Blur

Released: April 14, 2003

Songwriter: Dave Rowntree Damon Albarn Alex James

Producer: Ben Hillier Blur

[Verse 1]
Where's the love song to set us free?
Too many people down
Everything turning the wrong way 'round
And I don't know what love would be
But if we stop dreaming now
Lord knows we'd never clear the clouds

[Chorus]
And you've been so busy lately
That you haven't found the time
To open up your mind
And watch the world spinning
Gently out of time

[Verse 2]
Feel the sunshine on your face
It's in a computer now
Gone to the future way out in space

[Chorus]
And you've been so busy lately
That you haven't found the time
To open up your mind
And watch the world spinning
Gently out of time

[Instrumental bridge]

[Chorus]
And you've been so busy lately
That you haven't found the time
To open up your mind
And watch the world spinning
Gently out of time
Tell me I'm not dreaming
But are we out of time?

[Outro]
We're out of time
Out of time
Out of time
Out of time
Out of time

British rock group Blur formed in 1988 and began life as a fairly unsuccessful shoegaze/madchester outfit, but the band quickly developed into becoming one of the leaders of the massive 1990s Britpop scene.

Their rivalry with contemporaries Oasis culminated in one of the most famous chart battles in British history – one which Blur won when “Country House” outsold Oasis’s “Roll With It” by 50,000 copies, giving Blur their first #1 single in the process.

Following this, the group embarked on a new musical direction, deliberately heading away from their trademark Britpop sound and instead taking influences from American alternative rock, a sound which earned them new fans in the US and gave them their second UK #1: “Beetlebum” in 1997.

From the albums

Out of Time [Single] (2003)
Think Tank (2003)
The Brit Awards Album 2004 (2004)
Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur (2009)
Think Tank [Special Edition] (2012)
Live at the De De De Der Disc Two (2014)

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