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BODEGA
Brand on the Run
City Is Taken

TRACK

City Is Taken

Release date: 1st November 2024

From Brand on the RunTrack 153:33

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"City Is Taken" is a track by BODEGA, from the album Brand on the Run, released 1st November 2024. The track is 3:33 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about BODEGA.

About the Artist

BODEGA

BODEGA

Lyrics

City Is Taken

When moving from Kingston to King's County
I fell on city block in a snow fall scene
Represent the tide how did I murder?
Murder
Murder
Then I role-played romantic histories
Of my Bohemia vs. industry
Thought I was such a revolutionary
I thought city is taken
But not by me
City is taken
But not me

We're all jesters
Yes
But for a cause
A specter on spectator's door
Left a hollow ring on rock and
Roll
Roll
Roll
When you play up the hand of mystery
Of single mind against community
You think you're such a revolutionary
You think city is taken
But not by me
City is taken
But not me

Chase is not my friend
Yet he follows me from every corner
My footsteps are worth more than my music
To be a muse
To use and be used
Now I'm amused at my naivety
Just another pawn in the game
Just another one and the same

The gray haired anointed prophet preached to the
Garden of the gainly employed
Singing buy this remaster
Praise the past ever after
Pack your bags and move to Detroit
Awww
Pack your bags and move to Detroit

The gray haired anointed prophet preached to the
Garden of the gainly employed
Singing buy this remastered
Praise the past ever after
Pack your bags and move to Detroit
Awww
Pack your bags and move to Detroit

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Track details

From Brand on the Run

3:332024

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Album

Brand on the Run

1st November 2024

Track number

15

Release year

2024

1Dedicated to the Dedicated
3:24
2G.N.D. Deity
2:36
3Bodega Bait
2:26
4Tarkovski
4:33

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Statue Auf Dem StehtischStatuette On the Console

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Μπιμπελό Στην ΚονσόλαStatuette On the Console

Estatuilla En La Consola!Statuette On the Console

Statuetta Sulla ConsoleStatuette On the Console

Statuette Sur La ConsoleStatuette On the Console

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CharlieEndless Scroll

Can't Knock the HustleEndless Scroll

Boxes For the MoveEndless Scroll

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MargotEndless Scroll

I Am Not a CinephileEndless Scroll

Jack In TitanicEndless Scroll

Truth is Not PunishmentEndless Scroll

WarholEndless Scroll

Name EscapeEndless Scroll

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Drams in the Field/The Fortnight SpretUnder the Counter

Trip to the Market/Cha Tig an Latha/Thoir A Nall Ailean ThugamUnder the Counter

Tha Na H-uain air an TulaichUnder the Counter

HelyinagroUnder the Counter

Midnight Tramp/Missing FloorUnder the Counter

Balaich an lasgaich (The Fishery Boys)Under the Counter

Lady Muck Mackay/Gillian Chalmers Jig/The 98 JigUnder the Counter

The Stamping GroundUnder the Counter

Lost Little ChildrenUnder the Counter

Wagon WheelBodega

Granny hold the candle while I shave the chicken's lip 2/The Lochaber Badger/Alice's Reel/Donegal ReelBodega

