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Temples

Gamma Rays

Release date: 13th April 2023

Track 24:20

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About This Track

'Gamma Rays' by Temples is an alternative track from the album 'Exotico' (2023). The lyrics move between bright, expansive images, with a monsoon rise and “gamma rays in the midnight sun”, and darker urban imagery, asking whether a promise land is protection or simply a hideaway. There is an air of social scrutiny too, with dining out with the bourgeoisie set against the suggestion that the promised glow has turned to shadow.

"Gamma Rays" is a single by Temples, released 13th April 2023. The track is 4:20 long. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Gamma Rays

You feel aligned in the open plain
You see the rise of the monsoon rain
You analyse all the worth you see
While dining out with the bourgeoisie
The gamma rays in the midnight sun
Are shadows now in the midnight slum?
The promise land or a hideaway
They couldn't keep me away, away from your

There's a feeling out tonight (tonight)
(You say that you want it all)
There's a feeling after night
(Night, night)

Soaking up the rays, gamma rays
Starlight falls in and out of phase
Soaking up the rays, gamma rays
We stand golden in the summer haze

You feel alive in the paper rain
You see the rise of the earth shake wave
You analyse all the world you see
While passing out with the blue elite
The gamma rays in the midnight hour
Are shadows now and the midnight sour?
The promise land or a Shangri-La
It couldn't keep me away, away from your

The fear is out tonight (tonight)
It never could keep us away
The fear is out tonight
(Tonight, tonight)

Soaking up the rays, gamma rays
Starlight falls in and out of phase
Soaking up the rays, gamma rays
We stand golden in the summer haze

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Gamma Rays

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Release year

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Temples — Gamma Rays

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Gamma Rays

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Production & Engineering

Writer: Adam Smith (Temples), James Edward Bagshaw, T Walmsley
Producer: Sean Lennon
Engineer: Conor Grant, James Edward Bagshaw, Scott Hollingsworth
Mastering Engineer: Steve Fallone
Mixing Engineer: Dave Fridmann

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