Album: Demon Days (2005)

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• It's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up
  It's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up
  It's dare
  
  It's dare
  
  You've got to press it on you
  You've just been thinking
  That's what you do, baby
  Hold it down, dare
  
  Jump with them all and move it
  Jump back and forth
  It feels like you were there yourself, work it out
  
  Never did no harm
  Never did no harm
  It's dare
  It's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up
  It's coming up, it's coming up
  It's dare
  
  It's dare
  
  You've got to press it on you
  You've just been thinking
  That's what you do, baby
  Hold it down, dare
  
  Jump with the moon and move it
  Jump back and forth
  It feels like you were there yourself work it out
  
  Never did no harm
  Never did no harm
  It's dare
  It's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up
  It's coming up, it's coming up
  It's dare
  Never did no harm
  Never did no harm
  It's dare
  It's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up
  It's coming up, it's coming up
  It's dare
  
  You've got to press it on you
  You've just been thinking
  That's what you do, baby
  Hold it down, dare
  
  Jump with the moon and move it
  Jump back and forth
  It feels like you were there yourself work it out
  
  You've got to press it on you
  You've just been thinking
  That's what you do, baby
  Hold it down, dare
  
  Jump with the moon and move it
  Jump back and forth
  It feels like you were there yourself work it out Writer/s: Brian Joseph Burton, Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, Shaun Ryder
  Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sentric Music, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 25

• Lucie from MxThe whole song totally changes context depending if you sing "jump with the moon" or "jump with them all", and curiously if you see the lyrics on Spotify it says both lol so I prefer "the moon"
• Andrea from WashingtonThis is the first video I downloaded onto my original iPod in 2005, and the song and video encapsulate my inner child perfectly. It's about dancing, working out your anxieties through movement. It takes some bravery especially in public. But nothing is as therapeutic as cranking up the bass in your bedroom alone and bustin some sick moves lol
• Hi People from The SunI have to agree with Linda from Bellingham WA I wouldn't really assume that about the song but then the more I listened to it the more it seemed like it was about masterbation. I mean this in the kindest way but that's exactly what it sounds like the what the song is about. :)
• K66l_kl6wn from Ur AnusLil Nicky's cooment was so f--ked up,
  I'm like listening to f--king Deftones this whole week and taking a break but I saw Chino's name *facepalm*
• Hilda Mc'ghroskee from Durham Mapleshade DriveI really love this song!! And also, can we talk about how cute Noodle said "Hello"?
• Britt from AnacortesI like my baby Jesus with lil balled up fists...( talladega night fight in this comment group, Eh?)
• Gail from DublinI always thought the song was related to party drugs and the dance scene...its coming up, it's coming up, it's dare, as in, the drug is coming up and it's there, as in, the buzz is has kicked in! Then trying to control it, keeping yourself together, hold it down, suppress the extacy, jump back and forth, as in dance, freak it, and work it out of your system. That's just my interpretation, I'm sure everyone has there own, but I like this one!
• Sham from CaliYouve got to press it on (press the issue), you just, (over) thinking that's what you do baby, hold it down dare(keep yourself together), jump with them all, and move it-(literally), jump back and forth and feel like you were there yourself(create the feelings you want/get (from them), by putting yourself in that mindset) work it out,(imagining) never did no harm, its (there) dare
• Lil Nicky from PtownAlso the lyric was actually: you just fake it that's what you do baby- hold it down there.. because I was faking what I was really singing about. holding it down, maintaining that I wasn't really just singing all about this person I was at the time completely and totally obsessed with. Anyone ever notice gorillaz could actually be a triangle ?G-.OR-.ILL.-AZ.. ALL I know is what I do know and that is that what they're telling you is just a bunch of make believe gobbledygook.
• Lil Nicky from PtownEverything you are reading is all a LIE. I was there the night this song was born. The truth is that I was totally obsessed with the lead singer of the Deftones who is known as "Chino" . His real name is supposedly "Camillo" I was singing on a Mic at a party I had been invited to and there were a couple of DJs down from Seattle. At the same time there was a guy with long red dreadlocks on a dry erase board who was writing words and drawing pictures while I was singing so that anytime I would draw a blank he was right there with the perfect idea to fill in my blank. It was magical and I couldn't pull myself off the mic for 6 hours. The lyrics were about me thinking about him and not wanting the people at the party to know i was singing about him. So I sang he's Camillo he's Camillo and then I switched it really quick because I thought to myself " oh my God their gonna know im singing about Chino so I switched it up quick. All I wanted was a demo . It's funny because the name of the album is DEMOn days. These people told me over the millennium their equipment was stolen. They are tricksters,liar, thieves and they steal people's souls and never lose a wink of sleep. After about 6 hours the dry erase board had turned into the most amazing scene of a Gorilla with a city on fire in the background. The only other female at the party made the comment " who would've known,it would've been a monkey.... sarcastic as hell. Thanks gorillaz for stealing a part of my heart and soul and for showing me the truth of how corrupt the music industry truly is. It's all a big Hollywood production designed to keep a small few rich and exclusive.
• Atilio from Tegucigalpa, HondurasI've always thought that the song's lyrics are about masturbation, and not kidding. In the intro line 'It's coming up' is like when a man is about to cum. The line 'You've got to press it on you' is like 'You've got to press your hand against your d***'. The line 'You've just been thinking, that's what you do baby, hold it down there' is like 'You've been wasting time thinking whether to do it or not, but don't worry, it's what we all men use to do', as well as the line 'Never did no harm' because autosatisfaction never harm. Maybe anyone else could have a different opinion or maybe a lot have the same as mine.
• Megan from Stevenson, AlMy family went on a trip to Auburn, AL to see my aunt and I listened to this the whole way there! Love it!
• Remy from Flagstaff, AzThis song was written after a gaff in the sound recording studio. Or lovely floating head, Shaun Ryder, couldn't hear the sound through is head phones and he kept saying that the sound was going up (it's coming up) but still couldn't hear anything until someone in the studio plugged the head phone jack in the console and suddenly it was "THERE" and Dare most likely comes from two things, Shaun Ryder's accent and the fact that it's Gorillaz why NOT have a song called DARE, just to confuse us.
• Captain D from Cincinnati, OhThe song's lyrics are "It feels like you were there yourself, Work it out"
  
