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Battle by Blur

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Blur

Battle

Release date: 15th March 1999

From 13
Track 7
7:42
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About This Track

'Battle' by Blur is a 1999 rock track from the album '13'. The lyrics are built around repeated calls to fight, with a sense of escalating confrontation, followed by a turn towards display and performance. Lines about “Here I love the bow” sit beside imagery of watching everything come down, and the narrator adopting a new, victorious gloss. The overall effect is combative and theatrical, as if aggression has been choreographed into a routine.

"Battle" is a track by Blur, from the album 13, released 15th March 1999. The track is 7:42 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Blur.

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Blur

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Lyrics

Battle

Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle
Battle someone, who
Battle, battle, battle
Battle someone, who

Completion search
Here I love the bow
See it all come down to

Adorn myself
It's a new song glory
Doesn't seem, what you think of now

Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle
Battle someone, who
Battle, battle, battle
Battle someone, who

You turn you sights
Kill until sub zero
See, oh, it turns you out

All my awe
It's the end of your
To take your last one now

Battle, battle, battle, battle
Battle someone, who
Battle, battle, battle, battle

Battle someone, who
Battle, battle, battle, battle
Battle someone, who

Keep sounds
Keep love about
See me overcome

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Track details

From 13

7:421999
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Album
13
13
Blur
15th March 1999
Track number
7
Release year
1999
  1. 1Tender
    7:41
  2. 2Bugman
    4:48
  3. 3Coffee & TV
    5:59
  4. 4Swamp Song
    4:37
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