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Dirty Projectors
Flight Tower
Self Design

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Dirty Projectors

Self Design

Release date: 25th June 2020

From Flight Tower

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About This Track

"Self Design" is a track by Dirty Projectors, from the album Flight Tower, released 25th June 2020. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Self Design

What once was a mystery's visible

Visible

Visible

I finally feel I can see

What's enough? What's enough?

What's your love but safe design?

Self-design

What once was a mystery's visible

Visible

Visible

I finally feel I can see

What's enough? What's enough?

What's your love but safe design?

Self-design

Closer, closer you come

Closer to daylight

Farther, farther you run

Far away in the well-lit night

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

Closer, closer you come

Closer to daylight

Farther, farther you run

Far away in the well-lit night

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

What once was a mystery's visible

Visible

Visible

I finally feel I can see

What's enough? What's enough?

What's your love but safe design?

Self-design

What once was a mystery's visible

Visible

Visible

I finally feel I can see

What's enough? What's enough?

What's your love but safe design?

Self-design

Closer, closer I come

Closer to daylight

Farther, farther it's gone

Burrowed into the endless night

And I'll never find

And I'll never find

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2020

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Credits

Writer: David Longstreth
Producer: David Longstreth
Credited: David Longstreth