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CMND/CTRL by Deftones

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Deftones

CMND/CTRL

Release date: 22nd April 2010

From Diamond Eyes
Track 3
2:26
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'CMND/CTRL' by Deftones is a 2010 hard rock track from the album 'Diamond Eyes'. The lyrics run as a stressed, accusatory monologue, looping through the idea of blame, commands, and an urgent sense of someone being “out of your mind”, with a clipped insistence that sounds like you are being summoned or coerced rather than persuaded. The repeated language around control and responsibility gives it a tense, confrontational edge, as the speaker tries to force clarity out of a situation that keeps slipping into personal fault and mental fracture.

"CMND/CTRL" is a track by Deftones, from the album Diamond Eyes, released 22nd April 2010. The track is 2:26 long. It's filed under Hard Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 14 articles about Deftones.

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Lyrics

CMND/CTRL

I can't tell
How's this shit all my fault?
It's at department
I fill but they should

And I say commands just because I can
Oh, I can just imagine the difference it has

Straight out of your mind
You see I'm well aware
You're out of your mind
It's straight

I said your name
It slipped off my tongue
Pointed at the camera laughing at you
Ha, ha

Once again
You see no one cares
It's how you wear it
Not what it is

Straight out of your mind
You see I'm well aware
You're out of your mind
Straight out

I can't tell, how's this shit not your fault?
Bitch, you're barbaric king off this earth
Switching command just because I can
I'd like to see you wear it
Why can't I stare?

Switching command just because I can
And if I let my guard down
Who knows what then
Once again
Just because I can
Just because I can.

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Track details

From Diamond Eyes

2:262010
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Album
Diamond Eyes
Diamond Eyes
Deftones
23rd April 2010
Track number
3
Release year
2010
  1. 1Diamond Eyes
    3:08
  2. 2Royal
    3:33
  3. 3CMND/CTRL
    2:26
  4. 4You've Seen the Butcher
    3:31

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