Horo Hu-o mo Nigh'n DonnBodega

Chloe's Passion/CluelessBodega

Rattie's/sassakia/SpinelliBodega

Brose & butter/The Cat & The dog/NamelaessBodega

Smeorach hiann DomhnaillBodega

Oran Chaluim SgaireBodega

Aird Ranters/Bonnie Isle o'whalsay/punch in the dark/hammer Ower da TaingBodega

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BODEGA — Cultural Consumer II (from Brand on the Run) [1:40]
BODEGA — Bodega Bait (from Brand on the Run) [2:26]
BODEGA — Dedicated to the Dedicated (from Brand on the Run) [3:24]
BODEGA — Protean (from Brand on the Run) [1:58]
BODEGA — Stain Gaze (from Brand on the Run) [3:56]
BODEGA — Born into by What Consumes (from Brand on the Run) [1:16]
BODEGA — Webster Hall (from Brand on the Run) [2:19]
Bodega — Adaptation Of The Truth About Marie
BODEGA — Major Amberson (from Brand on the Run) [2:19]
BODEGA — Set the Controls for the Heart of the Drum (from Brand on the Run) [2:12]
BODEGA — G.N.D. Deity (from Brand on the Run) [2:36]
Bodega — Cultural Consumer IV (from Brand on the Run)
BODEGA — Cultural Consumer I (from Brand on the Run) [2:34]
Bodega — Cry When Yr Young (from Brand on the Run)
BODEGA — Atm (from Brand on the Run) [2:40]
BODEGA — Cultural Consumer III (from Brand on the Run) [4:02]
BODEGA — Tarkovski (from Brand on the Run) [4:33]
Bodega — Listen w/ Yr Eyes (from Brand on the Run)
Bodega — Myrtle Parade (from Brand on the Run)
BODEGA — N.A.S.S. / City Is Taken
BODEGA — Adaptation Of The Truth About Marie / Tarkovski
BODEGA — City Is Taken (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [3:33]
BODEGA — Cultural Consumer I (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [2:34]
BODEGA — Cultural Consumer II (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [1:40]
BODEGA — Dedicated to the Dedicated (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [3:24]
BODEGA — Atm (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [2:40]
BODEGA — G.N.D. Deity (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [2:36]
BODEGA — Cultural Consumer III (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [4:02]
BODEGA — Tarkovski (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [4:33]
BODEGA — Stain Gaze (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [3:56]
BODEGA — Webster Hall (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [2:19]
BODEGA — Set the Controls for the Heart of the Drum (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [2:12]
BODEGA — Major Amberson (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [2:19]
BODEGA — Bodega Bait (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [2:26]
BODEGA — Born into by What Consumes (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [1:16]
BODEGA — Protean (from Our Brand Could Be Yr Life) [1:58]
Bodega — Tarvokski
BODEGA — Images [1:53]
BODEGA — Seneca the Stoic (from Xtra Equipment) [4:46]
BODEGA — After Jane (from Xtra Equipment) [4:54]
BODEGA — All Past Lovers (from Xtra Equipment) [4:01]
BODEGA — Territorial Call of the Female (from Xtra Equipment) [2:45]
BODEGA — NYC (disambiguation) (from Xtra Equipment) [3:27]
BODEGA — C.I.R.P. (from Xtra Equipment) [3:44]
BODEGA — Thrown (from Xtra Equipment) [2:48]
BODEGA — No Blade of Grass (from Xtra Equipment) [3:38]
BODEGA — Statuette on the Console (from Xtra Equipment) [2:14]
BODEGA — How Can I Help Ya? (from Xtra Equipment) [3:12]
BODEGA — Doers (from Xtra Equipment) [3:19]
BODEGA — Pillar on the Bridge of You (from Xtra Equipment) [3:18]
BODEGA — Statuette on the Console (from Broken Equipment) [2:14]
BODEGA — Territorial Call of the Female (from Broken Equipment) [2:45]
BODEGA — Seneca The Stoic (from Broken Equipment) [4:46]
Bodega — Territorial (from Broken Equipment)
BODEGA — How Can I Help Ya? (from Broken Equipment) [3:12]
BODEGA — Doers (from Broken Equipment) [3:19]
BODEGA — No Blade Of Grass (from Broken Equipment) [3:38]
BODEGA — Thrown (from Broken Equipment) [2:48]
BODEGA — NYC (disambiguation) (from Broken Equipment) [3:27]
BODEGA — All Past Lovers (from Broken Equipment) [4:01]
BODEGA — After Jane (from Broken Equipment) [4:54]
BODEGA — Pillar on the Bridge of You (from Broken Equipment) [3:18]
BODEGA — C.I.R.P. (from Broken Equipment) [3:44]
