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lyrics

Have you heard of the destroyer
Instinct for survival knows that
they are all coming to get you
God is watching every move

Soldiers know of the destroyer
Echo in the sounds, that pack of hounds
stalking the days and nights
of those strong and brave and true

How you witness the destroyer
venom in the bloodstream.
it’s a memory that has latched on
and then the poison flows and flows

Rid me of the destroyer
Deafening cacophony
Oh peace be with me now
please show me how to make the demons go

You must shake its hand shake its hand shake its hand

When you first walk in on the destroyer
How the stench will burn your nose,
in your morning honeysuckle
how I smell death in your blooming rose.

Acknowledge the destroyer
These ghosts will take your site
and leave you blindly walking out there
through the minefield of your life

You must shake its hand shake its hand shake its hand
Take on what you can and then one day go shake it’s hand

See the vast destruction out there
on the city corners
See the pain passed down you thought you saw it
No ones ever going to call it

All on you you’re the destroyer
All the ways you choose to kill the memories
that have latched on
and then the poison flows and flows and flows.
The destroyer. The destroyer

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from Presenting Tara Shupe: Destroyer, released March 16, 2018
Fiddles, Guitar, Lead vocals: Tara Shupe
Banjo: Eli West
Bass: Tyler Lambourne
Harmonies: Megan Simper, Clark Johnson
Drums: Bart Olson



Fiddles, guitar, lead vocals, and harmony vocals recorded at Prairie Root Studios, Salt Lake City, UT
Bass recorded by Joe Beckham, Birdhouse Recording, Austin, TX
Banjo recorded by Eli West
Drums recorded by Daniel Young at Orchard Studio, North Salt Lake, UT

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Tara Shupe Salt Lake City, Utah

A lifetime immersed in bluegrass, old-time, and American roots music influences the multi-instrumental Tara Shupe in her thoughtful arrangements of old-standards and originals.

Starting first on mandolin at age 4 then taking up fiddle, guitar, and recently banjo throughout her extensive career,
Tara's first solo album features her strong instrumentation on achingly personal, yet timely songs. ... more

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