On Melancholy Hill

Album: Plastic Beach (2010)
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  • (Ohh)

    (Ahh)

    Up on Melancholy Hill
    There's a plastic tree
    Are you here with me?
    Just looking out on the day
    Of another dream

    Where you can't get what you want
    But you can get me
    So let's set out to sea, love
    'Cause you are my medicine
    When you're close to me
    When you're close to me

    (Ahh)

    So call in the submarines
    'Round the world we'll go
    Does anybody know, love
    If we're looking out on the day
    Of another dream?

    (Ahh)
    If you can't get what you want
    Then come with me (me)

    Up on Melancholy Hill
    Sits the manatee, love
    Just looking out for the day
    When you're close to me
    When you're close to me

    (Ahh)

    When you're close to me

    (Ahh)
    (Ahh) Writer/s: Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett
    Publisher: O/B/O DistroKid, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • William from Alton Nhthis song makes me cry every time I hear it
  • Megan from Stevenson, AlOMG! When I heard this song I was freaking out! One, becasue I figured Gorillaz had a new album out and two, because it's GORGEOUS! Damon's voice is sooo sexy in this song! Mmmmm...
  • Khafre from Indianapolis, In@Andrew, Santa Rosa, CA Well technically they did but it's only a storyboard. If you look up the video 'Rhinestone Eyes' on YouTube the storyboard shows Noodle looking as the group stands around and of course sees Cyborg Noodle. Also I believe the book takes place after the Plastic Beach album which would explain how she has dialog, either that or before the album. As for the parachute part they didn't know that that happened they figured that she was on it when it was shot down and nuked.
  • Andrew from Santa Rosa, CaI know just what you're talking about Connor. But now, after making the music video of this song, gorillaz needs to make a video here noodle discovers the cyborg that murdoc built. And speeking of noodle being gone, I'm confused because in rise of the ogre, they mention how she really parachuted out of the lighthouse, but in a recently made video of murdoc talking about plastic beach and their next tour, he mentions he made the cyborg because of her disappearance, which doesn't make sense because she also had dialog in the book. Maybe someone can carify some things for me.
  • Connor from Chatham, United Kingdomwhen i hear this song it makes me think of 2D sitting on the hill next to the building next to the trees and singing into the wind about losing noodle and wanting her back like so many of us
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