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Ride
Going Blank Again
Chrome Waves

TRACK

Chrome Waves

Release date: 9th March 1992

From Going Blank Again

Track 4

3:56

Alternative Music Indie Rock Rock

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About This Track

'Chrome Waves' by Ride is a 1992 alternative track from the album 'Going Blank Again'. The lyrics picture a far-off future and a relationship stalled under a cool, machine-like gloss, with images of chrome and motion that can be felt more than heard. The narrator speaks of being pulled close, then separated, as time drifts into “wasted time”. The tone is dreamy and detached, but edged with frustration at how some strange machinery keeps one person from seeing the other.

"Chrome Waves" is a track by Ride, from the album Going Blank Again, released 9th March 1992. The track is 3:56 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Ride.

About the Artist

Ride

Ride

Lyrics

Chrome Waves

One hundred years from now
See the chrome, can't hear it move
I'll meet you on the way down
Wrapped around somebody's hand

We've all moved on from here
The color's running dry
A drowsy line of wasted time
Bathes my open mind

This strange machinery
Is keeping you from seeing me
I'll meet you on the way down
Can't stay, unbearable to go

We've all moved on from here
The color's running dry
A drowsy line of wasted time
Bathes my open mind

Aah, aah-ah
Aah, aah-ah

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Track details

From Going Blank Again

3:561992

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Album

Going Blank Again

Track number

4

Release year

1992

1Leave Them All Behind
8:18
2Twisterella
3:43
3Not Fazed
4:24
4Chrome Waves
3:56

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Ride
Writer: Andy Bell (2)
Producer: Alan Moulder, Ride
Bass: Steve Queralt
Drums: Laurence “Loz” Colbert
Guitar: Andrew Bell, Mark Gardener
Vocals: Andrew Bell, Mark Gardener
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Dick Meaney
Mixing Engineer: Alan Moulder
Recording Engineer: Alan Moulder, Matt Oliver

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