Cloud of Unknowing Lyrics
On the cloud of unknowing
My world seems open
Every satellite up here is watching
But I was here from the very start
Trying to find a way to your heart
[Verse 2: Bobby Womack]
All the days of forgetting
They've gone out with the tide
Lost at sea somewhere, waiting
Like setting suns at the rodeo
Trying to find someone you'll never know
[Verse 3: Bobby Womack]
Oh, sinking love
On the cloud of unknowing
Every satellite up here is watching
Waiting to see what the morning brings
May bring sunshine on its wings
[Instrumental Outro]
About
“Cloud of Unknowing” is the fifteenth track from Gorillaz album Plastic Beach. It features Bobby Womack as he begins to close the album.
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“This track’s a mirror of the opener, a final reflection on the Plastic Beach. Bobby Womack’s performance on this song can still bring tears to my eyes. That mixture of hope and uncertainty in his voice – the age and the experience, the fear and the joy… ‘scuse me.
This song, like the Who’s ‘Love Reign O’er Me’ is the moment that gathers together the events of the album – and pauses for reflection: ‘Waiting to see what the morning brings, it may bring sunshine on its wings…’“ – band member Murdoc Niccals in an interview with NME
- 3.White Flag
- 5.Stylo
- 7.Empire Ants
- 11.Broken
- 12.Sweepstakes
- 13.Plastic Beach
- 14.To Binge
- 15.Cloud of Unknowing
- 16.Pirate Jet