BODEGA — Standbeeldje Op De Console (from Statuette On the Console) [2:13]
BODEGA — Statuette On the Console (from Statuette On the Console) [2:14]
BODEGA — Statue Auf Dem Stehtisch (from Statuette On the Console) [2:13]
BODEGA — Статуетка На Консолі (from Statuette On the Console) [2:13]
BODEGA — Μπιμπελό Στην Κονσόλα (from Statuette On the Console) [2:13]
BODEGA — Estatuilla En La Consola! (from Statuette On the Console) [2:13]
BODEGA — Statuetta Sulla Console (from Statuette On the Console) [2:13]
BODEGA — Statuette Sur La Console (from Statuette On the Console) [2:13]
BODEGA — Estatueta No Console (from Statuette On the Console) [2:13]
BODEGA — Realism (from Shiny New Model) [0:56]
BODEGA — Shiny New Model (from Shiny New Model) [2:48]
BODEGA — Truth (from Shiny New Model) [3:34]
BODEGA — Treasures of the Ancient World (from Shiny New Model) [3:08]
BODEGA — Domesticated Animal (from Shiny New Model) [1:41]
BODEGA — Knife On the Platter (from Shiny New Model) [2:24]
BODEGA — No Vanguard Revival (from Shiny New Model) [1:11]
BODEGA — How Did This Happen!? (from Endless Scroll) [3:01]
BODEGA — Williamsburg Bridge (from Endless Scroll) [3:57]
BODEGA — Bookmarks (from Endless Scroll) [2:25]
BODEGA — Bodega Birth (from Endless Scroll) [1:50]
BODEGA — Charlie (from Endless Scroll) [2:33]
BODEGA — Can't Knock the Hustle (from Endless Scroll) [1:44]
BODEGA — Boxes For the Move (from Endless Scroll) [2:49]
BODEGA — Gyrate (from Endless Scroll) [1:37]
BODEGA — Margot (from Endless Scroll) [1:33]
BODEGA — I Am Not a Cinephile (from Endless Scroll) [0:49]
BODEGA — Jack In Titanic (from Endless Scroll) [3:05]
BODEGA — Truth is Not Punishment (from Endless Scroll) [2:49]
BODEGA — Warhol (from Endless Scroll) [1:31]
BODEGA — Name Escape (from Endless Scroll) [3:44]
BODEGA — Inward Chimney/Up Da Stroods/Unknown (from Under the Counter) [5:43]
BODEGA — Drams in the Field/The Fortnight Spret (from Under the Counter) [6:27]
BODEGA — Trip to the Market/Cha Tig an Latha/Thoir A Nall Ailean Thugam (from Under the Counter) [4:06]
BODEGA — Tha Na H-uain air an Tulaich (from Under the Counter) [4:24]
BODEGA — Helyinagro (from Under the Counter) [5:23]
BODEGA — Midnight Tramp/Missing Floor (from Under the Counter) [4:32]
BODEGA — Balaich an lasgaich (The Fishery Boys) (from Under the Counter) [4:09]
BODEGA — Lady Muck Mackay/Gillian Chalmers Jig/The 98 Jig (from Under the Counter) [5:19]
BODEGA — The Stamping Ground (from Under the Counter) [4:05]
BODEGA — Lost Little Children (from Under the Counter) [5:35]
BODEGA — Wagon Wheel (from Bodega) [4:56]
BODEGA — Granny hold the candle while I shave the chicken's lip 2/The Lochaber Badger/Alice's Reel/Donegal Reel (from Bodega) [5:12]
BODEGA — Horo Hu-o mo Nigh'n Donn (from Bodega) [4:10]
BODEGA — Chloe's Passion/Clueless (from Bodega) [3:10]
BODEGA — Rattie's/sassakia/Spinelli (from Bodega) [4:07]
BODEGA — Brose & butter/The Cat & The dog/Namelaess (from Bodega) [3:18]
BODEGA — Smeorach hiann Domhnaill (from Bodega) [4:37]
BODEGA — Oran Chaluim Sgaire (from Bodega) [6:16]
BODEGA — Aird Ranters/Bonnie Isle o'whalsay/punch in the dark/hammer Ower da Taing (from Bodega) [3:42]
BODEGA — Crooked Jack (from Bodega) [4:33]
BODEGA — Manus Lunny's Terracotta Plower Pop/The Devil in the Kitchen/Sandy Broon's (from Bodega) [4:08]
BODEGA — Greenland (from Bodega) [4:48]

Balaich an lasgaich (The Fishery Boys)Under the Counter
4:09
Domesticated AnimalShiny New Model
1:41
Drams in the Field/The Fortnight SpretUnder the Counter
6:27
Estatueta No ConsoleStatuette On the Console
2:13
Estatuilla En La Consola!Statuette On the Console
2:13
HelyinagroUnder the Counter
5:23
Inward Chimney/Up Da Stroods/UnknownUnder the Counter
5:43
Knife On the PlatterShiny New Model
2:24
Lady Muck Mackay/Gillian Chalmers Jig/The 98 JigUnder the Counter
5:19
Lost Little ChildrenUnder the Counter
5:35

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5Major Amberson

9Set the Controls for the Heart of the Drum

11Born into by What Consumes

12Cultural Consumer I

13Cultural Consumer II

14Cultural Consumer III

15City Is Taken

3:33

—Listen w/ Yr Eyes

—Cry When Yr Young

—Cultural Consumer IV

—Myrtle Parade

Credits

Credited: Ben Hozie