Destroyer

[fox69]

"My Mystery"

"My Mystery"


One two
One two three

I fell in. I fell hard
I put my notice in at Scotland Yard
And from the suicide towers to the county fair
I chased the girl with that shit in her hair
I woke up in the sand
I told the manager, I told the band
That you can never really ever go home again
Yes, it's as simple as that

I was doing my best in a world full of wreckage
I was doing my impressions of a blind man
When Apocalypse Shadow walkin' takes the stage
And says "Babe, I'll do whatever I can..."
I'll do whatever I can!

You're lost in the lighthouse
You're lost at sea
You're lost in the lighthouse
You're lost at sea
That's my mystery...

Saw you inside of the depressing cafe
Waving at the world walking by
Uranium lights up the sky
Of this particular world...

I've conducted business in a lot of places
Seen people keep death in their wine-sloshed eyes
There's an ocean running deep
A mountain getting high
A river wondering why she's gotta go...

You're lost in the lighthouse
You're lost at sea
That's my mystery...

 

[fox69]

"New Ways Of Living"

"New Ways Of Living"


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!

 

[fox69]

"No Cease Fires! (Crimes Against The State Of Our Love, Baby)"

"No Cease Fires! (Crimes Against The State Of Our Love, Baby)"


"Think globally. Act Nobly.
The ties that bind us blind us."
I know that's what they told you,
And you know that that's not true.
When my heart becomes golden,
You will show them and then
Show them what to do.
But for now:
Assail, and assaults,
The divides, and the faults.
This must be all that we think of.

There is no time to stop and admire the Admirals
When we still have Lieutenants to kill.
There is no time to see it in another vein
Or, perhaps, a different light.
There are too many things
I want you
I want you
I want you
I want you to do.

"The new Hunter-Kings
Of Summers and Springs;
They walk beside us to guide us."
I know that's what they told you,
And you know that that's not true.
When their hearts unfold, pick out the black.
It's the silver ones far between the few.
But for now:
Assail, and assaults the divides and the faults.
This must be all that we think of.

There is no time to stop and admire the Admirals
When we still have Lieutenants to kill.
There is no time to see it in another vein.
Shed another way of light.
There are too many things
I want you
I want you
I want you

I want no cease-fires! No cease-fires!
Let there be no history tonight!
These are crimes against the State of Our Love now, baby.
No cease-fires! No cease-fires!
These are crimes against the State of Our Love.
Place your hand in my hand.
Discover the millennia this way.
Here comes The Day

 

[fox69]

"No One Needs To Know"

"No One Needs To Know"


Men hold cabinets
Women, covens
Replace your pets before I throw them in the ovens
How could we foresee getting so high?
I never knew you'd ever be so low

You don't need to know
I don't need to tell you
You don't need to know
I don't need to tell you
You don't need to know
I don't need to tell you
You don't need to know
I don't need to tell you

Cool and calm, I pluck fruit from my palm
And now I swear I'm never gonna see the lights now
How many decrepit Spanish holidays
Does it take before you blow it all away?
Summers throw you, I know you
I swear I'm never gonna see the lights now
Spent our days in winter caves
Where things they tend towards frozen
Not an ideal spot for suffering fools so gladly

You don't need to know
I don't need to tell you
You don't need to know
I don't need to tell you
You don't need to know
I don't need to tell you
You don't need to know
I don't need to tell you

Films are forgettable, songs aren't

 

[fox69]

"Nothing Against You (Bored Spectre)"

"Nothing Against You (Bored Spectre)"


Friday's lecture was
All I needed
To
Clue me in

Your expertise
Is ancient
Please fill this thimble
Kiss it red, gold and green

We never go down
South of the mouth, just always waiting
To
Break on through
I paint it black
You paint it back to blue
I paint it black
You paint it back to blue
I paint it black
You paint it back to blue

Put down your Pussy Galore CD
Didn't mean to give you the blues
The blues

You travel light, right
So (fig?) this one
Simple contradiction
Hey, it's cool
Hey, it's (causal?)

So then it was true
I guess I'll leave it alone now
It's not enough just to stick it, singer
Give you a big hand

It's not enough when you're so tough
I try to be cruel when I can
I try to stay cruel when I could
I try to be cruel when I can
I try to stay cruel when I could
I try to be cruel when I can
I try to stay cruel when I could
I try to be cruel when I can

I
Am
The
Greek
God
Of the Silver Seas

If
I
Can't
Have
You
Then at least
(Shoobie doo wah?)

 

[fox69]

"Notorious Lightning"

"Notorious Lightning"


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.

 

[fox69]

"Painter In Your Pocket"

"Painter In Your Pocket"


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...

 

[fox69]

"Plaza Trinidad"

"Plaza Trinidad"


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.

 

[fox69]

"Poor In Love"

"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...

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...

 

[fox69]

"Priest's Knees"

"Priest's Knees"


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!