Chalk Tablet Towers is a track from Gorillaz' seventh studio album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez. The song features American singer and songwriter, St. Vincent.
Background[]
“ | We didn’t talk about the song, per se. We just talked about the future of humanity, of performance, the infinity of a single moment, four-tracks. We realized we are a modern combo platter of human identity and experience. We talked about the future in a way that made me jump out of my chair with excitement. That’s the fucking spirit. | „ |
~ St. Vincent, guitarworld.com interview |
Chalk Tablet Towers is one of the tracks made during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020. On August 2nd, 2020 short snippet of the song was leaked alongside The Valley Of The Pagans demo.
Chalk Tablet Towers was eventually released on the standard edition of the Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez album.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: 2D]
Chalk tablet towers, like drawing shadows
Chemical distraction, you are not with me
I departed in the spring, to a distant star
But I could not get back, I had gone too far (O-o-o-oh)
[Bridge: 2D & St. Vincent]
I wanna get drunk
I wanna get stoned
I wanna give up
I wanna go ho-o-o-ome
[Verse 2: 2D & St. Vincent]
Watching rockets take off from the parting sea
How will I ever touch you if you are not with me? (O-o-o-oh, out here)
There's only silence (Out here) No form of contact (Out here)
I am dreaming, looking into darkness (O-o-o-oh)
[Bridge: 2D & St. Vincent]
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh, oh, ohh, ohh, oh
[Verse 3: 2D & St. Vincent]
I won't be back 'til the end of summer, will you still be there?
I won't give up on you, darling, just tell me that you care
I don't need no trophies, no cell with a view
There's nothing I wouldn't give one minute with you, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
You, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
You, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
You, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
[Outro]
(You, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)
(You, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)
(You, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Lyric Video[]
Trivia[]
- Excluding the bonus tracks, Chalk Tablet Towers and Dead Butterflies are the only two songs on Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez not to receive music videos.