Gorillaz - The Empty Dream Machine ft. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar

Gorillaz - The Empty Dream Machine ft. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar with tags gorillaz, the mountain, gorillaz mountain, the moon cave, sad god, delirium, sweet prince, the shadowy light, casablanca, the empty dream machine, the plastic guru, the hardest thing, orange county, ajay prasanna, anoushka shankar, bobby womack, jalen ngonda, bizarrap, kara jackson, johnny marr, gruff rhys, dennis hopper, asha puthli, dave jolicoeur, black thought, sparks, tony allen, idles, trueno, proof, mark e. smith, omar souleyman, yasiin bey, paul simonon, gorillaz 2026

The Mountain, out now.

Visualiser creative by Jamie Hewlett

Gorillaz are managed by Eleven Mgmt

Written by Damon Albarn, Tariq L. Trotter, Johnny Marr and Anousha Shankar

Produced by Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton and Remi Kabaka Jr

Vocals by Gorillaz and Black Thought

Backing Vocals by Rebecca Freckleton and Jesse Appiah

Sitar by Anoushka Shankar

Electric Guitar by Johnny Marr

Percussion by Viraj Acharya

Engineered by Samuel Egglenton

Assistant Engineering by Giacomo Vianello and Ishaan Nimkar

Recorded at Studio 13 London, Studio 13 Devon, Island City Studios Mumbai

Mixed by Marta Salogni at Studio Zona

Mastered by Heba Kadry, NYC

Mastering Assistant, Jacob Clements

Published by Sony Music Publishing / Thirteen Limited, ASCAP/Universal Music Publishing/Legendelphia Music, BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited, Chester Music Limited / A Wise Music Company

Lyrics:

Promises

The promises that we make

They clock us in at night

And check us out the next day

Tired but not forever so

The feeling of the day before

Was really much more than anyone could pray for

Empty dream machine without you

Man's in chains

His mind is at war again I fear

It’s darkened angels are present here for real

And silenced now by this dread

I thought I’d got my life straight

Thought I’d changed it

But it seems I’ve just been crawling lately

I’ve prayed, I’ve cried

So don’t let me fall.

I’m A chastened man

And right now

right now I feel this pain

I feel this transition

But I don’t know what to say

Release me now

Empty dream machine without you

Listening to Asha sing Dum Maro Dum,

we acquire honor from, if but a modicum.

A heart driven by the drum is what I borrow from in the shadowy light of the

night until tomorrow comes. Protection from clove, cinnamon and

cardimum.

My chalice wasn’t masala, It’s something harder son.

My brainchild went from little one to martyrdom and

gave the bug to the inspiration he had caught it from.

My armor stay wrapped tight like a chrysalis.

There’s planets in the palm of my hand like it’s a callous.

On the mountain top is a wonderland like it was Alice -

so every blood vessel expands.

Forbidden talents. Doing tantric downward.

A gold tooth in a trash can was the beginning of me kinda’ taking my last

stand.

When I was Wimbledon they tried to swing me the back hand part of the

pendulum and do me like I’m a black man that’s black like spirits black like

Krishna black like a diety that’s trapped like a prisoner.

It’s a wrap like chiba rolled up into the rizla when you’re black like Evil Dee

I need you you on my team x2

Vision is distorted

I love you in that colour

Floating up above you

Trying to get my dream back

Need you on my team

I need you by my side girl

Need you on my team

No automatic replies

I love you in that colour

Need you on my team girl

Floating up above you

Need you on my team

Need you on my team

Vision is distorted

Need you on my team

Floating up above you

An empty dream machine without you

Need you on my team

I love you in that colour

An empty dream machine without you

Need you on my team

No Automatic Replies

Floating up above you

Need you on my team

I love you in that colour

Empty dream machine without you

or black like Sizzla.

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