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Gene Pool by Underworld

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Underworld

Gene Pool

Release date: 24th October 2024

From Strawberry Hotel
Track 12
9:08
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About This Track

'Gene Pool' by Underworld is an electronic track from the album 'Strawberry Hotel' (2024). The lyrics move through a claustrophobic, pressured atmosphere, with recurring images of being bound and surrounded by violence, alongside talk of cutting holes in the news. Over hot winds and gentle water, the vocal perspective feels trapped but insistently active, culminating in the blunt refrain “Cut a hole in the news”.

"Gene Pool" is a track by Underworld, from the album Strawberry Hotel, released 24th October 2024. The track is 9:08 long. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Underworld.

About the Artist

Underworld

Underworld

Lyrics

Gene Pool

(Come back)

These hot winds are blowing

Gentle water beneath me

Bind me up

I look at the pictures

Surrounded by violence

Bind me up

Cut a hole in the news, cut a hole

Cut a hole in the news, cut a hole

Cut a hole

Cut a hole in the news

Bind me up

These hot winds are blowing

Gentle water beneath me

Bind me up

I look at the pictures

Surrounded by violence

Bind me up

Cut a hole

Cut a hole in the news

Cut a hole

Cut a hole (These hot winds are blowing)

Cut a hole (Gentle water beneath me, bind me up)

Cut a hole (I look at the pictures)

Cut a hole (Surrounded by violence, bind me up)

(Please, please, please)

(Oh, please)

Cut a hole in the news, cut a hole

Cut a hole in the news, cut a hole

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Track details

From Strawberry Hotel

9:082024
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Album
Strawberry Hotel
Strawberry Hotel
Underworld
25th October 2024
Track number
12
Release year
2024
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  2. 2denver luna
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  3. 3Techno Shinkansen
    3:23
  4. 4and the colour red
    5:42

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