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Knives – The Dagger (2025) | Track profile | Dork

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Glitter
The Dagger

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The Dagger

Release date: 1st May 2025

From Glitter

Track 1

2:22

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About This Track

"The Dagger" is a track by Knives, from the album Glitter, released 1st May 2025. The track is 2:22 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Knives.

About the Artist

Knives

Knives

Lyrics

The Dagger

[Verse 1]

He's

A wildcard waiting to happen, a standing ovation

Imagine this backhanded nation, the dagger elation

As he begins to fall

To a place

Where no birds sang

Where all hopes hang

It's a statement

Of suffocation and bliss

He raises his hands as he shoots from the hip

Can't find a noose that will fit

He's loosing his grip, it's all in the script

Just so you can see Adam and Eve

Fruitlessly picking apples from the trees of deceit

Stick to his roots, don't know if he's naive

Aspirations branch to different places just to fall like autumn leaves

[Refrain]

Just to fall like autumn leaves

Just to fall like autumn lеaves

Just to fall like autumn leavеs

[Verse 2]

We can't see both sides of the door

It's hard to get a handle of this double edged sword

Say my piece with my chest on the board

What's a knight to a king, to a queen, to a pawn?

Don't trust a sorrow soul who has sold his solemn sole

Trodden the longest of roads to the debts he has owed

As the darkness unfolds and begins to divulge on all that you hold

[Bridge]

We can't see both sides of the door

It's hard to get a handle of this double edged sword

Say my piece with my chest on the board

What's a knight to a king, to a queen, to a-

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Track details

From Glitter

2:222025

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Track number

1

Release year

2025

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Knives have announced their debut album 'Glitter'

Knives have announced their debut album 'Glitter'

The Bristol-based noise collective's new release features latest single 'The Dagger', which addresses cultural divisions faced by immigrants in the UK.

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