Destroy is the 8th song in Sleeping At Last’s Atlas: III project. It is part of the Storge section of the album, along with Quiet Magic and Build, which shares a theme with Destroy
[Verse 1]
Smash the hourglass into oblivion
Time stands still
The shattering of glass and the avalanche of sand
Breaks the spell
[Verse 2]
Time, I want to feel your tender heart break just like mine
For the soft and the sharp of a rose that was grown to be pruned and pruned until it dies
[Verse 3]
I'm talking in my sleep, maybe I'm saying what I mean
Time will tell
The quiet part out loud sets the table, shifts the ground
Rings the bell
[Chorus]
Don't overthink it, don't overthink it
Don't overthink it, just pick up the pieces
Don't overthink this
[Verse 4]
Time, I want to see you hesitate, even change your mind
Be born, get older and tired and anxious and buried with hope for an afterlife
[Verse 5]
In our storybooks, written in our DNA
Birth is pain
The phoenix and the ash, transformation in the third act
Keeps the dread at bay
[Bridge]
So I'm gonna light a match and if it all goes up in flames
God, I hope the fire lights the way
[Chorus]
Don't overthink it, don't overthink it
Don't overthink it, pulled apart by the minute
Don't overthink it, don't overthink it
Don't overthink it, just pick up the pieces
Just pick up the pieces
Destroy was written by Ryan O’Neal.
Destroy was produced by Sleeping At Last.
Sleeping At Last released Destroy on Tue Apr 29 2025.