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Gorillaz - Empire Ants Lyrics

Artist: Gorillaz

Album: Plastic Beach

Genre: Hip Hop/Rap

  • Songwriters: Damon Albarn, Little Dragon, Jamie Hewlett

Oh, joys arise
The sun has come again to hold you
Sailing out the doldrums of the whole week
The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you
It's all around you, out here

And if the whole world is crashing down on you
Fall through space out of mind again
Where the emptiness we leave behind
On warm air rising
Lose all the shadows far away

The falling alcohol empire is here to hold you
Rolling out and haunted till it sinks

Little memories, marching on
Your little feet, working the machine
Will it spin? Will it soar?
My little dream, working the machine

Soar like a whale and crash and fall
And closing in on blue

Little memories
Your little feet, working the machine
Will it spin? Will it sore?
My little dream, working the machine

Soar like a whale and crash and fall
And closing in on blue


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  • Amber Kohaku

    This website has horrible lyrics but here.
    "Closing in on the Moon"
    "From here where we are"

  • Ira Hartling

    Where it says "The falling of the alchohol empire", its actually "The falling of the whole empire".

  • Carmen Moseley

    Love this song & Rhinestone Eyes.......such amazing music...... :D

  • Tyler Graden

    I LLovvee gorrilaz!

  • Justin Carter

    yes, this is a very awesome song.

  • Anonymous

    So fu$%@&~&#039 spectacular!!! love thiis song and Love Gorillaz! The best damn thing!

  • Anonymous

    This song is very good song to comprehend to. I love the beat of the song. Let just say Gorillaz made Plastic Beach phenomenal! Its like they never let down their fans.

  • Anonymous

    thx for the lyrics.
    you think maybe it says "soar like a [wave] and crash and fall" instead of "whale"??
    ..just sayin :)

  • Anonymous

    I think this song is referencing the chinese/japanese empires. and when little dragon is singing she's singing about noodles experiences and little memories of her childhood. anyone else agree?

  • Anonymous

    cnt stop listening to this song, tha switch frm albarns voice to tha loud bit is so good! love her voice too

  • Anonymous

    this song is &#%^@! amazing the way the beat switches up is ridiculous... yukimi voice is so pure, so vibrant, so inspirational i love it i love it i love it !!!!!!!!!! and even you dont understand what she means you yourself as a person should translate it to what it means to you THATS MUSIC !!!!

  • Anonymous

    the best song on the album..... !!! little dragon are amazing ...i'm going to check out their new album. the person who slates them in the other cooment.....1) why would you check out little dragon's other material if you hated the song....and 2)if you are so cynical about gorillaz as a marketing project why but the album in the first place??lol. so dumb ...

  • Anonymous

    Little Dragon straight up sucks. This song is so amazing until that dumb woman opens her asian mouth. but hey, gorillaz is a marketing project with a target audience of EVERYONE ... but before you go wasting your time checking out Little Dragon's retarded music (YES i have checked it out), go check out Damon Albarn's other work, like Mali Music, or even Blur's "Think Tank".

  • Anonymous

    Yukimi's part makes the most sense but i can't explain what she saying. The song is great.

  • Anonymous

    you should check out little dragon. a swedish band... their song "Looking Glass" is awesome. their album's called Machine Dreams, which the part that Yukimi sings is clearly influenced by..." my little dream, working the machine" .

  • Anonymous

    Ita cuz Little Dragon and the voice of Yukimi Nagano is amazing. And the gorillaz were smart enough to realize it.

  • Anonymous

    This song is absolutely fantastic! Favorite on the album. Thanks for the lyrics!

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