This now became one of my favourites from Gorillaz.

After many many years, people will listen to this song and feel envious for ones who lived in the era of Gorillaz.

2:15 When this part starts.... I start floating

0:00 - 2:20 oh this is so calm i really love this soft rythm 2:24: H E R E ' S A B A N G E R

I visited Hong Kong two years ago and I remember listening to this on the bus that goes up Victoria's Peak and just feeling it was the perfect soundtrack for that moment, with the view of the city full of buildings and skyscrapers. It just made me feel so small and lost in that sea of people and neon.

The question is.... *HOW COULD MURDOC WRITE SUCH AN SAD SONG*

Verse 1: 2-D] Oh, joys arise The sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the week The polyphonic prayer is here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here [Bridge: 2-D] And if the whole world is crashing down (on you) Fall through space out of mind with me [Verse 2: 2-D] Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling of the whole empire, is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted till it sleeps [Hook: Yukimi Nagano] Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machines Say will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave Empires will fall And closing in on you They're going on Little memories Your little feet, working the machines Say will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave Empires will fall Closing in on you They're going on

It's crazy how I completely overlooked this album when it first came out. Now, 12 years later, I am really starting to understand it's real meaning. This song is a real masterpiece, I have listened to it 1000 times and it still manages to make tears come out of my eyes!

Listening to this makes me cry every time. It was the song I sung to my cat the day before he died. I just remember singing it to him, with the dull ache in my heart. I didn't know it was his last full day on earth, but I felt it coming. I will always miss him.

I feel like I could float away from the world listening to this

The feeling that Murdoc had wrote this makes me think of life

This entire album was so ahead of its time

Little dragon's part it's like mermaids singing to you if you're high

This song has a better feel to it when you play it really loud at home and dance to it , trust me .

I genuinely cannot tell anyone how much I love this song. It gives me everything I need to feel safe. I want this song to play in my afterlife, because that's the vibe it gives me. I love this album, literally everything on it is great

This song makes me feel things no human ever could. Thank you, Gorillaz.

This sounds like rain.

How is Damon able to first make you relax and forget all your troubles (The polyphonic praire's here) to the point of wanting to take a nap, and afterwards make you sway slightly to the sides with the second part of the song. Just amazing. What an awesome album Plastic Beach is.

*_I went to the museum and nowhere did I see this work of art._*

This song made me felt something unexplainable, nostalgia of unexisting time and place. i've heard this, but so far down the memory lane. Not quite close, always outta reach. Pain ? No, its a faint feeling of sadness from a past i never knew i posess. Why, is it just me. How ?

This video is blocked in America for some reason so I had to use a VPN to watch this. No regrets. Beautiful.

[2D:] Oh joy's arise The sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the week The polyphonic prayer is here, It's all around you It's all around you out here And if the whole world is crashing down Fall through space out of mind with me Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling of the whole empire is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted till it sleeps [Little Dragon:] Little memories marching on Your little feet working the machine Will it spin, will it soar? My little dream working the machine Soon like a wave, empires will fall And closing in on the womb, of who you are Little memories (memories, memories, memories) Your little feet working the machine Will it spin, will it soar? My little dream working the machine Soon like a wave, empires will fall And closing in on the womb, of who you are

Depressing and Calming at the same time, my fucking kind of music

I feel sorry for the people who’s never had heard this in their life.

I pressed play, I started singing. Slowly I closed my eyes as I kept singing and when everything exploded ( 2:21 ) I just couldn't stop crying. I had no reason, I didn't think of anything, I just sang with my eyes closed. Or... Maybe... remembering my mom... she died of covid. This song is my whole life. Listening in 2021

There's nothing quite like this right? I love Gorillaz, every song tells it's story, but this... This is just something that no words could ever describe how perfect it is. This song will be the closest thing we will ever get to perfection. From the second that it starts to the last, I just vanish from the world, and all my problems and thoughts become meaningless. I guess what I'm trying to say is that... This is a masterpiece. Forever, my favorite song.

This song will play at my funeral. I'll make sure of it.

i love the way they went for a storyboard-like video instead of regular animation for this music video

And if the whole world is crashing down on you Fall through space out of mind with me Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away

I am so very grateful to have been born to witness Gorrilaz.

ya ever listen to this, go to the couch or lie on the bed then ᵈ ᶦ ˢ ˢ ᵒ ᶜ ᶦ ᵃ ᵗ ᵉ

Unbelievable, how far music can take you from this typical world, everyday society, routine and government machine, and give you this feeling, feeling of peace. One of my favourite song from gorilllaz

I didnt believe when people say that music made them travel to another world... Now i see everything.

