Idaho was the first debuted (and the sixth-listed) track of Gorillaz' sixth studio album, The Now Now.
Initially titled “Ode To Idaho,” the song was first played on the 30th of September, 2017 at a concert for the US Humanz tour, at KeyArena, Seattle, and had a place on the tracklist in a number of...
[Verse 1]
I landed on the silver lake
Washed up and feeling blue
Heard the sound of footsteps
Drifting softly to the moon
Looking for clear water
I had to take control
Out there in the wilderness
Another bullet hole
[Pre-Chorus]
Playing it all for gods
Yesterday
[Chorus]
Idaho, Idaho
There's a beauty on the road
Every day, I look out on the bus
Silver lining's getting lost
[Verse 2]
Floated out into the woods
To hear the old elk call
Touched a rainbow with my hands
I'm dry, I got 'em all
"Ride on," said the king of cool
You've got nothing to lose
Tinseltown is down the road
It's the bullet or the noose
[Pre-Chorus]
If you're playing it all for gods
Far away
[Chorus]
Idaho, Idaho
There's a beauty on the road
And every day, I look out of the bus
Silver lining's getting lost
Idaho was written by Remi Kabaka Jr. & James Ellis Ford & Damon Albarn.
Idaho was produced by Gorillaz & James Ellis Ford & Remi Kabaka Jr..