| “ | Time is a low, don't you know? What are we going to do? |
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Every Planet We Reach Is Dead (occasionally shortened to "Every Planet We Reach") is the eighth track from Gorillaz' second studio album, Demon Days.
This song features Ike Turner in the piano solo.
Information[]
Ike Turner was brought in to play the piano solo on the track by Danger Mouse, who had known him for a few years in California. While talking to him about music and working together, Brian had a light bulb moment and played the track to Ike, who did his own thing on it.[1]
| “ | Noodle: Every planet we reach is dead. An image of… catching a glimpse of your soul, the battlefield, from above. ‘I lost my land’. This is …how'd you put it… An unloaded question. A soft proposal to question ourselves and our decisions. Russel: There's a Charles BukowskiW quote that goes something like… ‘If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.’ You can kinda hear this sentiment in the line, ‘I lost my way, what am I going to do?’. |
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Lyrics[]
I lost my leg, like I lost my way
So no loose ends
Nothing to see me down
How are we going to work this out?
Dreams are bad, our heads are mad
I love the girl
God only knows it, it's getting hard
To see the sun coming through
I love you
So what are we going to do?
Picture I'm a dreamer
I'll take you deeper
Down to the sleepy glow
Time is a low, don't you know?
What are we going to do?[3]
When we go down
For all the sacred selfless days
Only left with heartache
I want to see you again
I love you
But what are we going to do?
Video[]
Trivia[]
- At some point before its release, this track was titled "Looking At Earth From A Spaceship".[4][5]
- At first glance, the red/orange planet depicted on the cover could be mistaken as Mars but, judging by its adjacency to Earth (in the background), the setting of the cover art may actually be the Moon during a lunar eclipseW.
- The poses being performed by the members of the band on the cover art mimic that of the BeatlesW on the cover of their sixth album, Help!W. The arm positions spell out the word "HELP" in flag semaphoreW; a form of hand signals used to convey messages across long distances (especially during emergencies). In the context of the both Every Planet We Reach is Dead and Help!, the artists are both calling out to someone/anyone to rescue them from a seemingly hopeless scenario which for the Gorillaz, involves being stranded on a distant planet far away from home.
- Although the Beatles initially tried to portray "HELP", they ended up forming "NUJV" for better graphic positioning. As a result, Gorillaz also portray "NUJV".
References[]
- ↑ "Ike Turner, Danger Mouse join Gorillaz on ‘Demon Days’". Associated Press. SummitDaily.com (8 June 2005). Retrieved on 10 May 2025.
- ↑ Browne, Cass; Gorillaz (October 26, 2006). Rise Of The Ogre, p. 196. Penguin Group. ISBN 1-59448-931-9.
- ↑ Smith, Mike; Gorillaz (29 November 2005). Demon Days PVG, p. 55-57. Faber Music. ISBN 0-571-52453-2.
- ↑ "Gorillaz – Demon Days". Discogs. Retrieved on 7 January 2025.
- ↑ Capelli, Matías (June 2005). "gorillaz, Pop animado y rebelde". Los Inrockuptibles Argentina. Damon Albarn Unofficial. Retrieved on 7 January 2025.