Silent Running Lyrics
Stop 'cause you're killin' me
You brought me back and made me feel free
Rowdy waves and your energy
You pulled me fragile from the wreckage
Well, I got so lost here
Machine-assisted, I disappeared
Into a dream, you don't wanna hear
How I got caught up in nowhere again (Oh, oh)
[Chorus: 2-D]
It feels like I've been silent runnin' (Silent runnin')
Through the infinite pages, I scroll out
Searchin' for a new world
That waits on the sunrise
I'm silent runnin'
[Post-Chorus: 2-D, Adeleye Omotayo]
Run, run, runnin' (Oh)
Run, run, runnin'
Run, run, runnin'
Run, run, runnin' (I'll be)
Run, run, runnin' (Back to you)
Run, run, runnin' (Back to you)
Run, run, runnin' (Back to you)
I'm silent runnin'
Stop or you'll make me cry (Makе me cry)
I think it's time that I decidе (I decide)
What I've done when I trip and fly (Trip and fly)
And where it's takin' me (Takin' me)
There's no way out of here (No way out)
In the labyrinth, I disappear (No one here)
To the dark fleets that got me here (Underground)
I got caught up in nowhere again
[Chorus: 2-D, Adeleye Omotayo]
It feels like I've been silent runnin' (Silent runnin')
Through the infinite pages, I scroll out
Searchin' for a new world (Trip and fly)
Waits on the sunrise
I'm silent runnin'
[Chorus: 2-D, Adeleye Omotayo]
I'm silent runnin'
(No way out)
I'll be (Ah)
Back to you (Trip and fly), back to you, back to you
I'm silent runnin'
[Post-Chorus: 2-D, Adeleye Omotayo]
Run, run, runnin' (Oh)
Run, run, runnin' (I been, yeah)
Run, run, runnin' (Back to you)
Run, run, runnin' (I'll be)
Run, run, runnin' (Back to you)
Run, run, runnin' (Back to you)
Run, run, runnin' (Back to you)
Oh, make me cry (Memories of triumph)
I decide (This is the season of madness)
Trip and fly (Trip and fly)
Takin'
About
‘Silent Running’ is the fifth and final single from the album ‘Cracker Island’. The song features Adeleye Omotayo, who was a backing vocalist for the late Amy Winehouse, as well as a member of the Gorillaz live band backing singers.
This song is claimed to be the first to be recorded out of all of the songs.
Much like other songs on the album, it explores themes of social media and addiction – how one can fade into the chaos of the internet. ‘Silent Running’ is a nautical term which refers to when submarines travel as quietly as possible as to be undetectable.
The song first premiered alongside ‘Cracker Island’ live at Montevideo – Uruguay on the 28th of April 2022 at the beginning of their South American tour. However, the song was not played since and was released 8 months later.
Damon Albarn had this to say about the song;
“[The track channels] that sort of mesmerizing dreamlike state you get in when you’re just following some train of thought.”
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Damon Albarn:
[The track channels] that sort of mesmerising dreamlike state you get in when you’re just following some train of thought".
2D:
Sometimes I get well lost and end up in the wrong place but then it turns out that’s where I was meant to be going anyway.
Greg Kurstin:
’Silent Running' really was the North Star for me, might’ve been for Damon, too. It just started the whole process for us: ‘Here’s the bar, this is what we can do, and let’s try to see if we can even beat it! I think we knocked out 'Silent Running’ in two or three hours. That was the fun part about it, just this whirlwind of throwing things against the wall and then recording them-and I’m kind of mixing as I’m going as well. By the end of the day, it sounded like the finished product did.
- 2.Oil
- 4.Silent Running
- 5.New Gold
- 6.Baby Queen
- 7.Tarantula
- 8.Tormenta
- 9.Skinny Ape
- 11.Crocadillaz
