“Humility” is the first single and track off of the sixth Gorillaz studio album, The Now Now. The song features American guitarist, singer, and songwriter George Benson. The track was premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 program on May 31 and was released shortly after it premiered, alongside another so...
[Verse 1]
Calling the world from isolation
'Cause right now, that's the ball where we be chained
And if you're coming back to find me
You'd better have good aim
[Pre-Chorus]
Shoot it true, I need you in the picture
That's why I'm calling you
[Chorus]
(Calling you) I'm the lonely twin, the left hand
Reset myself and get back on track
I don't want this isolation
See the state I'm in now?
[Verse 2]
Calling the hunter with the rifle
'Cause right now, that's the ball where we be chained
[Pre-Chorus]
Shoot it true, I want you in the picture
That's why I'm calling you
[Chorus]
(Calling you) I'm the lonely twin, the left hand
Reset myself and get back on track
I don't want this isolation
See the state I'm in now?
[Bridge]
If I pick it up when I know that it's broken
Do I put it back?
Or do I head out onto the lonesome trail
And let you down?
[Chorus]
I'm the lonely twin, the left hand
(If I pick it up when I know that it's broken
Do I put it back?)
I don't want this isolation
(Or do I head out onto the lonesome trail)
See the state I'm in now?
(And let you down?)
[Outro]
If I pick it up when I know that it's broken
Do I put it back?
Or do I head out onto the lonesome trail
And let you go?
Humility was written by Remi Kabaka Jr. & James Ellis Ford & George Benson & Damon Albarn.
Humility was produced by Remi Kabaka Jr. & Gorillaz & James Ellis Ford.
In a conversation with Matt Everitt on BBC Radio 6 Music Albarn explained the title of the song:
[…] it was always called “Humility” since I wrote it. It has always been that tune. It has developed a little bit but basically it’s the same. I don’t think that the melody or the lyrics are necessarily...
The Times UK interview:
The idea is 2-D with headphones, lost in music, a little naive about the world. People are having a picnic with kids next to homeless people, a guy shooting up… The idea is that it’s time for a people’s poet, a new hero, to motivate the young generation. And 2-D becomes this...