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Aries is the third song in Gorillaz' continuous 2020 song rollout known as Song Machine: Season 1.
The song features a light and synth-heavy instrumental with 2-D singing very lackadaisically about feeling high, fitting with the track’s music video where Murdoc injects him with an unknown substance...
[Intro: Russel Hobbs]
Aries
[Verse 1: 2-D]
I'm looking out at a volcano
Trying to read the world today
And see where you're at
I never do that
I'm a model that is uncomplicated
You can play a happy tune on me
But don't turn me off
'Cause then I am silent
[Verse 2: 2-D]
I'm standing on a beach in the distance
And even though you're far away
Can you see my red light?
It's waiting to turn green
'Cause I feel so isolated without you
I can't play a happy tune on my own
So stay by my side
High or low tide
[Chorus: 2-D & Peter Hook]
High tide, high tide, high tide, high tide
High tide, high tide, high tide, high tide, high
And it feels like I'm falling in, again
High tide, high tide, high tide, high tide
High tide, high tide, high tide, high tide, high
Feels like I'm falling in, again
[Verse 3: 2-D]
I'm a model that is uncomplicated
You can play a happy tune on me
But don't turn me off
'Cause then I am silent
[Chorus: 2-D & Peter Hook]
High tide, high tide, high tide, high tide
High tide, high tide, high tide, high tide, high
And it feels like I'm falling in, again
High tide, high tide, high tide, high tide
High tide, high tide, high tide, high tide, high
Feels like I'm falling in, again
Aries was written by P2J & Remi Kabaka Jr. & Peter Hook & Damon Albarn.
Aries was produced by Remi Kabaka Jr. & James Ellis Ford & Gorillaz.
Virtual guitarist Noodle shares some insight into the song’s ethos, during an April 2020 press release:
Highly impatient and competitive, many Aries have the fighting spirit of your mythological ruler.