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Derelict by Beck

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Beck

Derelict

Release date: 1996

From OdelayTrack 54:13
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'Derelict' by Beck is an alternative track from the album 'Odelay' (1996). The lyrics cast the speaker in a darkly theatrical retreat, packing up and abandoning belongings, settling into a ruinous sleep, and letting “derelict wind” blow through the aftermath. There is a sense of self-disposal and abandonment, with images of funeral fire and a fallow field turning personal exit into something mythic and grim. The song’s voice makes actions feel decisive, but the images stay unsettled, as if the aftermath keeps moving even after everything has been thrown away.

"Derelict" is a track by Beck, from the album Odelay, released 1996. The track is 4:13 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Beck.

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Derelict

I dropped my anchor in the dead of night
I packed my suitcase and threw it away
I fell asleep in the funeral fire
I gave my clothes to the police man
Blow back derelict wind,
Lay my soul in the fallow field
Blow back derelict wind,
Lay my soul in the fallow field
Shooting venom at the passers-by
Hijackers tie the heavens down
I put my eyes in a paper bag
I'm spinning round like a gambling wheel
Blow back derelict wind,
Lay my soul in the fallow field
Blow back derelict wind,
Lay my soul in the fallow field
I dropped my anchor in the dead of night
I packed my suitcase and threw it away
I fell asleep in the funeral fire
I gave my clothes to the police man
Blow back derelict wind,
Lay my soul in the fallow field
Blow back derelict wind,
Lay my soul in the fallow field

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From Odelay

4:131996
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1996
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