Opium

**Opium** — это первый бонус-трек из седьмого альбома *Gorillaz*, *Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez*. В записи песни участвовал американский хип-хоп дуэт EARTHGANG, а сопродюсером выступил нигерийско-британский продюсер P2J.

## Информация

“
Мы записали эту песню на пике карантина, и всё произошло само собой, мы не говорили об этом. Поэтому, когда она наконец вышла, многие наши родные и друзья не могли поверить, что это произошло. Это действительно большая честь.
”
—Doctur Dot, Интервью Hypebeast

*Opium* создавался удалённо во время пандемии COVID-19W в начале апреля 2020 года.

## Текст

[Инструментальное Интро]

[Куплет 1: Johnny Venus]

I've been cooped up for a minute

I've been inside working on me

Hyperbolic chamber I sit

I'm gon' dance my way out of this

Winter lasted for ages

Trouble don't last always

Brand new life, turn the page

Be alright, be okay

[Припев: Johnny Venus]

Grinding, loving, singing, hugging, living, get it, stack it

Run it, dancing, flying, people, wake up

Come on, keep on, dreaming, don't stop

Loving, trying, growing, don't stop

They gon' try to slow you, don't stop

Never, ever, know I, don't stop

London, Paris, L.A., don't stop

[Куплет 2: Johnny Venus]

Atlanta, Jamaica, Rio, don't stop

New York, Lagos, Sydney, don't stop

You tried to kill me, created a monster

You tried to end me, but fate said "No, no"

Know why they envy, I got it, it's in me

Been so long since I had new faith

Been so long since I changed my ways

Been so long since I been okay

I met a lady on the side of the road

And her eyes were a story that had never been told

About a life that was lived on hope

And the truth of the inner light that we all hold

She said "Baby, I can hear my train coming

I'll leave with something before I go

Listen child, don't you ever waste time tryna dim nobody shine

Better water your own"

[Куплет 3: 2-D]

Will we wake up tomorrow?

I feel like we are closer together

Sing for colossal changes

And how we treat each other when we're living in a city of elevations

Is it man or woman feeling some balance today?

[Бридж: 2-D]

Hope

Hope the radiant light is shining on you (Shining on you)

Hope

Hope the radiant light is shining on you

[Припев: Johnny Venus]

Grinding, loving, singing, hugging, living, get it, stack it

Run it, dancing, flying, people, wake up

Come on, keep on, dreaming, don't stop

Loving, trying, growing, don't stop

They gon' try to slow you, don't stop

Never, ever, know I, don't stop

London, Paris, L.A., don't stop

[Куплет 4: Doctur Dot]

Been a long time since I been outside

Don't let it catch up with me

I contact just with me

Tapped in, wrapped up

Bring it in, let me in

Let me all over in between

Leave a toothbrush in your dreams

I ain't worried 'bout the next thing

I'll be with you to the extreme

Ice bounce off the glow of the moonlight

I hope we're still close when the sunrise

I paint the picture clear for ya

I can't hold this in much longer

Searching for this feeling my whole life

[Бридж: 2-D]

Hope

Hope the radiant light is shining on you (Shining on you)

Hope

Hope the radiant light is shining on you

[Инструментальное Аутро]

## Интересные факты

* Этта Албарн Теулон, племянница Деймона Албарна, исполняет дополнительный вокал для трека.
* *Opium* — один из двух делюкс-треков с *Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez*, которые прозвучали на Song Machine Live, второй — *MLS*.
* *Opium* — третья по длительности песня Gorillaz (6:51), первое место занимает *DoYaThing* (13:07), второе — *Hong Kong* (7:14).

## Примечания

1. ↑ Gorillaz's Russel Hobbs Interviews EARTHGANG