The Escapist

Album: Viva la Vida (2008)
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Songfacts®:

  • This ambient number about escaping is a hidden track that follows on immediately after the final listed song "Death And All His Friends."
  • This was written by producer Brian Eno's friend John Hopkins, who "donated" it to the album.

Comments: 1

  • Liz from Sydney, Australia"And... in the end, we lie awake, and we dream of making our escape..."
    mhmmm. there's something about the way this song is done, that just makes me tingle. Its like we all want to escape, and were all trying to get out of something, and lets face it, everyone in the world is looking for a way out, from something. no matter how big or small. Our thought is bent so much on how we are going to escape...
    this whole song is life. In the end, this is all that anyone wants. And, there is nothing more important. This is beautiful...
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