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Cell Phone's Dead Lyrics
Strange ways coming today
I put a dollar in my pocket
And I threw it away
Been a long time
Since a federal dime
Made a jukebox sound
Like a mirror in my mind
Control my worries
Fix my thoughts
Throw my hopes
Like a juggernaut walks
Now let-down souls
Can't feel no rhythm
Sorry entertainers
Like aerobics victims
Hybrid people
Light a wooded matchstick
Toxic fumes and the
Burning plastic
Beats are broken
Bones are spastic
Boombox talkin'
With a southern accent
Voodoo curses
Bible tongues
Voices comin'
From the mangled lungs
Give me some grits
Some get-down shit
Don't need a good reason
To let anything rip
Radio's cold
Solar suspected
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
God is alone
Hardware defective
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
Mr. Microphone making
All the damage felt
Like a laser manifesto
Make a mannequin melt
There's people phonin' in
Like it's unlimited minutes
Going through the motions
Just to savor they did it
Treadmill's running
Underneath their feet
So they feel like they're going somewhere
But they're not
So let's put boots
On the warehouse floor
Comin' to you
Like a rope on a chainstore
Throwing equipment
From a moving van
Grab a microphone
Like a utility man
Now fix the beat
Now break the rest
Make a kick drum sound
Like an S.O.S.
Get a tow-truck
Cause it's after dark
And the dance floor's full
But everybody's double-parked
Cell phone's dead
Lost in the desert
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
Eye of the sun
Is out of its socket
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
One by one
This jam is real... that's right
Eye of the sun
Eye of the sun
Eye of the sun
Eye of the sun
I put a dollar in my pocket
And I threw it away
Been a long time
Since a federal dime
Made a jukebox sound
Like a mirror in my mind
Control my worries
Fix my thoughts
Throw my hopes
Like a juggernaut walks
Now let-down souls
Can't feel no rhythm
Sorry entertainers
Like aerobics victims
Hybrid people
Light a wooded matchstick
Toxic fumes and the
Burning plastic
Beats are broken
Bones are spastic
Boombox talkin'
With a southern accent
Voodoo curses
Bible tongues
Voices comin'
From the mangled lungs
Give me some grits
Some get-down shit
Don't need a good reason
To let anything rip
Solar suspected
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
God is alone
Hardware defective
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
All the damage felt
Like a laser manifesto
Make a mannequin melt
There's people phonin' in
Like it's unlimited minutes
Going through the motions
Just to savor they did it
Treadmill's running
Underneath their feet
So they feel like they're going somewhere
But they're not
So let's put boots
On the warehouse floor
Comin' to you
Like a rope on a chainstore
Throwing equipment
From a moving van
Grab a microphone
Like a utility man
Now fix the beat
Now break the rest
Make a kick drum sound
Like an S.O.S.
Get a tow-truck
Cause it's after dark
And the dance floor's full
But everybody's double-parked
Lost in the desert
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
Eye of the sun
Is out of its socket
(One by one, I'll knock you out)
One by one
Eye of the sun
Eye of the sun
Eye of the sun
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I just noticed the main synthesizer (or synthesized bass or whatever it is) in this song is very similar to the morse code message for SOS: short short short / long long long / short short short.
Instead the song goes OOSOOSOOSOOS.
Its close. I just thought about it because of the line:
"Now fix the beat Now break the rest Make a kick drum sound Like an S.O.S."
@shmortisborg Dust Brothers as producers are the shit. They lay down the beat like it should,.
@shmortisborg Dust Brothers as producers are the shit. They lay down the beat like it should,.
This jam is real... that's right
Best song of the album.
"Voodoo curses Bible tongues Voices comin' From the mangled lungs " Awesome
rrrr this song's ace!!
aww i really do love beck he's finally got away from Odelay!
I think Daniel Johnston had a song called "Sorry Entertainer". It kind of would make sense as a reference because Beck's covered a few of his songs in acoustic sets.
This song grew on me pretty quickly... though it reminds me A LOT of Gorillaz, especially near the end with the cello.
It is VERY much like the Gorillaz. Actually the way I heard about this song was by making a Gorillaz playlist on Pandora radio. This song mixes a lot of different instrumental and electronic sounds and is a mix of a few different genres, just like a Gorillaz's song.
It is VERY much like the Gorillaz. Actually the way I heard about this song was by making a Gorillaz playlist on Pandora radio. This song mixes a lot of different instrumental and electronic sounds and is a mix of a few different genres, just like a Gorillaz's song.
my fav off the new album. i love how it switches between rap and then craziness... can't even describe it. eeeeee! this jam is real!
"One by one I'll knock ya out"
sounds like a little black kid talking about basketball
maybe a dis to rap artists? and people acting on it in real life?