, I see why I suppose,
Kids, You better change your feathers,
You'll never fly with those... things.
These nights the boys sing, "Hello, Emptiness"
I heard you're alright.
I heard you're alright.
I've heard of you.
A body aching, fragile and pale.
Dark valleys, a house, its trail.
Why can't you see that a life in arms,
And a life of mimicry,
It's the same thing.
The room was crowded,
And though you couldn't care less about it.
That much was true, that much.
Another version of this miniature Rome to set fire to.
Why did we stop fucking around you?
Girls, like gazelles, graze.
Boys, wearing bells, blaze new trails in sound.
I looked up, I looked around.
A famous Toronto painter shot me down.
Oh, I've busted my ass on these streets too long,
He said "I set fire to the bed and tore, tore his gown".
Felt some mercurial presence hitherto unknown.
It was the sun.
It was a stone falling through blank space.
It was that jewel-encrusted roan getting in my face.
Looked across the way to the princess rooms.
I saw brides and their grooms.
Heard the sound of bells ringing.
Cinders look back fondly upon a house on fire.
When across an ocean.
We go.
We row, and we row, and we tire
Now, step out of the darkness and into the light.
Yeah, it's common knowledge: I've been doing alright.
No, I can't complain.
On the east side midwives' lives go down the drain.
All cause our babies are dying. (screaming)
I lifted the veil to see nature's trickery
Revealed as pure shit from which nothing ever rose,
Because nothing ever could.
I swear somewhere the truth lies within this wood.
And i swear looter's follies has never sounded so good.
And win or lose, what's the difference?
3000 Flowers lyrics - Destroyer
She was part of an inner circle--
Daughters of the Motherland.
Like a ship lit up at sea,
with scars where its talons used to be. [Repeat line twice]
I was a slow learner, I moved in flourishes.
I was a late-bloomer, I moved in flourishes.
Last man on the scene--
Fresh face on a dying scene,
One-hundredth of a wet, black bough. [Repeat line twice]
I was Clytemnestra on a good day,
Dispensing wisdom to the uninitiated.
The initiates brought out in tumbrils,
Shed out by the dawn. [Repeat line twice]
Like a woman, I was kept as the wealthy
American underground wept at the sight of Rhodes Island sinking into the sea.
And the sky still reigned supreme over the land as the music lovers
sat cross-legged in the sand, and in time, and in Space,
And, in other words, in a band who, much like churchgoers, fuck themselves... up. [Repeat verse once]
[Minor mumbling.]
Daughters of the Motherland.
Like a ship lit up at sea,
with scars where its talons used to be. [Repeat line twice]
I was a slow learner, I moved in flourishes.
I was a late-bloomer, I moved in flourishes.
Last man on the scene--
Fresh face on a dying scene,
One-hundredth of a wet, black bough. [Repeat line twice]
I was Clytemnestra on a good day,
Dispensing wisdom to the uninitiated.
The initiates brought out in tumbrils,
Shed out by the dawn. [Repeat line twice]
Like a woman, I was kept as the wealthy
American underground wept at the sight of Rhodes Island sinking into the sea.
And the sky still reigned supreme over the land as the music lovers
sat cross-legged in the sand, and in time, and in Space,
And, in other words, in a band who, much like churchgoers, fuck themselves... up. [Repeat verse once]
[Minor mumbling.]
Dangerous Woman Up To A Point lyrics - Destroyer
A Dangerous Woman Up To A Point once said -
"As per your wishes, I left you for dead.
I left England to the English."
Is it always one thing or the other with you?
"Forgive them, my Lord, they know not what they do!"
"Hey, your friends are fucked, in so far, as your friends are an ancient
Beast bronzed in tar!"
Have I told you lately that I love you?
Did I fail to mention there's a sword hanging above you?
"Those who love Zeppelin will soon betray Floyd."
I cast off these couplets in honor of the void.
I was here to stay.
I would weather the storm.
I pictured heaven on earth made of clay as your form dictated...
I went down to the garden with the noblest of intentions.
I felt the need to be brief.
I stuck a rose between my teeth and had a laugh.
The sun sets at the speed of light, so I thought I also might leave this
Port of Woe on tall ships made of snow invading the sun.
A Dangerous Woman Up To A Point once said -
"I've never read 'so-and-so, so why mention him here, in this square
Where culprits axe me, my dear.
Tried to enjoy myself at the Society Ball, really I did.
Froze on Union Street, it was springtime, I was just a kid lost in a map
Of the stars others called 'your eyes.'
It was a trap!
It was a good time!
It was hard to realize!...
I can't win.
I can't even walk.
Baby, you should talk.
Baby, you should hear what you're saying.
They said - "Don't look back!" but I looked back.
It was a bore.
It was a fucking horror.
It was - well, honey, you know quite well what you are...
