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The New Pornographers – Marching Orders (2014) | Track profile | Dork

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Brill Bruisers
Marching Orders

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The New Pornographers

Marching Orders

Release date: 24th August 2014

From Brill Bruisers

Track 6

4:19

Alternative Music Rock Indie Rock

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"Marching Orders" is a track by The New Pornographers, from the album Brill Bruisers, released 24th August 2014. The track is 4:19 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about The New Pornographers.

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Lyrics

Marching Orders

What do these marching orders mean?
Some hackneyed fairy tale I'd move outta their dreams
It's what they do
Stepping to
Marching ten paces in front of you

Let's put this countdown clock away
Unfinished parts of the death ray on the lawn
Let them rust, turn to dust
What the heart can't imagine we'll trust

They
They say we can't make this stuff up,
But what else could we make?

What do these marching orders say?
Spelled out in loud forgotten language, they leave
The voice wrecked; don't connect
What the fuse was put there to protect

They
They say we can't make this stuff up,
But what else could we make?

Come on, really lose your voice.
Come on, really lose it.

They
They say we can't make this stuff up,
But what else could we make?

No, your marching orders stay
Always despise them, anyway,
So hell no, it won't go

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Track details

From Brill Bruisers

4:192014

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Album

The New Pornographers

25th August 2014

Track number

6

Release year

2014

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2Champions of Red Wine
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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: A.C. Newman
Producer: A.C. Newman, John Collins
Additional Production: Howard Redekopp, Kurt Dahle
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi
Mixing Engineer: David Carswell, John Collins
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