Cracker Island Album Lyrics by Gorillaz

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Cracker Island

[2-D & Thundercat]
On Cracker Island it was born
To the collective of the dawn
They were planting seeds at night
To grow a made-up paradise
Where the truth was auto-tuned (Forever cult)
And it's sadness I consumed (Forever cult)
Into my formats every day (Forever cult)
In the end, I had to pay (What world is this?)
In the end, I had to pay (I purged my soul)
In the end, I had to pay (I drank to write)
Nothing more to say (I drank to write)

[2-D]
They taught themselves to be a cult
They didn't know its many strategies
Thеy taught themselves to bе a cult
They didn't know its many strategies (Fantasies)

[Thundercat]
What world is this?
What world is this?

[2-D & Thundercat]
On Cracker Island it was raised (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
By the collective from the grave (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
It only came out at night (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
It ate up their paradise (Paradise)
Where the truth was auto-tuned (Forever cult)
And it's sadness I consumed (Forever cult)
Into my formats everyday (Forever cult)
In the end, I had to pay (What world is this?)
Out there on my silver lake (I was not there)
In the end, it will be grey (Beneath the hills)
I'm like a ship between the tides (I saw myself)
I held on, I survived (Beneath the void)

[2-D]
They taught themselves to be a cult
They didn't know its many strategies
They taught themselves to be a cult
They didn't know its many strategies (Fantasies)

[2-D & Thundercat]
On Cracker Island it will die (Forever cult)
Join the collective in the sky (Forever cult)
And on the shining bolt of light (Forever cult)
Go up to paradise (What world is this?)
Where the truth is auto-tuned (I purged my soul)
And it's sadness I consume (I drank to write)
Into my formats every day (I drank to write)
In the end I had to pay (Forever cult)
In the end I had to pay (Forever cult)
In the end I'll be okay (Forever cult)

[2-D]
Nothing more to say
Nothing more to say
Nothing more to say

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Oil

Then I put my codes in the machine
But the world I found was made of faulty dreams (of faulty dreams)

I was on my own there in the psychic silence
I was looking out for some other kite to
Fly out of the doldrums and recall the log
From the early database of your love (of your love)

Fairy light companions
To the dark maths that catapult
Us into imagined worlds
Seems a mockery remote

Interlocking cluster bombs
Like drum and bass, I thought
Close the wells of poison
Fill them up with love

I was on my own there
I was all alone
I got lost, intangible
But that's the place you reach when
You can't help yourself anymore
And the madness come
You'll be falling into the bass and drum (bass and drum)

Fairy light companions
To the dark maths that catapult
Us into imagined worlds
Seems a mockery remote

'Cause I got no choice in it
And I'm not so cold
I could look you in the eye
And not recall (and not recall)

Don't think that my heart is a sad affair without you
Individual actions change the world
Fill them up with love

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The Tired Influencer

One second

It's a cracked screen world
Where white blooms above the city (I'm sorry)
Catch sunrise and the freeway glows
Perfumed with Palo Santo (here's what I found)
Early flights touch down
Every day, the tired influencer (I didn't get that, could you try again?)
Ain't sleeping deep
Waiting for an answer
Gotta press on, brown eyes
I'll always keep you close beside me
Billing trees
'Cause that's the way it's meant to be

It was a different time (different time)
I hear that a lot up in the hills (in the hills)
Logic kills and Silver Lake reflections (reflections)
Just trying to keep my head up (my head up)

But nothing real anymore
In the world of the tired influencer
Ain't sleeping deep
Waiting for an answer
Gotta press on, brown eyes
I always keep you close beside me
Billing trees
'Cause that's the way it's meant to be

If you know
Is it meant to be?
If you know

Wear your love
Wear your love
Wear your love
Love
Is it love you need?
Wear your love
Wear your love (wear your love)
Wear your love
It's meant to be
Wear your love
Wear your love
Wear your love
Wear your love