A Dangerous Woman Up To A Point once said -
"People come, and people go, and people lie nameless in the snow..."
"As per your wishes, I left you for dead.
I left England to the English."
Is it always one thing or the other with you?
"Forgive them, my Lord, they know not what they do!"
"Hey, your friends are fucked, in so far, as your friends are an ancient
Beast bronzed in tar!"
Have I told you lately that I love you?
Did I fail to mention there's a sword hanging above you?
"Those who love Zeppelin will soon betray Floyd."
I cast off these couplets in honor of the void.
I was here to stay.
I would weather the storm.
I pictured heaven on earth made of clay as your form dictated...
I went down to the garden with the noblest of intentions.
I felt the need to be brief.
I stuck a rose between my teeth and had a laugh.
The sun sets at the speed of light, so I thought I also might leave this
Port of Woe on tall ships made of snow invading the sun.
A Dangerous Woman Up To A Point once said -
"I've never read 'so-and-so, so why mention him here, in this square
Where culprits axe me, my dear.
Tried to enjoy myself at the Society Ball, really I did.
Froze on Union Street, it was springtime, I was just a kid lost in a map
Of the stars others called 'your eyes.'
It was a trap!
It was a good time!
It was hard to realize!...
I can't win.
I can't even walk.
Baby, you should talk.
Baby, you should hear what you're saying.
They said - "Don't look back!" but I looked back.
It was a bore.
It was a fucking horror.
It was - well, honey, you know quite well what you are...
A Dangerous Woman Up To A Point once said -
"People come, and people go, and people lie nameless in the snow..."
Priest's Knees lyrics - Destroyer
I was just another west-coast maximalist exploring the blues,
Ignoring the news from the front where they're taking her children away.
Taking them where they wanna go: Tall ships made of snow invading the sun.
Some people call me 'Angel' on their deathbed, in a dream.
That's right, the Czar's father thought things could've gone differntly
Last night, but they didn't...
And I couldn't bear to follow you there, where trauma exists in the sky.
20th Century Masters welcome these disasters, and so do I.
But, no!
Oh baby, please don't go up into it!
Ignoring the news from the front where they're taking her children away.
Taking them where they wanna go: Tall ships made of snow invading the sun.
Some people call me 'Angel' on their deathbed, in a dream.
That's right, the Czar's father thought things could've gone differntly
Last night, but they didn't...
And I couldn't bear to follow you there, where trauma exists in the sky.
20th Century Masters welcome these disasters, and so do I.
But, no!
Oh baby, please don't go up into it!
Water Colours Into The Ocean lyrics - Destroyer
Listening to strawberry wine
For the 131st time
It was 1987 and it was spring
It's 1987 all the time
Now it's 1987 all the time
Well we were there
Too thin too fair
Downing your third drink
Standing at arm's length
In the square
Just off
A mildly successful
Killing rampage
Where good writers go
To find one thing
And stick with it
Oh life
Is bigger
Than a life on the run
From the united states
And her friends
On this night
Made of jewels
It took three
Carabinieri
To peel em off the streets of the town
She's named after
Dragging the lagoon was a disaster
They found him alive and
Relatively well
Well some situations
Seek redressing
Some songs just
Go testing, testing,
I took a picture
I was sick of motion
And wore her watercolours into the ocean
And wore her watercolours into the ocean
For the 131st time
It was 1987 and it was spring
It's 1987 all the time
Now it's 1987 all the time
Well we were there
Too thin too fair
Downing your third drink
Standing at arm's length
In the square
Just off
A mildly successful
Killing rampage
Where good writers go
To find one thing
And stick with it
Oh life
Is bigger
Than a life on the run
From the united states
And her friends
On this night
Made of jewels
It took three
Carabinieri
To peel em off the streets of the town
She's named after
Dragging the lagoon was a disaster
They found him alive and
Relatively well
Well some situations
Seek redressing
Some songs just
Go testing, testing,
I took a picture
I was sick of motion
And wore her watercolours into the ocean
And wore her watercolours into the ocean
Sick Priest Learns To Last Forever lyrics - Destroyer
Make a mockery of the courts, receive your sentence, and take the fall.
The Strata Council sees your face and decides to declare you 'a doll.'
That's ok, yes it's fine…
You've been the same, most every time…
A sick priest will learn to last forever…
Molly begets herself.
She plans a merger with The Scene.
An insider breathes word of this and, surprise!, it turns to steam…
That's ok, yes it's fine…
He's been the same, most every time…
A sick priest will learn to last forever…
Founding Fathers, oh what have you found?
Your daughter's face, a sweet embrace, and a commoner's less than sacred
Place…
Take it back, there's a world underground!
In spite of Western Sacrifice, we auction off the sword.
But Damascus never asked us to write a song about being bored with Our Lady Of This Immaculate Currency…
Gut yourself!
