Self-Reference

In The Sublimation Hour ("Auction off The Temple," referring to Destroyer's the Temple from Thief)
In The Sublimation Hour ("But there's a rumor going round even Destroyers have a price")
In The Very Modern Dance ("It's just a Golden Bridge I'm burning," referring to We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge)
In The Crossover ("They lose your scent in the fountain," referring to School, and the Girls Who Go There from City of Daughters)
In Helena ("Oh! First Destroyer!")
In Strike ("Why do you work for the festival," referring to Death on the Festival Circuit from Thief)

In Here Comes the Night ("cause a real thief (Thief! Thief! Thief! Thief! Thief!) thieves..." referring to Thief)
In Modern Painters ("Our second favorite magazine about new ways of living," referring to New Ways of Living from Your Blues)

In New Ways of Living ("Kept the word "Destroyer" embroidered on her jeans, too")

In Rubies ("I wanted you, I wanted your blues", referring to Your Blues)
In Rubies ("This Night advances on...", referring to This Night)
In Your Blood ("Never had to choose Your Blood versus Your Blues", referring to Your Blues)
In Painter in Your Pocket ("It was 2002," referring to the year This Night was released)
In Looters' Follies ("In These Nights," referring to This Night)
In Looters' Follies ("It was that Jewel-Encrusted Roan," referring to The Music Lovers from Your Blues)
In Looters' Follies ("All 'cause our babies are dyin'!", referring to The Music Lovers from Your Blues)
In 3000 Flowers ("And the sky still reigned supreme over the land as The Music Lovers sat cross-legged in the sand", referring to The Music Lovers)

In The State ("I look like a fucking monster with this wing," possibly referring to Makin' Angels from This Night)
In Rivers ("Three stars means I'm losing you", says The Night to one of her romances", possibly referring to This Night)
In Leopard Of Honor ("She travels in and out of you like some shade whistlin' Dixie", referring to Whistilin' Dixie (She Shoots) from We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge)
In Plaza Trinidad ("A world at war, the kind of thing we've seen before," referring to Thief (song) from Thief)

In The Freedom ("The City of Daughters can't be found where it ought to be found", referring to both the album and the track from Thief.)

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