Gorillaz, the virtual band helmed by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, have released a new single titled "Silent Running" featuring Adeleye Omotayo. The song is the sixth track to be unveiled from their upcoming album "Cracker Island," set to be released on February 24th. This album is set to feature other collaborations with artists such as Thundercat, Tame Impala, Bootie Brown, Beck, Bad Bunny, Stevie Nicks, and more.
In an interview, Albarn described the track as channeling "that sort of mesmerizing dreamlike state you get in when you’re just following some train of thought." The band's cartoon frontman 2D added, "Sometimes I get well lost and end up in the wrong place but then it turns out that's where I was meant to be going anyway."
The band has been promoting the album with augmented reality shows in New York's Times Square and London's Piccadilly Circus. The shows were directed by Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett and created by Nexus Studios using Google's ARCore Geospatial API. A music video for "Silent Running" is also in the works, with no release date announced yet.
Lyrics
Stop, cause you're killing me
You brought me back and made me feel free
Rowdy waves and your energy
You brought me, fragile, from the wreckage
I got so lost here
But she insisted I'd disappear
Into a dream you don't wanna hear
How I got caught up in no where again
Hey!
It feels like I've been silent running
Through the infinite pages I scrolled out
Searching for a new world
The waste of the sunrise
I'm silent running
Run run running
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 (I'm silent running)
Run run running
Run run running
Run run running
Stop, oh you make me cry (Make me cry)
I think it's time that I decide (I decide)
What I've done when I've driven fast (Driven fast)
And with this ticket (Taking it)
Cause there's no way out of here (There's no way out)
And the labyrinth if I disappear (No one here)
To the dark fleet that got me here (There's no way out)
How I got caught up in no where again
Hey!
It feels like I've been silent running
Through the infinite pages I sought out
Searching for a new world
The waste of 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)
To be gold (Too far to sigh)
Silent running (Oh, Oh, Running)
I'm silent running
Run run running
Run run running (Oh)
Run run running
Run run running
Run run running (Back to you)
Run run running (Back to you)
Run run running (I'm silent running)
I'm trip and fly (Trip and fly)
There's no one there (No one there)
There's no way out (No way out)
Trip and fly (Trip and fly)
'Cause I'm inside (Oh, Oh)
Gorillaz - Silent Running ft. Adeleye Omotayo (Official Audio)
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