Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head Lyrics - Gorillaz

Once upon a time at the foot of a great mountain, 

there was a town where the people 

known as Happyfolk lived, 

their very existence a mystery to the rest of the world 

obscured as it was by great clouds. Here they played out their peaceful lives, 

innocent of the litany of excess and violence that was growing in the world below. 

To live in harmony with the spirit of the mountain called Monkey was enough. 

Then one day 

Strangefolk arrived in the town. 

They came in camouflage, 

hidden behind dark glasses 

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no one noticed them: they only saw shadows. 

You see, without the Truth of the Eyes 

the Happyfolk were blind. 

(Singing) 

Falling out of aeroplanes and hiding out in holes 

Waiting for the sunset to come, people going home 

Jump out from behind them and shoot them in the head 

Now everybody's dancing the dance of the dead 

The dance of the dead 

The dance of the dead. 

(Talking) 

In time, 

the Strangefolk found their way into the higher reaches of the mountain 

and it was there that they found the caves 

of unimaginable Sincerity and Beauty. By chance, 

they stumbled upon the place where all good souls come to rest. 

The Strangefolk 

they coveted the jewels in these caves above all things, 

and soon they began to mine 

the mountain, 

its rich seam fueling the chaos of their own world. 

Meanwhile, 

down in the town, 

the Happyfolk slept restlessly, their dreams invaded by shadowy figures 

digging away at their souls. 

Every day, people would wake and stare at the mountain. 

Why was it bringing darkness into their lives? 

And as the Strangefolk mined deeper 

and deeper into the mountain, holes began to appear, 

bringing with them a cold and 

bitter wind that chilled the very soul of the Monkey. 

For the first time, the Happyfolk felt fearful for, 

they knew that soon the Monkey would stir from its deep sleep. 

Then there came a sound. 

Distant first, 

it grew into castrophany so immense it could be heard far away in space. 

There were no screams. 

There was no time. 

The mountain called Monkey had spoken. 

There was only fire. 

And then, 

nothing. 

(Singing) 

Oh, a little town in U.S.A 

The time has come to see 

There's nothing you believe you are 

But where were you when it all came down on me 

Did you call me? No