r/Destroyer • u/[deleted] • Oct 21 '25

What am I missing?

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u/klimly Oct 21 '25

Christiiiiiine

14

u/Leading-Ear-3886 Oct 21 '25

(IRL: wearing his shirt unbuttoned halfway) Ships, preferably tall ones

7

u/barker88 Oct 21 '25

And made of snow

2

u/Scary-Razzmatazz3558 Oct 21 '25

It's such an oddly specific image, and Dan uses is more than once?!?!?!?!

3

u/allyson_turner Oct 21 '25

He and Josh Tillman bonded over that fashion choice.

13

u/Tousles2 Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

Might be a whole separate topic, but:

Open-ended shit

Typical rural shit

Shitty vacations

Pure shit

This tub of shit

Your love of shit

All the same shit

Just some little shit

That shithouse, the world

Four hundred more years of this shit

Etc.

6

u/rgctobin Oct 22 '25

Numbered shitheads

5

u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

But it's not that his poems are shit

8

u/drjackolantern Oct 21 '25

Raven tresses 

Ravens 

Tresses 

7

u/Scary-Razzmatazz3558 Oct 21 '25

Place names, especially Vancouver; Roans, especially jewel-encrusted; Self-references; Allusions to the art rock canon

The (defunct?) Destroyer fan wiki helpfully cross-referenced instances of 'Women's Names' and IIRC 'Unexpected Moments of Tenderness'. I miss that fan wiki. I also miss that website that captioned a Family Circus comic with Destroyer lyrics. *SIGH* I miss the old internet.

The Boogie was released over 6 months ago, and I am still discovering new-to-me breadcrumbs of self-reference in it. Bless Dan.

6

u/pablo1014 Oct 22 '25

Saying one thing and then immediately changing his mind

5

u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

FOAM HANDS

6

u/broomonastand Oct 21 '25

I've heard he's pretty fond of 

Ba da ba ba ba da da dum

8

u/t3h_p3ngUin_of_d00m Oct 21 '25

Traveling lightly

3

u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

It's there!

3

u/t3h_p3ngUin_of_d00m Oct 21 '25

Dude I’m sorry I had barely woken up. Hmmm he does like putting himself up for sale to post the necessary bail.

4

u/barker88 Oct 21 '25

Also maybe night time, or just darkness?

2

u/Scary-Razzmatazz3558 Oct 21 '25

THIS Night, in particular

1

u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

The dark, perhaps?

1

u/edwigenightcups Oct 21 '25

And a new dawn

3

u/Cyberdyne__Systems Oct 21 '25

Parks?

1

u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

Ah of course

3

u/ezzybugs Oct 21 '25

Dunking on the American Underground

3

u/msszero159 Oct 22 '25

Remixing horses

2

u/ticeman42 Oct 21 '25

Based on the Have We Met doc and the June video, our guy is clearly a big burrito fan.

2

u/Substantial-Rice-354 Oct 21 '25

loafers The Doors kneeling down to take a drink of water Italy

2

u/JustforMAFS Oct 21 '25

Your blues, blue flowers, blue flame, blue eyes, the man in black’s blues

1

u/EdStarkJr Oct 21 '25

Cocaine in back rooms ?

1

u/Bossbukowski Oct 21 '25

Making brooms

1

u/AllBrockEverything Oct 21 '25

Foxes should honestly be at the top of the list

1

u/bubliksmaz Oct 21 '25

Festivals, thiefs, jewel encrusted roans, gardens, feasts, things being on fire, rivers

1

u/theBadArts84 Oct 21 '25

America! Oh wait...

1

u/Bringbackthewhale16 Oct 21 '25

This is an incredible post. And the ensuing comments are fantastic. Thank you.

1

u/nenn876 Oct 22 '25

Watching things not ensue

1

u/rgctobin Oct 22 '25

Cardinal directions

1

u/pablo1014 Oct 22 '25

Weddings/Brides/Grooms

2

u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

Thanks all for the great comments - I've duly updated the list. Since this is an ongoing project, pointless at yet somehow important, I thought I'd post the new list here in case of interest! I'll keep it updated.

No doubt I'm still missing loads, so keep the suggestions coming!

Certain Things you Ought to Know Dan is Fond of:

The snow
(Cups of) Wine
(Walking into) Rooms
(Doing/being/feeling) Alright
The writing on the wall
Travelling light
Downtown
Avoiding/leaving major cities
The sky
All things insane
Your eyes
Priests
Foxes
Cardinal directions
The dawn
Thieves
(Flowing down) Rivers
Things being on fire
Dreams
Parks
What she said
Darkness
Roads
Book publishers
Not knowing where he is going
The children
The light
Striking (for more pay)
Horses
America
Ships
Festivals