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Hexagram by Deftones

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Deftones

Hexagram

Release date: 1992

From Deftones
Track 1
4:11
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About This Track

The second single from Deftones' self-titled album, 'Hexagram' moves through cycles of worship and play with a hypnotic intensity. The lyrics drift between observation and unease, touching on crowds, cameras, and violence with a detached precision. Chanting repetition anchors the song, the words "worship" and "play" building into a mantra that feels both devotional and hollow. The track sustains itself on texture and restraint. Verses unfold with enough space to breathe, then collapse into the chorus's insistent loop, which accumulates weight through sheer repetition. The imagery stays oblique: streets painted white, car bombs, seasickness induced by the camera's gaze. Nothing resolves into statement; instead, the song circles the same sound, the same unease, until the distinction between observation and participation blurs entirely.

"Hexagram" is a single by Deftones, from the album Deftones, released 1992. The track is 4:11 long. It's filed under Hard Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 14 articles about Deftones.

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Deftones

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Lyrics

Hexagram

Paint the streets in white
Death is the standard breach for a complex prize
I think it's sweet of you and your parents are proud
But I would expect it from anyone
Now to protect life's indigenous sound

Worship, play, play
Worship, play, play
Worship, play, play
Worship, play, worship, play
Worship, worship
Play and worship, play, play
Play and worship, play, play
Play and worship, play, play
Play and worship, play, worship, worship

How the streets they swell
While the animals make their way through the crowds
If you keep listening you can hear it for miles
God, I trust everyone quicker with every faint smile

Worship, play, play
Worship, play, worship, play
Play and worship, play, play
Play and worship, play, play
Worship, worship
Play and worship, play, play
Worship, worship
Play and worship, play, play
Worship, worship
Play and worship, play, play
Play and worship, play, play
Play and worship, play, play
Play and worship, play, worship, worship

And the crowd goes wild
And the camera makes you seasick
God, it's so sweet of you and I know you're proud
And the car bomb hits quick click, faint smile
It's the same sound
It's the same, same sound

And the crowd goes wild
And the camera makes you seasick
God, it's so sweet of you, you know I'm proud
And the car bomb tick ticks with the same sound
It's the same sound
With the same sound

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Track details

From Deftones

4:111992Single
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Deftones
Deftones
Deftones
1992
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Release year
1992
  1. 1Hexagram
    4:11
  2. 2Needles and Pins
    3:23
  3. 3Minerva
    4:18
  4. 4Good Morning Beautiful
    3:28

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