It's a one-man job on the altar of the Beast.
To make it legal, Wilhelm's bride goes bulemic at the feast.
That's ok, yes it's fine…
She's been the same, most every time…
A sick priest will learn to last forever…
Founding Fathers, oh what have you found?
The Strata Council sees your face and decides to declare you 'a doll.'
That's ok, yes it's fine…
You've been the same, most every time…
A sick priest will learn to last forever…
Molly begets herself.
She plans a merger with The Scene.
An insider breathes word of this and, surprise!, it turns to steam…
That's ok, yes it's fine…
He's been the same, most every time…
A sick priest will learn to last forever…
Founding Fathers, oh what have you found?
Your daughter's face, a sweet embrace, and a commoner's less than sacred
Place…
Take it back, there's a world underground!
In spite of Western Sacrifice, we auction off the sword.
But Damascus never asked us to write a song about being bored with Our Lady Of This Immaculate Currency…
Gut yourself!
It's a one-man job on the altar of the Beast.
To make it legal, Wilhelm's bride goes bulemic at the feast.
That's ok, yes it's fine…
She's been the same, most every time…
A sick priest will learn to last forever…
Founding Fathers, oh what have you found?
Notorious Lightning lyrics - Destroyer
Oh, Notorious Lightning! Yes, I had to ride you
And trash the crystal jets they kept in storage inside you!
I was told never to question it.
Now I'm facing twenty years for every night I tried to ingest the snow so lightly! (huh?)
You simply couldn't put down the Black Book.
You dreamt the dreams of the Self-Taught Man.
You warn the ladies not to be corrupted by their looks,
But your voice comes out soft and slanted!
And you're living off what government's granted you:
Amnesty from the true
Thing. Now, Sandra, slowly remove the ring and watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
Watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
Watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
I lay myself down to observe your gilded jeans hit the ground,
And have not grown from this worship.
I lay myself down to surrender,
Watch the trust funds gorge us again,
And have not grown from this worship.
So, Great Pretender, pull a face! Let's see the best 'forlorn you know!'
Just don't sing, "Barricades In The Morning" - it's been three days in a row
And it never comes off like you planned it!
Something once was delivered, then you banned it
But, oh, there is a key to this thing...
Notorious Lightning...
There is a monument.
There is a place within it that I have won.
And there is victory at sea.
And then there's the sun
Crashing down upon us
Faithful readership of the Old Warden. We beg -
"No not another ode to the Garden! You've let the Book of Appeals pile up!"
So, Child of the East, it's time
To shrug off the Beast and take a look at what you've done.
The half-breed jury agrees you're OK,
But what they never seem to say is that it's never
The defense's witness...
and someone's got to fall before someone goes free.
And trash the crystal jets they kept in storage inside you!
I was told never to question it.
Now I'm facing twenty years for every night I tried to ingest the snow so lightly! (huh?)
You simply couldn't put down the Black Book.
You dreamt the dreams of the Self-Taught Man.
You warn the ladies not to be corrupted by their looks,
But your voice comes out soft and slanted!
And you're living off what government's granted you:
Amnesty from the true
Thing. Now, Sandra, slowly remove the ring and watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
Watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
Watch Notorious Lightning surround you.
I lay myself down to observe your gilded jeans hit the ground,
And have not grown from this worship.
I lay myself down to surrender,
Watch the trust funds gorge us again,
And have not grown from this worship.
So, Great Pretender, pull a face! Let's see the best 'forlorn you know!'
Just don't sing, "Barricades In The Morning" - it's been three days in a row
And it never comes off like you planned it!
Something once was delivered, then you banned it
But, oh, there is a key to this thing...
Notorious Lightning...
There is a monument.
There is a place within it that I have won.
And there is victory at sea.
And then there's the sun
Crashing down upon us
Faithful readership of the Old Warden. We beg -
"No not another ode to the Garden! You've let the Book of Appeals pile up!"
So, Child of the East, it's time
To shrug off the Beast and take a look at what you've done.
The half-breed jury agrees you're OK,
But what they never seem to say is that it's never
The defense's witness...
and someone's got to fall before someone goes free.
It's Gonna Take An Airplane lyrics - Destroyer
It's gonna take an airplane
To get me off the ground.
I don't blame anyone who isn't sticking around,
Cause when you stick around (when you stick around!)
People like to put things in the ground.
Now, in my
Evil empire I
Am going to be a star in the night sky
Above. "So you think this is love?"
Yes, I guess so,
At least something to make it from...
Dressed like a dream dreamt by Lola magazine,
Baby you were born to be seen.
And art's just the start!
Now step inside the Widowmaker
And listen to your heart!
Always 'the play', never 'the thing'...
(Submarines don't mind spending their time in the ocean...)
