Jul. 5, 19691 viewer12.3K views
Sinister Purpose Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When the sky is gray
And the moon is hate
I'll be down to get you
Roots of earth will shake
[Hook]
Sinister purpose
Knocking at your door
Come and take my hand
[Verse 2]
Burn away the goodness
You and I remain
Did you see the last war
Well, here I am again
[Hook]
Sinister purpose
Knocking at your door
Come and take my hand
[Verse 3]
I can set you free
Make you rich and wise
We can live forever
Look into my eyes
When the sky is gray
And the moon is hate
I'll be down to get you
Roots of earth will shake
[Hook]
Sinister purpose
Knocking at your door
Come and take my hand
[Verse 2]
Burn away the goodness
You and I remain
Did you see the last war
Well, here I am again
[Hook]
Sinister purpose
Knocking at your door
Come and take my hand
[Verse 3]
I can set you free
Make you rich and wise
We can live forever
Look into my eyes
[Hook]
Sinister purpose
Knocking at your door
Come and take my hand
Mm-mm-mm-mm....
Sinister purpose
Knocking at your door
Come and take my hand
Mm-mm-mm-mm....
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Genius Annotation
The eighth track off of Green River, indicatively titled “Sinister Purpose” depicts a narrator characteristic of the devil offering their unholy services to the subject in a prototypical sinister and satanic manner.
Additionally, the lyrics, particularly in the second verse, seem to infer a further parallelism between the devilish narrator and warfare, no doubt alluding to the band’s renowned sentiments regarding the contemporaneously coinciding war in Vietnam.
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- 1.Green River
- 2.Commotion
- 6.Lodi
- 8.Sinister Purpose
- 11.Glory Be
- 14.Lodi (Live)
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Recorded At
Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, California
Release Date
July 5, 1969
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