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Destroyer – Trembling Peacock (2002) | Track profile | Dork

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Destroyer
This Night
Trembling Peacock

TRACK

Trembling Peacock

Release date: 6th October 2002

From This NightTrack 94:16

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"Trembling Peacock" is a track by Destroyer, from the album This Night, released 6th October 2002. The track is 4:16 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

Trembling Peacock

Relax, trembling peacock...
No, I wasn't born to rock...
Oh, I was just plain born...
And then I kind of grew and then, well...
Vancouver made me, I guess it's true...
Sired to the House of Lords
(These days they call them 'Co-Op Boards'),
And now it's in my royal blood
To vote and vote and vote and vote
On things that never change...
Gods give and gods give our gifts away...

Settle down, trembling peacock...
No, I wasn't sent to rock you...
Oh, I just kind of came...
And then I withdrew and then, well...
I guess the rest of you already knew...
Sired to the House of Lords
On the day they declared it bankrupt and
Now conquered lands pay tribute to the shifts of your skirt,
Children at play get hurt,
And wars are won from a foxhole...

The inner world of a dove is complex, I'm telling you...
Lovers of the air, beware...
But for us it's real simple...
Look - shot through with arrows,
A chest full of sparrows,
Gonna show you the way to my heart...

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Track details

From This Night

4:162002

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Album

7th October 2002

Track number

9

Release year

2002

1This Night
5:58
2Holly Going Lightly
5:08
3Here Comes the Night
6:36
4The Chosen Few
3:59

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7Modern Painters

8Crystal Country

9Trembling Peacock

4:16

10I Have Seen a Light

11Students Carve Hearts Out of Coal

12Goddess of Drought

13Self Portrait With Thing (Tonight Is Not Your Night)

14The Relevant Ballads

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Dan Bejar
Vocals: Dan Bejar
Instrumentation: Chris Frey, Dan Bejar, Fisher Rose, Nicolas Bragg
Mixing Engineer: Dan Bejar, David Carswell, John Collins