He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Doncamatic
Download me
Make up for the time you've wasted
Come slowly
And claim back the boy you left behind
Close the white book
Unplug the brain from the game
'Cause it's time to wipe out
To the stars
Get on the fame
The song is not the same when we're
All played out, played out, all played out
They said the memories
All fade out, fade out, all played out
Tell me did you feel that?
Don't slow down
Even if it's only to escape
Just download now
Before somebody steals your place, man
Close the white book
Unplug the brain from the game
'Cause it's time to wipe out
To the stars
Get on the fame
And the conversation's over
We're all played out, played out, all played out
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
You see the memories
All fade out, fade out, all played out
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
Tell me did you feel that?
Doncamatic
Download me
Make up for the time you wasted
Come slowly
Claim back the boy you left behind and
Close the white book
Unplug the brain from the game
It's time to wipe out to the bar, get on the fame
The song is not the same when we're
All played out, played out, all played out
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
You see the memories
All fade out, fade out, all played out
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
The song is not the same when we're
All played out, played out, played out tonight
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
The song is not the same when we're
All played out, played out, played out, played out, played out
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
Tell me did you feel that?
Download me
Make up for the time you've wasted
Come slowly
And claim back the boy you left behind
Close the white book
Unplug the brain from the game
'Cause it's time to wipe out
To the stars
Get on the fame
The song is not the same when we're
All played out, played out, all played out
They said the memories
All fade out, fade out, all played out
Tell me did you feel that?
Don't slow down
Even if it's only to escape
Just download now
Before somebody steals your place, man
Close the white book
Unplug the brain from the game
'Cause it's time to wipe out
To the stars
Get on the fame
And the conversation's over
We're all played out, played out, all played out
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
You see the memories
All fade out, fade out, all played out
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
Tell me did you feel that?
Doncamatic
Download me
Make up for the time you wasted
Come slowly
Claim back the boy you left behind and
Close the white book
Unplug the brain from the game
It's time to wipe out to the bar, get on the fame
The song is not the same when we're
All played out, played out, all played out
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
You see the memories
All fade out, fade out, all played out
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
The song is not the same when we're
All played out, played out, played out tonight
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
The song is not the same when we're
All played out, played out, played out, played out, played out
(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me)
Tell me did you feel that?
Lyrics submitted by VocalSoul, edited by 2DhatesWhales
Doncamatic Lyrics as written by Damon Albarn Daley
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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I just don't understand the 'talk to me' part. anyone?
Could be about the immediacy of the artist/fan relationship these days - regular people become stars on Youtube or MySpace, or via reality TV, while stars are increasingly shown to be real people, and communicate directly with their fans. I dunno, that's kinda pretentious really but it's my off-the-top-of-my-head interpretation right now.