Destroyer

[fox69]

"Helena"

"Helena"


Helena, the ramifications are very large tonight
The stars say don't pick a fight or barge things around
See apparently, our bloodlines are botched beyond redemption
Luckily, you don't believe in redemption
This may work in your favor, I'm told

So throw the old furniture in the fire
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
They're just children

It's a drag, the way your flag
Had to come down with one of the above
America, so ferociously in bloom

But pistols at dawn can only work for so long
Curved appetites took flight when you decided to call the song
"A Pacific-Northwest Bitch Gets Shown To Her Room."

So throw the old furniture in the fire
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
They're just children

And this one goes out, just like the one before
To the 17th version of "How I Won the War"
Oh, first Destroyer and now the Underground

Helena, the ramifications are very large tonight
The stars, they don't pick a fight or barge things around

Just throw the old furniture in the fire
As the children go barbaric behind the wire
They're just children
They're just children
They're just children

 

[fox69]

"Hell Is An Open Door"

"Hell Is An Open Door"


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

 

[fox69]

"Here Comes The Night"

"Here Comes The Night"


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...

 

[fox69]

"Hey, Snow White"

"Hey, Snow White"


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

 

[fox69]

"Holly Going Lightly"

"Holly Going Lightly"


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...

 

[fox69]

"I Have Seen A Light"

"I Have Seen A Light"


I have seen a light...
I have seen a light...
Young lions at Night play too close to the wire...
That's OK, it's just fire...
I have seen a light...
I have seen a light...
Young lions at Night stray too close to the wire...
That's OK, it's just fire...

All the clay doves say they're hard done by me,
But Crystal we need real things tonight...
All the clay doves say they're hard done by me,
But Crystal we need real things tonight...

Yes, you've seen a light in that look...
(after taking every drug she took)...
I got found out...
Someone bought the book, now it's no good...

I have seen a light...

 

[fox69]

"I Want This Cyclops"

"I Want This Cyclops"


Two French sisters on a DC-10
Sped from Dallas. Just imagine them:
Peppering their respected speeches with
Commas and cupids
And I-Don't-Wanna's, I-Don't-Think-So's.

It snows here in Sasquatch Country
Where the criminal element runs free.
Two singular eyes spied them,
A cyclops second goes by them,
When, upon their arrival, they say
(in a dispirited-but-comely way),
"I want this cyclops."

Two French sisters on a DC-10
Sped from Dallas. Just imagine them:
Peppering their respected speeches with
Commas and cupids
And I-Don't-Wanna's, I-Don't-Think-So's slow.

It's slow here in Sasquatch Country
Where the criminal element runs free.
One singular eye spies them,
A sloppy second goes by them,
When, upon their arrival, they say
(in a dispirited-but-comely way),
"I want this cyclops."

 

[fox69]

"I, As McCarthy"

"I, As McCarthy"


One standing trick:
"Play dead," you said.
Holdin' up the hoop,
I'm beggin' you to fall through.
Cat's can't do that,
But dogs don't stop(?).
I rock around the clock, I mean,
I walk around the block.

If I know you, and I think I do,
You'll be over in the corner store
And singin' in tune.
Yeah, if I know you, and I think I do,
Just like a paid holiday
(hoist the balloon?) and say,
"My McCarthy days are through."
Oh-ho!
"My McCarthy days are through."
Oh-ho!
"My McCarthy days are through."

One standing trick:
"Play dead," you said.
Holdin' up the hoop
I'm beggin' you to fall through.
Cat's can't do that,
But dogs don't stop(?).
I rock around the clock, I mean,
I talk around the clock.

If I know you, and I think I do,
You'll be over in the corner shot(?),
Singin' in tune.
Yeah, if I know you, and I think I do,
Just like a paid holiday
Hoist the balloon and say,
Ooh, ooh (yeah) woo-ooh

 

[fox69]

"In Dreams"

"In Dreams"


I cloak my dreams in the stuff of deceit
With the one who lies next to me again,
Characteristically blind.
Then surprise, surprise!
The woman's got eyes.
Found that her head is not where she hides.
Simply put, I am
Copping shelter tonight.
So I'll let you speak for me,
Sweet Woman of Occasions.
She is of the east,
So I went west
To come to what i've got coming.
Change heartbreak to heartlessness.
Let the one who lies next to me
Lie next to me.
And let the one who lies next to me
Lie next to me.
And let the one who lies next to me again
Lie next to me.
And let the one who lies next to me, again,
Lie next to me in light

 

[fox69]

"Introducing Angels"

"Introducing Angels"


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.