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Silent Running

Stop, 'cause you're killing me
You brought me back and made me feel free
Rowdy waves and your energy
You pulled me fragile from the wreckage
Well, I got so lost here
Machine assisted, I disappear
To a dream, you don't wanna hear
How I got caught up in nowhere again (oh)

It feels like I've been silent running (silent running)
Through the infinite pages, I've scrolled out
Searching for a new world
Waits on the sunrise

I'm silent running
Run, run, running (oh-ohh-oh), run, run, running
Run, run, running, run, run, running (I'll be, oh)
Run, run, running (back to you), run, run, running (back to you)
I'm silent running
Run, run, running (oh-oh-ohh)
(Oh-ohh)
(Ohh-oh-ohh-oh-ohh-oh-oh-ohh)

Stop, or you'll make me cry (make me cry)
I think it's time that I decide (I decide)
What I've done when I trip and fly (trip and fly)
The wave is taking me (taking me)
There's no way out of here (no way out)
In the labyrinth I disappear (no one here)
To the dark fleet that got me here (underground)
I got caught up in no where again

It feels like I've been silent running (silent)
Through the infinite pages, I scroll out
Searching for a new world (trip and fly)
Waits on the sunrise
I'm silent running

Here we go
Searching for gold
You make me feel so alive (I'll never be)
Demons here (I'll never see)
That I had (I'll never sigh)
Truth be told (too far to sigh)

(Ohh-ohh-oh) I'm silent running
(No way out)
(I'll be) back to you, back to you
I'm silent running
Run, run, running (ohh-oh-oh), run, run, running
Run, run, running (back to you), run, run, running
Run, run, running (back to you), run, run, running (back to you)
Run, run, running, run, running

Make me cry (memories and triumph)
I decide (this is the season of madness)
Trip and fly (trip and fly), taken
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ohh
Ooh-oh-ooh

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New Gold

[Kevin Parker]
But in the magic gold, there's a pretty one
I ask her where it goes, 'cause I really wanna
I wonder if she knows that we're underwater
That's the way it goes in the city wonder

[Bootie Brown]
Moved to the spot, I'm one of a few
A whole lot of everything, but nothin' to do
'Til the end of Tesla, pardon the ex-wrestler
He dates Francesca, they on them Xannies
Liposuction's schedulеd for Granny
She want to save some, add to hеr nanny girls' trip
Miami at the end of the year
Polluted-filled skies, trying to think clear
I heard the bad news, while I was sheddin' a beer
Watch out from the coast, Paul Revere
We all play a part in the devil's cheer
Run to the hills 'cause the end is near

[Kevin Parker]
But in the magic gold, there's a pretty one
I ask her where it goes, 'cause I really wanna
I wonder if she knows that we're underwater
That's the way it goes in the city wonder

[Bootie Brown]
Yo, a desolate city where it hurts to smile
Ran into the Reverend since it's been a while
I'm reining in the Randal, she's a social scandal
Gave ourselves a handout when it's too much to bear
ABC boys ready to mare
Like Shaun, he's the Ryder, took on a dare
Now he's singin' like a birdy, pullin' on his hair
Trendin' on Twitter's what some of us live for
Branches here and out, f*cking revolving door
All of this a joke? Pauly Shore
Bullshit keeps comin', baby I'm a Matador
What are we livin' for?

[Bootie Brown, Kevin Parker & Both]
Are we all losin' our minds?
Because life got in the way (Hey, hey, hey)
They will be here just in time
Your replacement is here to stay (Ah-ah-ah-ah)

[2-D, Bootie Brown & Kevin Parker]
New gold, fool's gold
Everythin' will disappear (New gold)
Someone's out here
Who traveled far too many years (New gold)
To nowhere, nowhere
Nothin' here is ever real (New gold)
New gold, fool's gold (New gold)
Everythin' will disappear, disappear
Disappear, disappear, disappear
Disappear, disappear, disappear
Disappear, disappear, disappear
Disappear, disappear, disappear