[Repeat first verse]
To get me off the ground.
I don't blame anyone who isn't sticking around,
Cause when you stick around (when you stick around!)
People like to put things in the ground.
Now, in my
Evil empire I
Am going to be a star in the night sky
Above. "So you think this is love?"
Yes, I guess so,
At least something to make it from...
Dressed like a dream dreamt by Lola magazine,
Baby you were born to be seen.
And art's just the start!
Now step inside the Widowmaker
And listen to your heart!
Always 'the play', never 'the thing'...
(Submarines don't mind spending their time in the ocean...)
[Repeat first verse]
An Actor's Revenge lyrics - Destroyer
An actor will seek revenge
I don't know why and I don't know when
There'll be talk. There'll be action
Boys demanding satisfaction
From girls. Oh, you'd hate to play a girl!
An actor will seek revenge...
He came on too strong
He was weird and he was wrong
A bloodless cop at dawn
Throwing everybody out
The kids twist and shout until the womb fucking wrecks it!
A boulevardier might say -
"Tomorrow's another day."
Alright, yes, but it's also just another mess!
Crime and Punishment - no, that's not what I meant!
An actor will seek revenge
I don't know why and I don't know when
There'll be talk. There'll be action
Boys demanding satisfaction
From girls. Oh, you'd hate to be a girl!
An actor will seek revenge
Upon the ones who fed him those ridiculous lines
Saying - "What we really need now is an emotional history
Of the Lower Eastside, cause it was wild! It was wild!"
Oh no, here we go again...
(Ba da, ba da, ba da, ba da... Ba da, ba da, ba da, ba da da ba da!)
I don't know why and I don't know when
There'll be talk. There'll be action
Boys demanding satisfaction
From girls. Oh, you'd hate to play a girl!
An actor will seek revenge...
He came on too strong
He was weird and he was wrong
A bloodless cop at dawn
Throwing everybody out
The kids twist and shout until the womb fucking wrecks it!
A boulevardier might say -
"Tomorrow's another day."
Alright, yes, but it's also just another mess!
Crime and Punishment - no, that's not what I meant!
An actor will seek revenge
I don't know why and I don't know when
There'll be talk. There'll be action
Boys demanding satisfaction
From girls. Oh, you'd hate to be a girl!
An actor will seek revenge
Upon the ones who fed him those ridiculous lines
Saying - "What we really need now is an emotional history
Of the Lower Eastside, cause it was wild! It was wild!"
Oh no, here we go again...
(Ba da, ba da, ba da, ba da... Ba da, ba da, ba da, ba da da ba da!)
The Music Lovers lyrics - Destroyer
Feeling fine, but it must be the wine
'Cause it's April 27th and my baby's still dying on me
We stole a gondola to sea
And ditched the chaperones on jewel-encrusted roans
Who called us unprofessional
Deep down they knew
Oh, that we were the music lovers
People say they just didn't want it enough
Here, the people say they just didn't want it enough
Oh, but we were the music lovers
People say they just didn't want it enough
Hear the people say they just didn't want it enough
The time of your lives has been had
And your wives have been bad
And, look, the private sector's not denied you for the last time
They're saying those grapes go rotten on the vine
Oh, but once we were the music lovers
People say they just didn't want it enough
Here, the people say they just didn't want it enough
Oh, but we were the music lovers
People say they just didn't want it enough
Hear the people say they just didn't want it enough
Sister, the world cannot hold us
Brother
You can go your own way
Ba-da-da
Ba-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da
Ba-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da
Ba-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da
'Cause it's April 27th and my baby's still dying on me
We stole a gondola to sea
And ditched the chaperones on jewel-encrusted roans
Who called us unprofessional
Deep down they knew
Oh, that we were the music lovers
People say they just didn't want it enough
Here, the people say they just didn't want it enough
Oh, but we were the music lovers
People say they just didn't want it enough
Hear the people say they just didn't want it enough
The time of your lives has been had
And your wives have been bad
And, look, the private sector's not denied you for the last time
They're saying those grapes go rotten on the vine
Oh, but once we were the music lovers
People say they just didn't want it enough
Here, the people say they just didn't want it enough
Oh, but we were the music lovers
People say they just didn't want it enough
Hear the people say they just didn't want it enough
Sister, the world cannot hold us
Brother
You can go your own way
Ba-da-da
Ba-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da
Ba-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da
Ba-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da
From Oakland To Warsaw lyrics - Destroyer
You lost your serve.
You lost your swing.
You thought you'd heard
Of everything... Hell, no!
From Oakland
To Warsaw,
Don't you know the kids were all a-wrong.
Raise their voices in song -
Air comes out! Air comes out!
I know your style. You've got drastic desires, and shit.
Warm yourself by the fiery stage - fiery cause I lit it.
