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Oh joy's arise
The sun has come again to hold you
Sailing out the doldrums of the whole week
The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you
It's all around you, out here
And if the whole world is crashing down
Fall through space out of mind again
Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising
Lose all the shadows far away
The falling alcohol empire, is here to hold you
Ruling out and haunted till it sinks
Little memories, marching on
Your little feet, working the machine
Will it spin, will it soar
My little dream, working the machine
Little memories
Your little feet, working the machine
Will it spin, will it soar
My little dream, working the machine
The sun has come again to hold you
Sailing out the doldrums of the whole week
The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you
It's all around you, out here
And if the whole world is crashing down
Fall through space out of mind again
Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising
Lose all the shadows far away
The falling alcohol empire, is here to hold you
Ruling out and haunted till it sinks
Little memories, marching on
Your little feet, working the machine
Will it spin, will it soar
My little dream, working the machine
Little memories
Your little feet, working the machine
Will it spin, will it soar
My little dream, working the machine
Lyrics submitted by fortysixlives, edited by bmx3r101, Mbtravis99, Brianna8cD
Track duration: 04:44
"Empire Ants" as written by Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, Little Dragon
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I like how this song the guy is polite saving the better sounding half of the song for the later on chick to sing, i feel sorry for people who don't give this song a chance if they thought the beginning is slow, though the beat picks up and it starts to flow.
this song is dreamy and the beginning of the song has the sound wayne and garth used to make from wayne's world, impersonating a dream sequence, perhaps piano keys going down in a way.. adv. (brain)wave~midi for telepathic music making, needing autototalcompletemusicproducingprocessing well beyond autotune merely, then wayne and garth type will have more help creating the dreamy sound of the songs more easily and readily and steadily just by their voices, whistles what have you, or else no finding it on the piano keys.. so when the adv. music tech machine is there it'll be quite a dream, like the song sings.. like a beat box machine, mainly only mouth control may then exact people's timing and frequency shifts regarding percussion or drum beats, "ur ee" such impersonates record scratching so thus a realistic record scrtching sound should reflect after that, obv. we'll need complete competence beyond pieces of components..
The "sun holding you" meaning one of your few comforts in life is that you are still alive. You made it to another day. Then come the doldrums of the week, the stagnation of your 9-5 job doing the same things over and over. Even when the whole world is crashing down around you, you slip into you routine. You become not oblivious to the situation, but fall into your stagnate routine simply to keep going. You have that empty feeling, like what you do doesn't make a difference, yet you push it to the background of your mind, and continue on your path. The corporate machine always keeps a front as if they care about you and society. That you are somehow making a difference by your job, yet people who work for these corrupt companies know who and what they work for. It haunts you to think of who you work for and who is being brought down in order to keep the pockets of corrupt people lined. The corporate giants tell us what to do, rule over us until the corporate system is taken down.
Now to the why you do it. The memories of the past, when corporate run societies didn't exist. You continue to plow on moving forward. Yet moving forward only continues to feed the corporate machine. Your dreams of happiness and contentment still keep you moving. Moving keeps the corporate machine alive and moving. The the machine has not taken over entirely, yet soon like a wave the past will fall. The way of the world will continue its path towards corporate run societies, it's closing in around us all the time. They will continue to go forward while we the people are left behind to fend for ourselves.
Kind of a sad song in my opinion.
"The polyphonic prayer is here, it's all around you
It's all around you out here"
- I believe 2D/Human Nature, has just met Stylo/The Electric, and is explaining his world to her, and how she can be a part of it.
"And if the whole world is crashing down on you
Fall through space, out of mind with me"
- If she feels pressured, trapped, that she should join Human Nature, and be together.
"Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising"
- You can clearly hear Human Nature say "is rushing" between "leave behind" and "on warm air rising", which explains that the emptiness is coming back, and the warm air rising, just goes back to the album and explains how the world climate is changing.
"The falling of the whole empire, it's here to hold you
Rolling out and haunted till it sinks"
- This line is the most important. Human Nature and Stylo both sing this part together. He explains that the whole empire(aka the human empire), is in love with her, but is falling due to her, and it will eventually sink,and they both know it.
"Little memories, marching on
Your little feet working the machine
Will it spin? Will it soar?
My little dream working the machine"
- She has been around for a while, but has only few memories, and Human Nature's feet, aka the humans, are working the machine, making it grow, will it spin and not get anywhere, or will it it soar and go places? Her little dream is working the machine, human nature is helping The Electric grow, and they are just helping her grow. To her its a small dream, but to us it means something much bigger.
"Soon, like a wave
That pass will fall
Closing in on you
They're going on"
- I believe she sees human nature as something that is just passing, but it will fall, and the fall is closing in.
'Oh, joys are us, the sun has come again to hold you'
i'm thinking the sun is a metaphor for the guy in the relationship. he promises that he'll be there for the girl with this line.
'The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you'
this is the guy again, with the prairies meaning his love for the girl.
'And if the whole world is crashing down on you
Fall through space, out of mind with me'
the guy will be there for the girl this time. he promises that he won't mess up like last time.
Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising
Blows all the shadows far away
the guy hopes that they will be able to start fresh and forget what happened in their previous
relationship.
'The falling of the whole empire, it's here to hold you
Rolling out and haunted till it sinks'
the empire meaning their past.
'Little memories, marching on
Your little feet working the machine'
these little memories mean their past. the pain still reverberates in her heart.
'Say, will it spin? Will it soar?
My little dream working the machine'
she's not sure if it will work out this time, but she hopes so.
'Soon, like a wave
The past will fall
Closing in on you
They're going on'
the girl has newfound hope for their relationship, and hopes, just like the guy, that they can start over.
Just thought i'd clear that up.