Flutes

**Flutes** is the seventh song featured on the album, In Our Heads.

## Trivia

* This was one of the first songs that Hot Chip's Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor wrote for the band's fifth album, In Our Heads. The song originated from a sample of a two-note flute melody, and Goddard told Pitchfork its main inspiration was James Holden's remix of English electronic music artist Nathan Fake's track "The Sky Was Pink."
* The song was the first one to be released from In Our Heads. The band chose it as the first track to be made public as a left turn for listeners: "I like it when bands come back with something that's fresh and unusual, you know?," Goddard told Pitchfork. "It's a more ambitious song than other things we've done in the past. I worked on it a lot to make sure it's constantly developing in an unusual way. I'm pleased with how it turned out."
* The beginning sounds are actually Budapest monks chanting.
* This song featured in the expanded radio pack on GTA V.

## Musician Roles

* Guitar – Adem Ilhan
* Marimba – Oliver Lowe (2)
* Mixed By – Oliver Wright\*
* Percussion [Simmons Pads] – Rob Smoughton

## Lyrics

I know it's nothing more than flutes
But something in my heart is loose
There's never been a better day
And if there is nothing more
Then nothing more will add, I say
There's never been a better day
Work that inside outside
Work that more
Work that right side left side
Work that more
Inside outside left side work the floor
Inside outside upside down with more
Work that inside outside
Work that more
Work that right side left side
Work that more
Inside outside left side work the floor
Inside outside upside down with more
I put up on a string today
Deciding never taught me a thing
A wooden box breathes the way
Never again
Never again
Never again
Never again
All this talk is getting me down
Nothing's making sense in my brain
I'm moving words across the terrain
Trying hard to fix through the page
I'm wedded to the thought that we came
Only to discover our names
And blow a horn of love in refrain
And watch things drop down
And watch things drop down
And watch things drop down
And watch things drop down
(Work that inside outside
Work that more
Work that right side left side
Work that more
Inside outside left side work the floor
Inside outside up top down with more
Work that inside outside
Work that more
Work that right side left side
Work that more
Inside outside left side work the floor
Inside outside up top down with more)
All this talk is getting me down
Nothing's making sense in my brain
I'm moving words in coarse of today
Trying hard to fix through the page
I'm wedded to the thought that we came
Only to discover our names
And blow a horn of love in refrain
And watch things drop down
And watch things drop down
And watch things drop down
And watch things drop down
One day you might realize
That you might need to open your eyes
One day you might realize
That you might need to open your eyes
Work that inside outside
Work that more
Work that right side left side (Open your eyes)
Work that more
Inside outside left side work the floor
Inside outside up top down with more (Open your eyes)
Work that inside outside
Work that more
Work that right side left side (Open your eyes)
Work that more
Inside outside left side work the floor
Inside outside up top down with more
One day you might realize
That you might need to open your eyes
One day you might realize
That you might need to open your eyes