You lost your serve.
You lost your swing.
You thought you'd heard
Of everything... Hell, no!
You lost your swing.
You thought you'd heard
Of everything... Hell, no!
From Oakland
To Warsaw,
Don't you know the kids were all a-wrong.
Raise their voices in song -
Air comes out! Air comes out!
I know your style. You've got drastic desires, and shit.
Warm yourself by the fiery stage - fiery cause I lit it.
You lost your serve.
You lost your swing.
You thought you'd heard
Of everything... Hell, no!
Your Blues lyrics - Destroyer
Why does every one of her lovers leave her?
I'm ill-equipped to judge the tale of a woman.
"That inviting army slut!... The Colonel's in a rut!" - back at the base they're saying -
Now each day when he awakes his prayers take the form of one question -
"How is it that we can be both Skating
and Dying?
Lord knows I've been trying..."
I'm ill-equipped to judge the tale of a woman.
"That inviting army slut!... The Colonel's in a rut!" - back at the base they're saying -
Now each day when he awakes his prayers take the form of one question -
"How is it that we can be both Skating
and Dying?
Lord knows I've been trying..."
New Ways Of Living lyrics - Destroyer
Maybe I should have loved you.
Maybe I should have sworn
Not to be born
Of this wretched glove too soon,
But a dragon needs room!
A dragon needs room!
A dragon needs room
To run, run, run, run...
I was a desert in love with extremes.
You married well, a gentlewoman of means who
Kept the word "Destroyer" embroidered on her jeans, too
(La la la)
I wore skins. I didn't care who survived.
The band foretold trends from Spring of '85.
They're calling it "The New Decay"...
Hey, so am I.
(La la la)
Treacherous fop, don't be embarrassed
For looking good at your table on the terrace
That you call home. I'm sold!
Paris, London, Rome's too old for you
And your kind
Explosions want to see what they can find:
New ways of living...
It's you and your kind:
The New Ways of Living!
Maybe I should have sworn
Not to be born
Of this wretched glove too soon,
But a dragon needs room!
A dragon needs room!
A dragon needs room
To run, run, run, run...
I was a desert in love with extremes.
You married well, a gentlewoman of means who
Kept the word "Destroyer" embroidered on her jeans, too
(La la la)
I wore skins. I didn't care who survived.
The band foretold trends from Spring of '85.
They're calling it "The New Decay"...
Hey, so am I.
(La la la)
Treacherous fop, don't be embarrassed
For looking good at your table on the terrace
That you call home. I'm sold!
Paris, London, Rome's too old for you
And your kind
Explosions want to see what they can find:
New ways of living...
It's you and your kind:
The New Ways of Living!
Don't Become The Thing You Hated lyrics - Destroyer
Don't become
Don't become
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
Don't become
Don't become
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
Suns rise and suns go down again
Open your Strathcona doors,
Let them in, let them in,
Let them in, let them in, let them in,
Let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in
Let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in
Don't become
Don't become
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
Don't become
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
Don't become
Don't become
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
Suns rise and suns go down again
Open your Strathcona doors,
Let them in, let them in,
Let them in, let them in, let them in,
Let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in
Let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in, let them in
Don't become
Don't become
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
The thing you hated
Mad Foxes lyrics - Destroyer
Mad foxes - look I saw them all and I wanted all of them.
Berlin is for lovers.
It will never fall,
But you can and you will!
Any hope for a love can be killed when
Death waits for us, silently, to be free,
Saying - "Your body is bad but your mind is OK."
Oh, she was never going to go there anyway, anymore...
Anyway...
Who exactly do you think you're accessing
When you're being
So community-minded?
Look, they took us from behind and said - "Hey, that's shit for sharing!"
And "I love what you're wearing.
Where did you get it anyway? And what d'you pay?"
We held up our vile end!
Berlin is for lovers.
It will never fall,
But you can and you will!
Any hope for a love can be killed when
Death waits for us, silently, to be free,
Saying - "Your body is bad but your mind is OK."
Oh, she was never going to go there anyway, anymore...
Anyway...
Who exactly do you think you're accessing
When you're being
So community-minded?
Look, they took us from behind and said - "Hey, that's shit for sharing!"
And "I love what you're wearing.
Where did you get it anyway? And what d'you pay?"
We held up our vile end!
The Fox And The Hound lyrics - Destroyer
The Fox and the Hound
Don't stand a chance
In the land
(In the land)
That I love...
And if you had Your Man,
And I My Woman...
And everything returned, returned
The Fox and the Hound
Don't stand a chance
In the land
(In the land)
That I love...
And if you had Your Man,
And I My Woman...
And everything returned, returned
The Fox and the Hound
Don't stand a chance
In the land
(In the land)
That I love...
And if you had Your Man,
And I My Woman...