Man and I thought this song sucked, then I decided to listen to it again AND ITS AMAZING WHAT WAS PAST ME THINKING

it is MY mental breakdown and I get to choose the music.

this song is not only still amazing but it also introduced me to little dragon so i'm forever grateful

A special, special song. This touches my soul on so many levels. A masterpiece that I'm happy to call one of my all time favourites and I cant wait to sing it as a lullaby to my future kids.

I tried to sleep with this song, head full of dreams.

0:38 [Verse 1: 2-D] Oh, joys are us, the sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the week The polyphonic prayer is here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here 1:17 [Bridge: 2-D] And if the whole world is crashing down (on you) Fall through space out of mind with me 1:36 [Verse 2: 2-D] Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling of the whole empire, is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted till it sleeps 2:45 [Hook: Yukimi Nagano] Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Say will it spin, will it soar? My little dream, working the machine Soon, like a wave, empires will fall And closing in on you, they're going on Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Say will it spin, will it soar? My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave, empires will fall Closing in on you, they're going on (Lyrics by Genius)

when i was about 11 or 12, i was given a non-graded assignment in school to present a song to the class and talk about it for a few minutes. i chose this song. i loved empire ants SO MUCH back then and to this day i still love it so much. all my classmates watching me present looked so confused and uninterested as they didn't know this song and thought i presented something "weird" or "obscure". even my music teacher looked unamused? i do NOT regret it though. everyone else brought in mainstream music of the time (2016/17) whilst i introduced all these kids to a BANGER. i hope they're all listening to gorillaz now. kinda random but thought i'd share this anyway :)

Casi 11 años de esta canción. Yo no la conocí en su momento, la habre escuchado algunos años despues de su lanzamiento. Pero en todo caso es, y probablemente, siempre será, una de mis canciones favoritas de todos los tiempos.

Oh joy's arise The sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the week The polyphonic prairies here, It's all around you It's all around you out here And if the whole world is crashing down on you Fall through space out of mind with me Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling of the whole empire is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted till it sleeps Little memories marching on Your little feet working the machine Say will it spin, will it soar My little dream working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on Little memories Your little feet working the machine Say will it spin, will it soar My little dream working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on

this song is so : beautiful, amazing, breathtaking, awesome, perfect, great, magical, astonishing, stunning, unbelievable, wonderful, lovely, excellent, exceptional, fantastic, out of this world and- Long story short, it's a masterpiece.

The lyrics: Oh joy's arise The sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the whole week The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here And if the whole world is crashing down Fall through space out of mind again Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling alcohol empire, is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted 'til it sleeps Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on

this is my favorite song from that album and I just find that has a video.

people who disliked don't feel so good inc.

*Hands down, one of Gorillaz' best songs ever, simply beautiful...*

I like to listen to this lying down. it makes me feel both weightless and heavy...like I'm going to float straight up, through the ceiling and like I'm going to fall straight through my mattress and the ground. and I don't have to be high either....beautiful feeling.

if you are wondering about the artist is Jamie Hewll , he truly is a talented dude

The way "arise" sounds like "are us" is honestly so pretty

This song makes me feel like I'm floating through dimensions in space. So glad I got to hear this in my lifetime.

*Noodle:* I make big part of the most popular album of the band and you just send helicopters to kill me in my favorite place. *Murdoc:* Yeah, you forgive me? *Noodle:* Sure, why not?

My experience with most Gorillaz songs: I hear it once: this song sucks. I hear it a second time: You know what, this song is actually not that bad. I hear it ten more times: I FUCKING LOVE THIS!!!

2:24 that drop is awsome

My mom used to always listen to this, and I didn’t have a clue that it was made by Gorillaz and I’m obsessed with this song now

It's weird listening to this, because when it first came out I never used to be into the Gorillaz and I remember listening to it. But now as I'm quite a big fan of them, they feel quite old, but a small part of my childhood.

0:00 Before the Drugs 2:11 After the Drugs

This genuinely is good music.

Just to think theres someone out there listening to this, trapped in their own bubble, their own spaces and floating in their own ocean.

This Music video feels like a farewell to Plastik Beach album. Its like they sat together on the end of working, and just compiled every concept and scene and sketch to each song and put it here, its so nostalgic..

