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'Ancient Ways' by Interpol is a 2014 alternative track from the album 'El Pintor'. The lyrics are confrontational and dismissive of inherited custom, urging a rejection of “ancient ways”. They picture public space and urban routine as a place where conflict can be shaped, with the city figured as sustaining and the crowd implied through images of station life. Musically, it sits in Interpol’s tense, propulsive mode, matching the sense of resistance and immediacy in the words.
"Ancient Ways" is a single by Interpol, from the album El Pintor, released 8th September 2014. The track is 3:01 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 15 articles about Interpol.
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