Released: October 23, 2020

Featuring: Joan As Police Woman

Songwriter: Joan As Police Woman Remi Kabaka Jr. Damon Albarn

Producer: Joan As Police Woman Remi Kabaka Jr. Gorillaz

[Intro: Joan as Police Woman]
It's starting to pour
Why don't we get out in it and dance on the pavement? (Yeah)
Abandon your wars
The sky and thunder and lightning and rain are innocent
It's tipping down, I can't see
But I'm not really caring 'cause I'm dancing on the pavement
Oh, say, can you see?
The sky and thunder and lightning and heaven's open for us

[Chorus: 2-D]
Shut in, don't know, no, no, to be shut in
Don't know, not meant to be shut in
Don't know, camera, sicken, now come, you're alive, oh
It's taking me out (Simplicity)

[Verse: 2-D]
Night time and I go smooth some off
(Little bit of news)
Negative, now it's red and I
Chime in strong
(Little bit of news)
Are you ever really lost?
You cutting cardboard
Watchers waiting, we had names
We had suspects, but a boxset caught your eye
And I was forgotten, I was forgotten
I am the architect of this delusion
The burgeoning load, one billion
These are amazing times
The past is a place where rockets take off
What now, a burnished plaque

[Chorus: 2-D]
Shut in, don't know, no, not to be shut in
Don't know, not meant to be shut in
Don't know, camera, sicken, now come, you're a loss

[Outro: 2-D & Joan as Police Woman]
Simplicity
Wood pigeon, always you
(Save her, save her, save, ooh)
Ingloriously
(Save, save, saving me, oh)
I always hear you, mmm
(Me, oh)
Simplicity
(Save, save, ooh, oh)
Simplicity
(Ooh)
Simplicity
(The sky it could make it rain instead)
Simplicity

Gorillaz

Gorillaz is a virtual band created by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band Stuart “2D” Pot (vocals, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (lead guitar and occasional vocals), and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion). Murdoc was based on Keith Richards from a photo by David Bailey and 2D was based on a friend of Damon and Jamie’s.

The project began as an experiment and commentary on popular media. It was inspired by Hewlett and Albarn binge watching MTV when the two were housemates in London. Hewlett

If you watch MTV for too long, it’s a bit like hell – there’s nothing of substance there. So we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that.