And everything returned, returned
The Fox and the Hound
Don't stand a chance
In the land
(In the land)
That I love...
And if you had Your Man,
And I My Woman...
And everything returned, returned
Don't stand a chance
In the land
(In the land)
That I love...
And if you had Your Man,
And I My Woman...
And everything returned, returned
The Fox and the Hound
Don't stand a chance
In the land
(In the land)
That I love...
And if you had Your Man,
And I My Woman...
And everything returned, returned
The Fox and the Hound
Don't stand a chance
In the land
(In the land)
That I love...
And if you had Your Man,
And I My Woman...
And everything returned, returned
The Fox and the Hound
Don't stand a chance
In the land
(In the land)
That I love...
And if you had Your Man,
And I My Woman...
And everything returned, returned
What Road lyrics - Destroyer
Once I was made beautiful in the light of an hour,
But this year I'm just a meal laid out for August to devour.
So, quick, let's go!
It's time for a ride!
The future is yours.
No, wait, I lied!
It is not yours.
It is a replica
Of scattered ash and the road the rain's on...
What road...
Able, willing, ready!
Fuck the Spiral Jetty!
Tonight we work large! We aim high! Pillars stare at a sky
Designed to come down upon
Everyone at once...
So, quick, let's go!
It's time for a ride!
The future is yours.
No, wait, I lied!
It is not yours.
It is a replica
Of scattered ash and the road the rain's on...
What road...
I'd been working on some open-ended shit. I
Was looking for an 'in' and that was it.
Back at the recital, signs remain vital.
A statue is stone that rejects its own pulse.
Your heart's fair. Your heart's square. Your heart's not even there!...
Wasting shore leave on the girls from Point St. Claire...
There is a light and it goes out...
A Touch of Classicism in the Night!
Your backlash was right where I wanted you!
Yes, that's right, I wanted you to...
A Touch of Classicism in the Night!
Your backlash was right where I wanted you!
Yes, that's right I wanted you to...
A Touch of Classicism in the Night!
Your backlash was right where I wanted you!
Yes, that's right, I wanted you to...
But this year I'm just a meal laid out for August to devour.
So, quick, let's go!
It's time for a ride!
The future is yours.
No, wait, I lied!
It is not yours.
It is a replica
Of scattered ash and the road the rain's on...
What road...
Able, willing, ready!
Fuck the Spiral Jetty!
Tonight we work large! We aim high! Pillars stare at a sky
Designed to come down upon
Everyone at once...
So, quick, let's go!
It's time for a ride!
The future is yours.
No, wait, I lied!
It is not yours.
It is a replica
Of scattered ash and the road the rain's on...
What road...
I'd been working on some open-ended shit. I
Was looking for an 'in' and that was it.
Back at the recital, signs remain vital.
A statue is stone that rejects its own pulse.
Your heart's fair. Your heart's square. Your heart's not even there!...
Wasting shore leave on the girls from Point St. Claire...
There is a light and it goes out...
A Touch of Classicism in the Night!
Your backlash was right where I wanted you!
Yes, that's right, I wanted you to...
A Touch of Classicism in the Night!
Your backlash was right where I wanted you!
Yes, that's right I wanted you to...
A Touch of Classicism in the Night!
Your backlash was right where I wanted you!
Yes, that's right, I wanted you to...
Certain Things You Ought To Know lyrics - Destroyer
It was cutting. It was done with style.
It was just a way to see you smile.
Shadows in the snow:
There are certain things you ought to know.
There are certain things you ought to know.
Springtime on the barricades -
Our Springtime Charades.
Oh, don't mind me, it's just that vipers define me
And I never thought it'd be this way...
Springtime on the barricades -
Our Springtime Charades.
Now don't mind me, it's just that vipers define me
And I never thought it'd be this way...
Bridges made of sand
Are the ones in your hand.
Let go...
There are certain things you ought to know.
There are certain things you ought to know...
All a dagger can ever be
Is a ship against the sea
Turning to snow...
It was just a way to see you smile.
Shadows in the snow:
There are certain things you ought to know.
There are certain things you ought to know.
Springtime on the barricades -
Our Springtime Charades.
Oh, don't mind me, it's just that vipers define me
And I never thought it'd be this way...
Springtime on the barricades -
Our Springtime Charades.
Now don't mind me, it's just that vipers define me
And I never thought it'd be this way...
Bridges made of sand
Are the ones in your hand.
Let go...
There are certain things you ought to know.
There are certain things you ought to know...
All a dagger can ever be
Is a ship against the sea
Turning to snow...
This Night lyrics - Destroyer
They led us on...
They said it would be yours...
Tear down the borders, stop patrolling the shores,
Let us in...
We wrote a winter song...
Come on, come on, come on, come on...
Don't shelve the opera,
You've been working This long on it...