[Kevin Parker & 2-D]
But in the magic gold, there's a pretty one
I ask her where it goes, 'cause I really wanna
I wonder if she knows that we're underwater
That's the way it goes in the city wonder
But in the magic gold, there's a pretty one (New gold)
I ask her where it goes, 'cause I really wanna
I wonder if she knows that we're underwater
That's the way it goes in the city wonder (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
(New gold, fool's gold)
But in the magic gold, there's a pretty one
(Everythin' will disappear)
I ask her where it goes, 'cause I really wanna (New gold)
(Someone's out here)
I wonder if she knows that we're underwater
(Who traveled far too many years)
That's the way it goes, in the city wonder (New gold)
(To nowhere, nowhere)
But in the magic gold, there's a pretty one
(Nothin' here is ever real)
I ask her where it goes 'cause I really wanna (New gold)
(New gold, fool's gold)
I wonder if she knows that we're underwater (New gold)
(Everythin' will disappear)
That's the way it goes in the city wonder

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Baby Queen

I met the princess from Thailand again
She had grown up
Into a queen
Down in the abyss where the night
Never turns to daylight
She kept me in a polaroid
That was pinned upon her wall
Under Garuda's mirror lights
She takes flight
Yeah, the kid's alright

You've grown up
(Oh, baby queen)
You've grown up
(Oh, baby queen)
(You've grown up)

She fell into the generals (oh, baby queen)
On the watch all around her
I fell into the vanity
The mirrored lights of our dreams

You've grown up
(Oh, baby queen)
In my dreams (dreams, dreams, dreams)
Where you've been (dreams, dreams, dreams, dreams)
You've grown up
(Oh, baby queen)
In my dreams (dreams, dreams, dreams)
Where you've been (dreams, dreams, dreams, dreams)

(Oh, baby queen)
In my dreams (dreams, dreams, dreams)
Where you've been (dreams, dreams, dreams, dreams)
You've grown up
(Oh, baby queen)
In my dreams (dreams, dreams, dreams)
Where you've been (dreams, dreams, dreams, dreams)

You've grown up
(Oh, baby queen)
In my dreams (dreams, dreams, dreams)
Where you've been (dreams, dreams, dreams, dreams)
You've grown up
(Oh, baby queen)
In my dreams (dreams, dreams, dreams)
Where you've been (dreams, dreams, dreams, dreams) (baby)

Baby queen
You were in my dreams

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Tarantula

I think the sadness has come again
Green velvet in a passing den
No bloodiness, her gold earring
Right aside for you
Nothing will be bad for me then too
I just wanna put my arms 'round you
And whisper
I'm on one percent but I'm there with you

I know I fantasize
Although I don't even mind
If you're good for me
Then I'm good for you
And that's all I need in my life

Through polymer dunes I dance tonight
With you frozen under mirrored lights
No ways out, only ways into my heart
As the calling seems to grow again
It's a problem that I can't repair
Always with you
Always

I know I fantasize
Although I don't even mind
If you're good for me
Then I'm good for you
And that's all I need in my life

Time's run out (in my life)
Nowhere real (in my life)
In the hills (in my life)
What I feel (on my own, on my own, on my own)
On my own
(Even) time run out
I need you

Ways into my heart
Need you, I need you, I need you, I need you

If you're good for me
Then I'm good for you
And that's all I need in my life

I know I fantasize
Although I don't even mind
If you're good for me
Then I'm good for you
And that's all I need in my life

Time's run out (in my life) (need you)
Nowhere real (in my life)
In the hills (in my life)
Is what I feel (in my life, in my life, in my life, in my life)
(Need you, I need you, I need you, I need you)
On my own
Time run out (if you're good for me, then I'm good for you)
I need you (and that's all I need in my life)

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Tormenta

The sun in the storm (sun in the storm, someone cryin')
Someone cryin' (someone, someone, someone)
Something is said (someone cryin')
Someone cryin' (someone, someone, someone, someone)

Ey, ey
Y aprovéchame hoy
Que mañana me voy
Y no sé cuando vuelvo
Si en tus ojos me pierdo
Y aprovéchame hoy
Que mañana me voy
Y no sé cuando vuelvo
Si en tus ojos me pierdo

