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Temples

Monuments

Release date: 26th September 2019

From Hot Motion
Track 11
4:28
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About This Track

'Monuments' by Temples is a 2019 alternative track from the album 'Hot Motion'. The lyrics thread together street-level imagery and public performance, with a speaker trying to sound certain even as things go wrong, confessing a lack of control over where to “sway”. Lines about interpretations, stations, and youth suggest a restless search for meaning, while the repeated sense of being judged or weighed down keeps the mood taut. People chanting hints at collective pressure, turning self-assurance into something conditional.

"Monuments" is a track by Temples, from the album Hot Motion, released 26th September 2019. The track is 4:28 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Temples.

About the Artist

Temples

Temples

Lyrics

Monuments

Baby answers
From the chancers
In the streets
All paved with gold
Interpretations
In the stations
From the insight
Of our youth

I don't know where to sway
When things go wrong
I know I'm self-assured
But I'm not
A featherweight will weigh you down

People chanting
It's a landslide
On the streets
All paved with mud
Interruptions
At the junctions
Blue and red
Won't mix sublime

They don't know what to say
When things go wrong
They know they're self-assured
But I'm not
A featherweight will weigh them down

But you know it's not right now
And you know that it's time for change
Everything is so clear now
Are you gonna make the Marble Arch?

See the future
Mother nature
On the ground of silent skies
Make the choices
With the voices
Left beneath the weary smile

I don't know where to sway
When things go wrong
I know I'm self-assured
But I'm not
A featherweight will weigh you down

But you know it's not right now
And you know that it's time for change
Everything is so clear now
Are you gonna make the Marble Arch?

In '85 there were miners in the sky
Looking down on that blue velvet way
Same as today
Though the minors are now just the young
Inside the house
And the alleyways of truth
With the promises promised to us
Stray led astray
By the protesting jeer from the start
Ah

But you know it's not right now
And you know that it's time for change
Everything is so clear now
Are you gonna make the Marble Arch?

But you know it's not right now
And you know that it's time for change
Everything is so clear now
Are you gonna make the Marble Arch?

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Track details

From Hot Motion

4:282019
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Album
Hot Motion
Hot Motion
Temples
27th September 2019
Track number
11
Release year
2019
  1. 1Hot Motion
    5:49
  2. 2You're Either On Something
    3:47
  3. 3Holy Horses
    3:05
  4. 4The Howl
    4:25

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