Twelve years on the Eastside,
And still so house proud...
All the neighbourhood angels,
Are humming the psalms (hum along...)
To themselves again...
Oh, they seem to think that when you show up
You'd look good in somebody's arms...
Oh, you should have been a clerk...
You should have stayed a stranger...
You should have just done the work...
But it's too late now, school's out...
Wildcats - you were supposed to go wild...
Butchers - you shouldn't be obsessed with a child...
Now Diorama Pete thinks he just sunk the fleet...
Much like him, you know I live to be cornered. So come on...
Hey, Easterner, open your mouth...
Don't speak in tones...
I know there's beauty in the bones of the dam that burst...
I know you look good in the shadow of the Diamond Monger's thirst,
But get out...
To the west there is an ocean...
There's a mountain on the right...
Now will you walk away
Or take the blame for the unfortunately-named
Children of This day... Children of This Night...
They said it would be yours...
Tear down the borders, stop patrolling the shores,
Let us in...
We wrote a winter song...
Come on, come on, come on, come on...
Don't shelve the opera,
You've been working This long on it...
Twelve years on the Eastside,
And still so house proud...
All the neighbourhood angels,
Are humming the psalms (hum along...)
To themselves again...
Oh, they seem to think that when you show up
You'd look good in somebody's arms...
Oh, you should have been a clerk...
You should have stayed a stranger...
You should have just done the work...
But it's too late now, school's out...
Wildcats - you were supposed to go wild...
Butchers - you shouldn't be obsessed with a child...
Now Diorama Pete thinks he just sunk the fleet...
Much like him, you know I live to be cornered. So come on...
Hey, Easterner, open your mouth...
Don't speak in tones...
I know there's beauty in the bones of the dam that burst...
I know you look good in the shadow of the Diamond Monger's thirst,
But get out...
To the west there is an ocean...
There's a mountain on the right...
Now will you walk away
Or take the blame for the unfortunately-named
Children of This day... Children of This Night...
Holly Going Lightly lyrics - Destroyer
I was stark and I was ravening...
I was idle in spring, and it felt good...
I was fashioned after something made of wood,
That I shouldn't have done...
Some girls got guns...
And some get into running favors for the Queen,
Like deciphering what it means when the band goes -
"DooRah DooRah DooRah DooRah!"
I was 'bedsit' and reviews were rave...
I dug your poetry a grave and it felt good...
I was modeled after something made of wood,
That I shouldn't have done...
Some boys build guns...
And some get into running errands for the King
Like making out the words when the band goes -
"DooRah DooRah DooRah DooRah!"
Hey there, pretty flower...
Get yourself together...
Momma's been looking for you,
But momma should know better.
I was silver... I was gold...
I watched Holly going lightly down the road...
I was idle in spring, and it felt good...
I was fashioned after something made of wood,
That I shouldn't have done...
Some girls got guns...
And some get into running favors for the Queen,
Like deciphering what it means when the band goes -
"DooRah DooRah DooRah DooRah!"
I was 'bedsit' and reviews were rave...
I dug your poetry a grave and it felt good...
I was modeled after something made of wood,
That I shouldn't have done...
Some boys build guns...
And some get into running errands for the King
Like making out the words when the band goes -
"DooRah DooRah DooRah DooRah!"
Hey there, pretty flower...
Get yourself together...
Momma's been looking for you,
But momma should know better.
I was silver... I was gold...
I watched Holly going lightly down the road...
Here Comes The Night lyrics - Destroyer
All the skies opened up
And now they're mentioning your name
In connection with a drowning when you're just saying -
"Ah, let it come down!"
So you stole that Schwinn
And rode right in to the Winner's Circle of the Sun...
Now Mile-End is claiming -
"You're one of those! Take off those clothes!
You're one of them!"...
But you won't...
I couldn't turn around.
I couldn't wrap my head around it...
Best to forget that things change,
Hanging outside in the rain is OK...
I walked into the festival.
Did these cacophonies please you?
Hey, they pleased me too...
While we still had our sight, but don't look now, people,
Here comes the Night...
Here comes the Night...
I heard those traps you've been living off of (and on) have come undone...
I heard you only poach to save your children...
Well save it...
Cause a real thief (Thief! Thief! Thief! Thief! Thief!) thieves...
I couldn't turn around...
Or phrase it as a question...
'cause when it comes to that prize a temple your size was too big...
I walked into Festival... (I know you know)
The Festival of Symphonies pleased you...
They pleased me too...
Back when we still had our sight,
But don't look now, Angel, here comes the Night...
Here comes the Night...
And now they're mentioning your name
In connection with a drowning when you're just saying -
"Ah, let it come down!"
So you stole that Schwinn
And rode right in to the Winner's Circle of the Sun...
Now Mile-End is claiming -
"You're one of those! Take off those clothes!
