Released with Blur’s 1997 fifth album, Blur, “Moving On” is a string of ambiguous metaphors that refer to the state of alternative music during the nineties with a typical alternative instrumental playing in the background.
[Verse 1]
At the music heist
I met the gourmet man
With aluminium lungs
Who sucks out all he can
He sees the whole world go flip
In a stunt bug style
'Cause he's a parasite
With a cellulite pile
But he can smile
[Chorus]
'Cause this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
Hey, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
[Verse 2]
We're sticky eyes and sticky bones
You get no time on your own
You get a dose and a ghost
You get it coast to coast
Now you dye your hair black
Get Satan tattooed on your back
You pierce yourself with a Coke can
And rub yourself in fake tan
Now you're in a band
[Chorus]
'Cause this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
Hey, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
And you're movin' on, you're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
Movin' on, we're movin' on
It won't be long, we're movin' on
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Hey, this is the music
We're movin' on, we're movin' on
Yeah, this is the music
Movin' on, we're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
And you're movin' on, you're movin' on
No matter how low, there's always further to go
And you're movin' on, you're movin' on
Movin’ On was written by Damon Albarn & Dave Rowntree & Alex James & Graham Coxon.
Movin’ On was produced by Stephen Street.