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
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