Destroyer - The Kinks

Destroy all the lies Destroy all the lies Destroy all the lies Destroy all the lies I'm a warrior, the destroyer What a twisted web you weave Inside a maze of mirrors But you're a fake, you're a false, I was deceived You fooled me into fear but Oh, better get behind me Oh, break the ties that bind me Oh, feel the freedom rising No more, I'm fed up and had enough When my demons try to pull me under Into the past that I don't wanna remember Destroy all the lies See through your own disguise I'm the destroyer (War!) Destroyer (War!) I will not be a slave (I won't be a slave) It's over (War!) It's over (War!) I will not walk away (I won't walk away) This is no time for the faint at heart It's time for war! (War!) War! (War!) I'm the destroyer Facing down the enemy Ain't gonna take no prisoners You kept me caged and threw away the key I burned it down to smoke and embers Oh, now that I've been justified Oh, opened up my blinded eyes Oh, now I'm fully alive There's no way I could ever surrender I feel the darkness calling to remind me Of who I was, I put that person behind me Destroy all the lies See through your own disguise Destroy all the lies Through your own disguise The rebel's will rise I'm the destroyer (War!) Destroyer (War!) I will not be a slave (I won't be a slave) It's over (War!) It's over (War!) I will not walk away (I won't walk away) This is no time for the faint at heart It's time for war! (War!) War! (War!) I'm the destroyer Destroyer Destroyer Destroyer Destroyer I'm the destroyer (War!) Destroyer (War!) I will not be a slave (I won't be a slave) It's over (War!) It's over (War!) I will not walk away (I won't walk away) This is no time for the faint at heart It's time for war! (War!) War! (War!) I'm the destroyer War! (War!) War! (War!) I'm the destroyer (I won't walk away) This is no time for the faint at heart It's time for war! (War!) War! (War!) I'm the destroyer I'm the destroyer I'm the destroyer

Following a lead of all my debts I sense violence and know you're still a threat If I'm using my hands, can you cut them off You're a light turned on and I'm a moth I got hit in the face, Your song is a wall You turn around and drive into another black hole There's a bed on my arm and you're the puddle beneath Stop messing me up please stop melting Don't tell, it's not evil I'm looking through, a different view, still You are the reason You are the reason You are the reason my heart broke behind my back You are the reason You are the reason You are the reason my heart broke behind my back Write it down, what you are reading It turns to text, it loses it's meaning I can feel myself beginning to shift What should I hold, I can't resist Does it make you sad, that it's my fault I'm sad myself, I ruined it all What's the science of which is true I don't know anyone else like you Don't tell, it's not evil I'm looking through a different view, still You are the reason You are the reason You are the reason my heart broke behind my back You are the reason You are the reason You are the reason my heart broke behind my back You are the reason You are the reason You are the reason my heart broke behind my back You are the reason You are the reason You are the reason my heart broke behind my back

Wasting your days Chasing some girls, alright Chasing cocaine through the back rooms Of the world all night Wasting your days Chasing some girls, alright Chasing cocaine through the back rooms Of the world all night Sounds, smash hits, melody maker, NME All sound like a dream to me All sound like a dream to me All sounds like a dream Sounds, smash hits, melody maker, NME All sound like a dream to me All sound like a dream to me All sounds like a dream Step out of your toga and into the fog You are a prince on the ocean In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye Step out of your toga and into the ocean Look, they got your prints on the fog In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye In the sky, in your eye In a pinch, in the sky, in your eye I wrote a song for America, who knew? I wrote a song for America, who knew? Who knew?

Soldier, you got to get out more There is life after property Everyone has got a finder's fee Find something difficult to do and do it Write your english music Write your english music Write your english music Run free She tasted of the Christmas wines and said "So many things have run through me. I know the altar boys, they just wanna do me and that's fine. You got to have faith. Yeah, you got to have it." Once again, it's a quarter-to-three by Ambleside-by-the-Sea And something's telling you boy, it's time to take sides And something's telling you boy, it's time to take sides And something's telling you boy, it's time to take sides And write your English Music Though you know it will come to no good When brilliance has a taste for suffering And you're softer than the western world

