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Phoenix – Don't (2013) | Track profile | Dork

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Phoenix
Bankrupt!
Don't

TRACK

Don't

Release date: 18th April 2013

From Bankrupt!

Track 8

3:16

Alternative Music Dance Rock

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About This Track

'Don't' by Phoenix is an alternative track from the album 'Bankrupt!' (2013). The lyrics are a set of frustrated imperatives, urging someone to avoid getting drawn into a pointless cycle, refusing bad guidance, and finally walking away from a restless, angry night. A curt refrain, “Don’t be told”, underlines the speaker’s insistence on dismissing outside pressure, even as the scene stays simmering with complaint.

"Don't" is a track by Phoenix, from the album Bankrupt!, released 18th April 2013. The track is 3:16 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Phoenix.

About the Artist

Phoenix

Phoenix

Lyrics

Don't

Just don't bother
Don't feed the animals
Don't let them run in circles
Don't be told
It just don't matter
It just don't matter
If you're more than ready run away
From dusk 'til dawn

Last night on the couch you're livid
It's a poor complain
It's the only thing you're sad and underweight
Whatever we're so close to serious
Whatever promise you made
I have no problem to say no

I'll never know
I'll never know
I'll never know you

Restrained
Reach out for me
I'll never know if you don't

It's just another
It's just another
Complicated case to settle
Down the road
Whatever we're too close to serious
Whatever promise you made
From dusk 'til dawn

Don't swear that it is your fault
You're sophisticated
I saw the chandelier
I'm foreign and under stress
Whatever we're too close to serious
Whatever comments you make
I hear the rattle to say no

I'll never know
I'll never know
I'll never know you

Restrained
Reach out for me
I'll never know if you don't

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Track details

From Bankrupt!

3:162013

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Album

19th April 2013

Track number

8

Release year

2013

1Entertainment
3:40
2The Real Thing
3:23
3S.O.S In Bel Air
3:43
4Trying To Be Cool
3:48

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