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Ed O'Brien – Shangri-La (2020) | Track profile | Dork

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Ed O'Brien
Earth
Shangri-La

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Shangri-La

Release date: 6th February 2020

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About This Track

"Shangri-La" is a track by Ed O'Brien, from the album Earth, released 6th February 2020. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Ed O'Brien.

About the Artist

Ed O'Brien

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Lyrics

Shangri-La

[Verse 1]

Going back, I'm not going back

The old house

We'll burn it to the ground

I dive in the deep and rapid river

The other side

Piece of never-neverland, land, land

[Verse 2]

Loneliness

No more loneliness

Just you and me and she is safe from harm

Supermoon lighting up the sky

All the swans spread their wings and fly

Again, again, again

[Chorus]

I didn't really know that I feel so cold

Until I found my Shangri-La

I didn't really know I could feel so old

Until I found my Shangri-La

I didn't really know that I felt so old

Until I found my Shangri-La

I didn't really know that I felt so cold

Until I found my Shangri-La

[Bridge]

Oh this night

Like a summer's dream, like a summer's dream

Like a summer's dream, like a summer's dream

Like a summer's dream, like a summer's dream

Like a summer's dream (Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah)

[Chorus]

I didn't really know that I felt so cold

Until I found my Shangri-La

I didn't really know how I felt so cold

Until I found my Shangri-La

I didn't really know that I felt so old

Until I found my Shangri-La

And I didn't really know that I felt so cold

Until I found my Shangri-La

[Outro]

Always, always, always, always, always

Change

Always, always, always

Always (Didn't really know, didn't really know)

Always (Didn't really know I could feel so old)

Always (Didn't really know I could feel so old)

Always (Didn't really know, I didn't really know)

Always (Didn't really know I could feel so old)

Always (Didn't really know I could feel so old)

Always (Didn't really know, didn't really really really know)

Always, always, always, always, always

Always, always, always, always, always

Always, always, always, always

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Earth

2020

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2020

—Sail On
—Deep Days
—Cloak of the Night
—Long Time Coming
—Banksters
—Shangri-La
—Mass
—Olympik
—Brasil

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Ed O'Brien — Shangri-La

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Shangri-La

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Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien has released ‘Incantations’, the eight-minute psych-folk opener from his new album

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It follows the previously shared title-track, which drew on themes of nature's restorative power.

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Ed O'Brien announces new album 'Blue Morpho'

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The Radiohead guitarist has shared the title track from his Paul Epworth-produced record.

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Ed O’Brien
Producer: Flood
Engineer: Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett
Bass: Ed O’Brien
Guitar: Adrian Utley, Ed O’Brien
Vocals: Ed O’Brien
Additional Engineering: Richie Kennedy
Additional Production: Catherine Marks
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Tom Herbert
Drum Programmer: Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett, Richie Kennedy
Loops: Ed O’Brien
Mastering Engineer: Stephen Marcussen
Mixing Engineer: Alan Moulder, Caesar Edmunds
Percussion: Ed O’Brien, Richie Kennedy
Synthesizer: Flood