  Look up the lyrics
  
• Arne Biesma from Amsterdam, NetherlandsI always thought the opening lines were heralding the sun: it's coming up, it's coming up, each day!
  Mancunian...
• Messer from Cracow, Poland"Never did no harm" line is so similar to a line "In My Time of Dying" by Led Zeppelin...
• Vee from Melbourne, Australiamusic is all about hidden messages.. this song in particular is repeatedly reminding the "target audience" of something they need to continue with.
• Chris from Washington, Dcdirected to Linda, Bellingham, WA: thats a funny way to look at it but in reality the line "its coming up" was to represent Shaun Ryder speaking to the people out side of the recording booth to turn up the music in his head phone cause he couldnt hear it. which completes the hook in the song "its coming up, its coming up, its coming up, ITS THERE" they just thought it would be cool to use in the song so it kinda just stuck there.
• Dawn from Glasgow, United Kingdomhow on earth can you think this song is about masturbation? it seems to me its about being brave and doing things you wouldnt normally be brave enough to do. the fact that noodles, the quiet shy gorillaz character is shown singing the song makes me believe its about daring to do things you wouldnt normally do. like dancing in a nightclub. oreven dancing in your own room but imagining you were there at a nightclub.
• Linda from Bellingham, WaI hate to be blunt, I'm certainly not a crude person and maybe it's just me... but in my opinion, everything about this song screams "masterbation". "It's coming up..." repeated over and over... And what was said would happen to you if you did it, you'd go blind? ... "and it did no harm..." repeated over and over... just to list a couple lines. I'd like to also note that there are many discrepancies from site to site about some of the lyrics, disagreements on a word or phrase here or there. One example "jump with them all and move it..." actually sounds like and is shown on one site to be "jump with the moon and move it..." And the title "Dare" itself... I think it does mean "there" in some instances... "Hold it down Dare" which makes it fit the subject of the song perfectly if my theory is right. Think about it, I'd be curious to know if anyone else takes it this way. *shrug*
• Dakota from Belton, ScThe lyrics aren't "Fell like you were there yourself"
  "work it out" It's "Feel like you would DARE yourself"
  "To work it out" because you can hear Mr.Ryder say to at toward the end, and "Feel like you were there yourself work it out" doesn't make since without the to work it out.
• Mickey from Mars, PaThe video is so funny! *giggle* Disembodied heads in closets. And isn't someone reading about mass genocide while on the can?
• Brad from Knoxville, Tnfrom my point of view i think its talking about dancing to a song normally played in a club but your not there so your dancing to it yourself by yourself,just read the lyrics,maybe then youll get my point.
• Blake from Hamilton, OhI think it's saying how we dare our sleves to do anything for entertainment.
• Paul Marlo from Perthawesome hey!

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