| “ | Waiting for the low tide
To pick us up and fly (Fly, fly) We're dead butterflies |
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Dead Butterflies is a track from Gorillaz' seventh studio album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez. The song features Kano and Roxani Arias and was co-produced by Mike Will Made It and Marzeratti.
Background[]
| “ | Used to listen to gorillaz for inspiration… Now we have a banger together on their new album called #deadbutterflies and its as fresh and cultured clashed as we were aiming for it to be. Humbled to be able to play my role as the producer on this vibed out song, we cooked up a global vibe over the global pandemic… Hope u all are enjoying it. | „ |
| ~ Mike Will Made It, Instagram |
Dead Butterflies has been in production since 2018, originally for the album The Now Now, however, the track was cut from the record and left unfinished. Work on the song resumed during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020 and Dead Butterflies was eventually released on the standard edition of the Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez album.
Lyrics[]
[Intro: 2-D]
(Mike WiLL Made-It)
Oh, when was I supposed to
Bow down with you? (Yeah)
What can I be prayin' for?
There's nothing in this world
(Can we, can we just leave that last piano part a little bit?)
(Leave it there)
(Is there a lighter?)
Bow down with you
What can I be prayin' for?
There's nothing in this world
[Refrain: 2-D]
Oh, when was I supposed to (Yeah, yeah)
Bow down with you? (Bow down now, bow)
What can I be prayin' for? (Prayin' for, prayin' for)
There's no one in this world, like you? (Like you, nah)
[Chorus: 2-D]
We're dead butterflies (Butterflies, butterfliеs)
Laid out on a sprung floor
Waiting for the low tide
To pick us up and fly (Fly, fly)
We'rе dead butterflies
[Verse 1: Roxani Arias]
I'm all in, let me know what you're thinking
Catch feels, wine down while we figure this out, right now (Right now, right now)
Deja que fluya pa no perder el control
No queda de otra vamo a estar en lo mismo
Estoy dispuesta a darte todo el cariño (Todo el cariño)
[Verse 2: Kano]
Two-stepping while I move reckless
New settings, booze and nudes pending
Loose evidence and news trendin', effortlessly truth bendin'
Who's treacherous? Searching for feelings of a new friendship
There's but a few endings, everyone's a winner 'til you lose bredrin
Hold tight when we use to hold tight
Levitate to most high, don't fuck up the whole skyline
Bright lights, I hope that feeling can replenish
Regretful, 'cause if I let you left me then I'll be rush rouletting
With a whole full clip in pow
Cashmere drippage, now
and memories, lift me up, but still a man's tears dripping down
On to these photographs of what we used to be
But overtime the puddle turns into a sea
When I observed you cry a stream
I was just surfing on your grief
That I can't delete, just come to terms with who was me
But who are we?
These mirrors don't reflect perfection
Just put on your crep selection, come and two step to heaven with me
[Chorus: 2-D]
We're dead butterflies (Butterflies, butterflies)
Laid out on a sprung floor
Waiting for the low tide
To pick us up and fly (Fly, fly)
We're dead butterflies
[Verse 3: 2-D]
'Cause if it's not me then
Whose it gonna be, baby?
If it's not us (Not us, not us)
There's nothing in this world for me
[Chorus: 2-D]
We're dead butterflies
Dancing on a sprung floor
Waiting for the load tide
To pick us up and fly (Fly, fly)
We're dead butterflies
[Refrain: 2-D]
When was I supposed to (Get up, get up)
Bow down with you? (Bow down, bow down now)
What can I be prayin' for? (Prayin' for, prayin' for)
There's no one in this world, like you? (Like you, nah)
[Outro: 2-D]
We're dead butterflies (Butterflies, butterflies)
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Trivia[]
- Kano has previously worked with Damon Albarn on the song Feel Free from Kano's album, London Town and was featured on the track White Flag from Gorillaz' album Plastic Beach.
- Excluding the bonus tracks, Dead Butterflies and Chalk Tablet Towers are the only two songs on Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez not to receive music videos.
- Roxani Arias sings a part of the track in Spanish, which makes Dead Butterflies the third Gorillaz song sung in Spanish, after Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo) and She's My Collar (Kali Uchis Spanish Special).