You look like a real human being But you don't have a mind of your own Yeah, you can talk, you can breathe You can work, you can stitch, you can sew But you're brainwashed Yes you are, yes you are Get down on your knees You've got a job and a house And a wife, and your kids and a car Yeah, you're conditioned to be What they want you to be And be happy to be where you are Yes you are Get down on your knees Get down on your knees The aristocrats and bureaucrats Are dirty rats For making you what you are They're up there and you re down here You're on the ground and they're up with the stars All your life they've kicked you around and pushed you around Till you can't take any more To them you're just a speck of dirt But you don't want to get up off the floor Mister you're just brainwashed They give you social security Tax saving benefits that grow at maturity Yeah, you're conditioned to be What they want you to be And to do what they want you to Yes you are, yes you are Get down on your knees

Daylight over the Village Green early in the morning. Daylight over the hills and valleys heralding the morning. Daylight over the mountains, daylight on the Village Green, Daylight over the field and the factories. Another night has gone away and here comes yet another day. See the early morning risers walking round with bleary eyes. Worn out housewives grit their teeth ignoring new born babies' cries. Look at all the busy people this way, that way, everywhere Biting toast and swallowing tea and breakfast specials on the air. Feel that daylight. Feel the sunlight on my pillow and it stops my yawing. I thank God that I'm still around to see another dawn in. Daylight over the valleys, daylight lighting up the trees, Daylight over the hillside, Smile a smile and sing a song, another night has been and gone. Middle-aged bankers crack their backs and wish they were young and in their teens, Lonely spinsters dream of dating Roger Moore or Steve McQueen. Health fanatics in their attics training for the Empire Games, School boys dream of Captain Scarlet, battle ships and aeroplanes. Feel that daylight, Daylight. Daylight on the Village Green, Daylight, Field and the valleys, Daylight.

Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me I bless the light I bless the light that lights on you, believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day, believe me Days I'll remember all my life Days when you can't see wrong from right You took my life But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's all right Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me I wish today could be tomorrow The night is dark, it just brings sorrow, let it wait Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me Days I'll remember all my life Days when you can't see wrong from right You took my life But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's all right Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me Eeh Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you, believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day, believe me Days

You've been sleeping in a field But you look real rested You set out to outrage But you can't get arrested You say your image is new But it looks well tested You're lost without a crowd Yet you go your own way You say your summer has gone Now the winter is crawling in They say that even in your day Somehow you never could quite fit in Though it's cold outside I know the summer's gonna come again Because you know what they say Every dog has his day You're a misfit Afraid of yourself, so you run away and hide You've been a misfit all your life Why don't you join the crowd and come inside You wander 'round this town Like you've lost your way You had your chance in your day Yet you threw it all away But you know what they say Every dog has his day Look at all the losers and the mad-eyed gazers Look at all the loonies and the sad-eyed failures They've giving up living 'cause they just don't care So take a good look around, the misfits are everywhere This is your chance This is your time So don't throw it away You can have your day 'Cause it's true what they say Every dog has his day You're a misfit Afraid of yourself so you run away and hide You've been a misfit all your life But why don't you join the crowd and come inside You wander 'round this town Like you've lost your way You had your chance in your day Yet you threw it all away Now you're lost in the crowd Yet still go your own way

Baby, you don't know what you're saying Because you're a victim of bright city lights And your mind is not right You think the world's at your feet 'Cause you're starstruck, baby, starstruck Taken in by the lights Think you'll never look back You know you're starstruck on me Baby, you're running around like you're crazy You go to a party and dance through the night And you'll drink 'till you're tight And then you're out on your feet 'Cause you're starstruck, baby, starstruck Taken in by the lights Think you'll never look back You know you're starstruck on me Baby, watch out or else you'll be ruined 'Cause once you're addicted to wine and champagne It's gonna drive you insane Because the world's not so tame And you're starstruck, baby, starstruck You're taken in by the lights Think you'll never look back You know you're starstruck on me Don't you know that you are Starstruck on me And you always will be Starstruck on me Starstruck on me

Here's a story about a sinner He used to be a winner who enjoyed a life of prominence and position But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements And his selfish wife's fanatical ambition It turned him to the booze And he got mixed up with a floosie And she led him to a life of indecision The floosie made him spend his dole She left him lying on Skid Row A drunken lag in some Salvation Army Mission It's such a shame Oh demon alcohol Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would say Damn it all and blow it all Oh demon alcohol Memories I cannot recall Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol Barley wine, pink gin He'll drink anything Port, pernod or tequila Rum, scotch, vodka on the rocks As long as all his troubles disappeared But he messed up his life, went and beat up his wife And the floosie's gone and found another sucker She's gonna turn him on to drink She's gonna lead him to the brink And when his money's gone She'll leave him in the gutter It's such a shame Oh demon alcohol Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would say Damn it all and blow it all Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would fall A slave to demon alcohol