You're one of them!"...
But you won't...
I couldn't turn around.
I couldn't wrap my head around it...
Best to forget that things change,
Hanging outside in the rain is OK...
I walked into the festival.
Did these cacophonies please you?
Hey, they pleased me too...
While we still had our sight, but don't look now, people,
Here comes the Night...
Here comes the Night...
I heard those traps you've been living off of (and on) have come undone...
I heard you only poach to save your children...
Well save it...
Cause a real thief (Thief! Thief! Thief! Thief! Thief!) thieves...
I couldn't turn around...
Or phrase it as a question...
'cause when it comes to that prize a temple your size was too big...
I walked into Festival... (I know you know)
The Festival of Symphonies pleased you...
They pleased me too...
Back when we still had our sight,
But don't look now, Angel, here comes the Night...
Here comes the Night...
The Chosen Few lyrics - Destroyer
Shut up, you better stop it...
Put that thing back in your pocket...
Don't ride the silver rocket...
Tell your brother not to start...
And tell your sister not to start...
And tell the Chosen Few not to start in on me too...
I know their majesty by heart...
Karen, crawl back into your shell.
I know the record is doing well,
But your boyfriend is from hell...
I know the Judge played a part...
I know the Jury played a part...
Now tell the Chosen Few that their favorite kangaroo is busy
Throwing daggers at the dark...
I know you've been waiting ages for your pardon,
But the Governor's wasted in the garden,
Clawing his eyes out - he's insane...
So I'll be your map and I'll be your mirror
And maybe someday I'll see you building dungeons in the rain
And when it's time to go free -
No. I won't leave...
No, I won't leave...
All your brokers screaming -
"Sell those bridges to the island in the well!"
They landed you in architect hell..."
Tell your brother not to start...
And tell your sister not to start...
And tell the Chosen Few not to start in on me too...
I know their majesty by heart...
Put that thing back in your pocket...
Don't ride the silver rocket...
Tell your brother not to start...
And tell your sister not to start...
And tell the Chosen Few not to start in on me too...
I know their majesty by heart...
Karen, crawl back into your shell.
I know the record is doing well,
But your boyfriend is from hell...
I know the Judge played a part...
I know the Jury played a part...
Now tell the Chosen Few that their favorite kangaroo is busy
Throwing daggers at the dark...
I know you've been waiting ages for your pardon,
But the Governor's wasted in the garden,
Clawing his eyes out - he's insane...
So I'll be your map and I'll be your mirror
And maybe someday I'll see you building dungeons in the rain
And when it's time to go free -
No. I won't leave...
No, I won't leave...
All your brokers screaming -
"Sell those bridges to the island in the well!"
They landed you in architect hell..."
Tell your brother not to start...
And tell your sister not to start...
And tell the Chosen Few not to start in on me too...
I know their majesty by heart...
Makin' Angels lyrics - Destroyer
Ok, and for a start,
There was a craft sale of the heart...
Where things are made and things are sold
And returned into the gold from whence they came...
And I said I would come...
And you said you'd come too...
Hey, rock n roll's not through (yet)...
I'm sewing wings on This thing...
Every time I try to speak your language a new part of me lives...
So I said I would start something and you'd start something too...
Hey, rock n roll's not through (yet)...
I'm sewing wings on This thing...
How can we not be so territorial, when everyone's in love with the land?
So I said I would go there, and you said you'd go too...
Hey, rock n roll's not through (yet)...
I'm sewing wings on This thing...
There was a craft sale of the heart...
Where things are made and things are sold
And returned into the gold from whence they came...
And I said I would come...
And you said you'd come too...
Hey, rock n roll's not through (yet)...
I'm sewing wings on This thing...
Every time I try to speak your language a new part of me lives...
So I said I would start something and you'd start something too...
Hey, rock n roll's not through (yet)...
I'm sewing wings on This thing...
How can we not be so territorial, when everyone's in love with the land?
So I said I would go there, and you said you'd go too...
Hey, rock n roll's not through (yet)...
I'm sewing wings on This thing...
Hey, Snow White lyrics - Destroyer
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
When the company goes public, you've got to learn to love what you own
When the company goes public, you've got to learn to love what you own
You've got to learn to love what you own
You've got to learn to love what you own
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
It's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
When the company goes public, you've got to learn to love what you own
When the company goes public, you've got to learn to love what you own
You've got to learn to love what you own
You've got to learn to love what you own
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
When the company goes public, you've got to learn to love what you own
When the company goes public, you've got to learn to love what you own
You've got to learn to love what you own
You've got to learn to love what you own
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
It's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Hey, Snow White, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
How can you win some
When the company goes public, you've got to learn to love what you own
When the company goes public, you've got to learn to love what you own
You've got to learn to love what you own
You've got to learn to love what you own
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