Destroyer is a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia fronted by singer-songwriter Dan Bejar and formed in 1995. Destroyer songs are characterized by abstract, poetic lyrics and idiosyncratic vocals. The band's discography draws on a variety of musical influences, resulting in albums that can sound markedly distinct from one another; in Bejar's words, "That's kind of my goal: to start from scratch every time."
1996–2001 We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge, Destroyer's 1996 debut, is made up of sixteen lo-fi home-recordings.
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A few of these chords make me nervous, so let me know if you have any corrections. It may just be just be the way this song is. For example, the F# chord on the "new ways of living" outro seems to have a G#m arpeggio played over it--it hurts with my brain.
EB Maybe I should have loved you. EA Maybe I should have sworn
Not to be born of this wretched glove too soon, G#mC#mG#mC#mG#mC#m But a dragon needs room a dragon needs room a dragon needs room! AB To run, run, run, run...
AB I was a desert in love with extremes. You AB married well, a gentle woman of means who C#mF# kept the word "Destroyer" embroidered on her jeans, too
ABABC#mF# (repeat over the la la's)
AB I wore skins. I didn't care who survived. AB The band foretold trends from Spring of '85. C#mF# They're calling it "The New Decay"...Hey, so am I.
ABABC#mF# (repeat over the la la's)
AB Treacherous fop, don't be embarrassed AB For looking good at your table on the terrace C#mF# That you call home. I'm sold! F#G#mAB Paris, London, Rome's too old for you...and your kind AB Explosions want to see what they can find ABB7 New ways of living...
AB It's you and your kind: EF# The New Ways of Living! AB It's you and your kind: EF# The New Ways of Living! AB It's you and your kind: EF#AB The New Ways of Living!