Y nadie lo pidió
Pero estamos aquí
Yo no sé si fue Dios, ey
Pero creo que lo vi-i

Cuando me besaste
No sé cuando llegaste
Pero no quiero que te vayas
Tú haces contraste
Con to' este desastre
Que me toca vivir
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
La cura del miedo la tienes tú
Veo todo claro aunque se fue la luz, ey
Aprovéchame hoy

Ey, ey
Y yo no quera ver el mundo arder
Pero algo tan bonito no, no se puede perder
El reloj no quiere morder
Pero en tus brazos me voy a esconder, ey
Pa' que no me encuentren
To' el mundo siempre está pendiente (pendiente)
Pero no saben lo que se siente (siente)
Cruza conmigo antes que se rompa el puente (puente), je

Y que se joda el resto
Quién dice lo que está correcto
Si el amor nunca ha si'o perfecto
Ojalá sea por siempre este momento
Pero si no aprovéchame hoy

The sun in the storm (sun in the storm, someone cryin')
Someone cryin' (someone, someone, someone)
Something is said (someone cryin')
Someone cryin' (someone, someone, someone, someone)

Something is

The sun in the storm (sun in the storm, someone cryin')
Someone cryin' (someone, someone, someone, someone)

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Skinny Ape

To the pool, at least try to let it go
But nobody knows what they're fooling with here

There will be time and there will be a sign (ape)
When all the kids who have cancelled time will (ape)
Take my hands and pull me up again (ape)
Cheer me up and help me walk again (walk again)

To the pool, at least try to let it go
But nobody knows what they're fooling with here

I got bones, and I got jaded legs (ape)
Not the type that can win a race (ape)
Living plastic on a vacant lot (ape)
Left behind and staring at a robot

Don't be sad for me (ape)
I'm a cartoon G (ape)
And my intent is to breathe (ape) in a new world
Don't be sad for me

(Ape) breathe
(Ape) breathe

I can balance on the highest tree
You can only see outlines of me
I can disappear, or lighten your day
Imitate and say
I'm a skinny little ape

Don't be sad for me (I'm a skinny little ape)
I'm a cartoon G (I'm a cartoon G, ape)
And my intent is to breathe (ape) in a new world
Don't be sad for me

Don't be sad for me
I'm a cartoon G
And my intent is to breathe (ape) in a new world
Don't be sad for me

I'm a skinny little, skinny little, skinny little, skinny little ape, ape, ape, ape
Ape, ape, ape, I'm a skinny little, skinny little, skinny little
Skinny little ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape
I'm a skinny little, skinny little, skinny little, skinny little ape, ape, ape, ape
Ape, ape, ape, I'm a skinny little, skinny little, skinny little
Skinny little ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape
Ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape
Ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape
Ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape
Ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape
I'm a skinny little, skinny little, skinny little, skinny little ape, ape, ape, ape
Ape, ape, ape, I'm a skinny little, skinny little, skinny little
Skinny little ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape
I'm a skinny little, skinny little, skinny little, skinny little ape, ape, ape, ape
Ape, ape, ape, I'm a skinny little, skinny little, skinny little
Skinny little ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape, ape

But nobody knows what they're fooling with for me
Don't be sad for me

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Possession Island

I stand and look out on the dark plains
Where the moon is rising
And the hydrofoils are coming back in
From the past in silence

Where things they don't exist
And we're all in this together 'til the end

Where the pearly gates remain open
And welcome me home
'Cause the time I came to California I died
At the hands of the ghostly queen

Where things they don't exist
And we're all in this together 'til the end
'Til the end evermore

Should I ask you? (Should I ask you?)
For forgiveness? (Forgiveness?)
And open my heart?
If I say these words will you listen
Or leave me here in the dark?

Where things they don't exist
And we're all in this together 'til the end
'Til the end

Where things they don't exist
And we're all in this together 'til the end
'Til the end