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Gorillaz
Humanz (Deluxe)
Ticker Tape

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Ticker Tape

Release date: 28th April 2017

From Humanz (Deluxe)

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About This Track

"Ticker Tape" is a track by Gorillaz, from the album Humanz (Deluxe), released 28th April 2017. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Gorillaz.

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Lyrics

Ticker Tape

[Verse 1: 2-D]

Is it resolution?

Or black and white flying balloons?

Floating up, too colourful

Or is it separation

You put into your counting sand

Waiting for the world to start again?

[Chorus: 2-D]

Ticker tape

Ticker tape

Tick-tick-ticker tape

[Verse 2: 2-D]

Is this how you're feeling?

Falling with the world tonight

Cauterized and beautiful

Slide the light

Is this how you're healing?

Out there in the paradigm

Waiting for a cavalcade to come again

[Chorus: 2-D]

Ticker tape

Ticker tape

Tick-tick-ticker tape

Ticker tape

[Bridge: Carly Simon & 2-D]

Black light glints with colour

Sudden, long and horizontal, outlines the star

A sudden draft and quick chill

A single snowflake falls

And that is all, that is all

The world's face hidden under folding wing

Waiting for the world to start again

Waiting for the world to start again

Waiting for the world to start again

Waiting for the world... again

[Outro: Kali Uchis & 2-D]

And we're working through it

(Are you leaving for the rest of it?)

Working through the nightmare

Watch the worker bees as they're working for it

Working through the night shift

And we're working through it

(Coming back to ghosts inside)

Working through the nightmare

Watch the worker bees as they're working for it

Working through the night shift

(Or is it just too late for that?)

'Cause we're working through it

Working through the nightmare

Watch the worker bees as they're working for it

Working through the night shift

And we're working through it

(And I'm hoping for the little juice)

Working through the nightmare

Watch the worker bees as they're working for it

Working through the night shift

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Track details

From Humanz (Deluxe)

2017

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Album

Humanz (Deluxe)

28th April 2017

Release year

2017

1Intro: I Switched My Robot Off
0:23
2Ascension (feat. Vince Staples)
2:36
3Strobelite (feat. Peven Everett)
4:33
4Saturnz Barz (feat. Popcaan)
3:02
5Momentz (feat. De La Soul)
3:17
6Interlude: The Non-Conformist Oath
0:22
7Submission (feat. Danny Brown & Kelela)
3:22
8Charger (feat. Grace Jones)
3:34
9Interlude: Elevator Going Up
0:04
10Andromeda (feat. DRAM)
3:18
11Busted and Blue
4:37
12Interlude: Talk Radio
0:20
13Carnival (feat. Anthony Hamilton)
2:16
14Let Me Out (feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T)
2:56
15Interlude: Penthouse
0:12
16Sex Murder Party (feat. Jamie Principle & Zebra Katz)
4:19
17She's My Collar (feat. Kali Uchis)
3:30
18Interlude: The Elephant
0:12
19Hallelujah Money (feat. Benjamin Clementine)
4:23
20We Got the Power (feat. Jehnny Beth)
2:18
21Interlude: New World
1:23
22The Apprentice (feat. Rag'n'Bone Man, Zebra Katz & RAY BLK)
3:55
23Halfway to the Halfway House (feat. Peven Everett)
3:57
24Out of Body (feat. Kilo Kish, Zebra Katz & Imani Vonshà)
3:44
25Ticker Tape (feat. Carly Simon & Kali Uchis)
4:29
26Circle of Friendz (feat. Brandon Markell Holmes)
2:09
—Out of Body
—Halfway to the Halfway House
—Ticker Tape
—The Apprentice
—Circle of Friendz
—She's My Collar (feat. Kali Uchis)
3:30
—Interlude: New World
1:22
—The Apprentice (feat. Rag'n'Bone Man, Zebra Katz & RAY BLK)
3:55
—Halfway to the Halfway House (feat. Peven Everett)
3:57
—Out of Body (feat. Kilo Kish, Zebra Katz & Imani Vonshà)
3:44
—Ticker Tape (feat. Carly Simon & Kali Uchis)
4:29
—Circle of Friendz (feat. Brandon Markell Holmes)
2:09
—Strobelite (feat. Peven Everett)
4:33
—Ascension (feat. Vince Staples)
2:36
—We Got the Power (feat. Jehnny Beth)
2:20
—Intro: I Switched My Robot Off
0:24
—Momentz (feat. De La Soul)
3:17
—Interlude: The Non-Conformist Oath
0:22
—Submission (feat. Danny Brown & Kelela)
3:22
—Charger (feat. Grace Jones)
3:34
—Interlude: Elevator Going Up
0:05
—Busted and Blue
4:37
—Interlude: Talk Radio
0:20
—Carnival (feat. Anthony Hamilton)
2:16
—Let Me Out (feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T)
2:56
—Interlude: Penthouse
0:12
—Sex Murder Party (feat. Jamie Principle & Zebra Katz)
4:19
—Interlude: The Elephant
0:12
—Saturnz Barz (feat. Popcaan)
3:02

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Carly Simon, Cheick Tidianne Seck, Damon Albarn
Producer: Gorillaz, Remi Kabaka Jr., The Twilite Tone
Engineer: Stephen Sedgwick
Bass: Junior Dan
Keyboards: Cheick Tidianne Seck
Vocals: Carly Simon, Damon Albarn, Kali Uchis
Additional Engineering: Ben Taylor
Assistant Engineer: KT Pipal, Samuel Egglenton
Mastering Engineer: John Davis (Engineer)
Mixing Engineer: Stephen Sedgwick
Synthesizer: Damon Albarn