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Destroyer – Dark Purposes (1998) | Track profile | Dork

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Destroyer
City of Daughters
Dark Purposes

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Dark Purposes

Release date: 1998

From City of DaughtersTrack 32:16

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"Dark Purposes" is a track by Destroyer, from the album City of Daughters, released 1998. The track is 2:16 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Destroyer.

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Destroyer

Destroyer

Lyrics

Dark Purposes

Maybe it stands to reason
Boys set fire to the seasons
They fight to beg
They try to be bigger than the times will allow the times to be
That's not to say the open road or an open driveway
Will come to a view that suits us
Or improve upon our purposes
Something could be worse than this
It's true, you're the one I came for
Two people they couldn't agree more
Just my luck, who goes there?
Friend of a friend again
It's true, you're the one I came for
Two people they couldn't agree more
Just my luck, who goes there?
Friend or accomplice to horrible ends?
This trellis you really didn't make
Well, if I can't pass through, then who?
The flowers surround us
The power's a plus
But if I can't get through, then who will get through?
If I can't get through then who will get through to you?
By-product of yesterdays trades, he is

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Track details

From City of Daughters

2:161998

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Album

City of Daughters

Track number

3

Release year

1998

1Comments on the World as Will
0:55
2No Cease Fires! (Crimes Against the State of Our Love, Baby)
3:31
3Dark Purposes
2:16
4Emax I
1:47

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Production & Engineering

Writer: Dan Bejar
Producer: John Collins