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Destroyer – Destroyer's the Temple (2000) | Track profile | Dork

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Destroyer's the Temple

TRACK

Destroyer's the Temple

Release date: 31st August 2000

From Thief

Track 1

4:48

Rock Music Alternative

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About This Track

"Destroyer's the Temple" is a track by Destroyer, from the album Thief, released 31st August 2000. The track is 4:48 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Destroyer.

About the Artist

Destroyer

Destroyer

Lyrics

Destroyer's the Temple

And though the solitudes have won, I cannot begin to crave you
Please spring us, Madeline, from these rustic jails of lust we live in
I'm livin' in
I will find you, lord, in the classified loves of three good women
You are familiar with these terms, I trust?
Don't you mind, our children go unseen to us
The popular singers, they're mean to us
Go find there's joy in being barred from the temple
And though the graces sing our praise in countless catchy ways
Escape from what could only be the soil and dirt of freedom's all I'm thinking of
I will fund you, lord, through the classified loves of three good women
You are familiar with these terms, I trust?
Don't you find such freedoms go unseen to us
The popular singers, they'll sing to us in time
Of joys, and being barred from the temple
And though the solitudes have won, I cannot begin to crave you
Please spring us, Madeline, from these dusty tales of lust we live in
I'm givin' in
I will find you, lord, in the calcified loves of three good women
You are familiar with these terms, I trust?
Don't you mind, our children go unseen to us
The popular singers, they'll sing to us
There's joy in being barred from the temple

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Track details

From Thief

4:482000

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Album

1st September 2000

Track number

1

Release year

2000

1Destroyer's the Temple
4:48
2To the Heart of the Sun on the Back of the Vulture, I'll Go
3:52
3The Way of Perpetual Roads
3:54
4Canadian Lover / Falcon's Escape

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Dan Bejar
Producer: John Collins
Bass: John Collins
Drums: Loscil
Guitar: Dan Bejar, Stephen Wood
Vocals: Dan Bejar
Piano: Jason Zumpano