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The world is spinning too fast
I'm buying lead Nike shoes
To keep myself tethered
To the days I've tried to lose
My mama said to slow down
You must make your own shoes
Stop dancing to the music
Of Gorillaz in a happy mood
Keeping my groove on

day do d bap(la-la, la-la)
day do d bap (la-la, la-la)
day du d bop (la-la, la-la)
day do d bap eyeah my

day do d bap (la-la, la-la)
day do d bap (la-la, la-la)
day doo d bap (la-la, la-la)
day du d bap

Here you go, get the cool
Get the cool shoeshine
Get the cool
Get the cool shoeshine
Get the cool
Get the cool shoeshine
Get the cool
Get the cool shoeshine

There's a monkey in the jungle
Watching a vapor trail
Caught up in the conflict
Between his brain and his tail
And if time's elimination
Then we got nothing to lose
Please repeat the message
It's the music that we choose
Keeping my groove on

They do the bump (la-la, la-la)
They do the bump (la-la, la-la)
They do the bump (la-la, la-la)
They do the bump

day do d bap (la-la, la-la)
day doo d bop (la-la, la-la)
day du d bap bump (la-la, la-la)
day do d bap

Okay, bring it down here
We'll come back out

Get the cool
Get the cool shoeshine
Get the cool
Get the cool shoeshine
Get the cool
Get the cool shoeshine
Get the cool
Get the cool shoeshine

day do d bap
day do d bap
day do d bap
day do d bap
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I think the song is actually quite simple.

As David Alban said the song is about the change in the world from 1900-2000s and the title is the biggest hint. The song is simply about growing into the changing trends in the world and how time is moving so fast. Its all about getting accustomed to change in the new world, hence the lyrics "The world is spinning too fast" and "Get the cool shoeshine"

IMO.

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@Anidubey You have a very good answer. I'd just to like add that his name is Damon Albarn, not David Alban.

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the "get the cool shoeshine" line isn't "get the cool shoeshine" It's in Japanese. If you ever see the 19-2000 video, noodle's line is subtitled in Japanese characters.

@happylittledemigod That text is basically the lyrics she is singing in japanese. Ka-koii (cool) [It then repeats cool again) and then 靴磨き (shoeshine roughly) 欲しい (I want it (very roughly)) As you will find with noodle, often when she is speaking japanese she has english subtitles, and when she is speaking english, she will have japanese subtitles. These subtitles are the lyrics of the song translated into japanese.

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Sweet song and cool video clip. Who knows what it means? The lyrics above aren't exactly right tho - the second line is "I'm buying lead Nike shoes". Not that this sheds any more light on the song but anyways...

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Lyrics from official Fansite:

The world is spinning too fast I'm buying lead Nike shoes To keep myself tethered To the days I try to lose

My mama said to slow down You should make your shoes Start dancing to the music Of Gorillaz in a happy mood

Keep a mild groove on

Ba ba ba Day dee bop

There you go! Get the cool! Get the cool shoe shine!

There's a monkey in the jungle Watching a vapour trail Caught up in the conflict Between his brain and his tail

And if time's elimination Then we got nothing to lose Please repeat the message It's the music that we choose

Keep a mild groove on

Ba ba ba Day dee bop

OK bring it down yeah we gonna break out Get the cool! Get the cool shoe shine!

Ah Ah Ah Ah

Day doo de bop

to happylittledemigod: I used to think the same thing, but it is get the cool shoeshine.

I think this song means sometime like: "You got all the time in thw world, slow down, take it easy, get the cool shoeshine."

I'll argue this one- It's "They do the bump" And, in between every 4th and 5th line (I think) is a "Polyester!" I honestly don't know, it just seems to fit better when I hear it.

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What the hell you talking about Liface?

This is definitely one of the happier songs on the cd. really contrasts the darker stuff like Clint Eastwood and Starshine. Great song though!

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the Gorillaz are so good at being non-sensical. they are the famous "unband". (well, not THE Unband that did "Everybody Wants You", but you know what i mean)

i have always enjoyed Blur, but Damon Albarn has really impressed me with this project.

true what you say the Soulchild remix is sweet as Domino sugar.

i think this song is about polishing shoes to look up girls' dresses.

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"i think this song is about polishing shoes to look up girls' dresses." - Where'd you get the looking up dresses part from?

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favorite gorillaz song

Ditto! :D

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If it's english, why doesn't noodle pronounce the l in cool or the n in shine?

She is Japanese and doesn't speak good English.

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@happylittledemigod She literally does pronounce both quite clearly.

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Its about throwing your cares into the wind and slowing down the fast pace of your life to chill out and do things for yourself, like getting the "cool shoeshine"

It probably has no super-deep meaning.