This song will never stop delivering the most of love and soul that went into developing these characters. It reflects on the whole journey in such a bittersweet way. Even when Gorillaz eventually dies out, Empire Ants will live on forever along with other masterpieces under the band's hood. Truly mindblowing.

I remember a time where 2d's pants were higher than my self esteem.

I can only keep feeling amazed

shit you could've warned me this was a masterpiece before I listened to it

I cried to this song, it felt like i was on a space ship leaving this dog shit world travelling the universe at light speed

Por alguna razón, empatizo con una persona siempre que escucho esta canción, como que relajados, juntos los dos sentados sin preocupaciones, hasta que llega el minuto 2:12 y siento la sensación de que una de nuestras locuras empieza a invadir nuestros cuerpos, extasiados, ambos caemos y perdemos la cordura, enloquecemos, mientras caemos en declive al final, reconociendo lo que somos, y que un dia desapareceremos; no tengo una explicación exacta de mi sensación, pero me he acercado, todo en profunda paz, amo esta canción

I've overlooked this gem for years. Previously Stylo was my favorite from this album. But Im glad I found this now, such a good song.

After 10 years im still listening to this

This song will be in my heart forever... I promise

This song is beautiful, really. But when 2:15 starts I feel weird. It's like the song awoke some kind of agony in my chest, and I feel like I'm about to disapear. It's like someone gave a soundtrack to my depression crisis.

Im listening to this album now and its resurfacing songs that I didn't know i knew, all the times my dad put this on in the car and me falling asleep to it when I was younger. It's so perfect.

this song just makes me so calm like seriously who tf needs sleeping pills when youve got this

when it's rain here,I listen to this masterpiece. 6/5 :)

Masterpiece .

this just gives me a vibe of waiting for something or just calming. this is one of my favorite Gorillaz songs and for a reason. this song is really calming. it feels like I can sleep to it.

Without doubt, one of the best Plastic Beach songs.

This is the best Gorillaz song ever.

Now this, is the reason why I love the Gorillaz Edit: I’m quite surprised that this was uploaded to KZbin 10 years ago

Best Gorillaz Song ?

This song on quarantine hits brutally. Today it was raining while I was in a virtual class I started to hear this song... And cried for the first time in a long time...

I initially resisted listening to the entirety of this song for a good 2 years. Was pretty shocked to realize I missed out on 2:15 onwards all that time.

Im drunk BUT Plastic Beach is one of the most beatiful proyect of music ever. Sorry for my english, but Gorillaz made me someone else

The track shifted then Little Dragon started singing, and she carried the song. That's talent.

I just want Gorillaz in a *REALLY BIG WORLD TOUR* after they have released the album this year, I want them in South America!!

Para mi la mayoría de canciones de plastich beach son melancolicas

This song introduced me to Little Dragon and I'm so glad of that. I fucking love Little Dragon.

This songs amazing i cant believe plastic beach is already 14 yrs old

"Empires will fall" It always hurts to hear. I never thought the "empire " i had would ever disappear, i was too in-the-moment to care. And when it did fall it was slow at first then it left in a chaotic boom. Gone when i needed it the most. I thought it would stay forever, never realizing i was growing older and out of it each day, but even when i saw the signs i convinced myself everything was fine. I thought i was immune to change, but time made me say "I've had enough, thank you" to the only comfort i had, and i want to ask God why. Basically every moment you experience is lost to history. Gone, only a memory, no going back. Remember this while you are at your highs, and maybe lows as well. Nothing is forever. I'm gonna go and reminisce on my own in the corner now.

CÓMO LOGRAR LA PRIMERA EXPERIENCIA DE ESCUCHA CON ESTA CANCIÓN * 1. Entra en tu habitación, apaga las luces, cierra las persianas, etc. Asegúrate de que no hay absolutamente ninguna luz en la habitación. También asegúrese de que nadie interrumpirá su sesión de escucha, ya que eso arruina la experiencia. 2. Conecte los auriculares a su dispositivo y aumente el volumen al nivel más alto posible sin que sea tan fuerte que le duele los oídos. 3. Acuestate en tu cama. Asegúrese de que ninguna parte particular de su cuerpo experimente estímulos únicos; debe ser uniforme en todo (en otras palabras, no ejerza presión adicional sobre un punto, no aplique calor / frío extra a una parte específica del cuerpo, etc.) 4. Comienza la canción y simplemente siéntete rodeado de su belleza. Deja que te saque un par de minutos. Te llevará en un viaje. Lo disfrutaras

It's my second time listening to it, and I feel the need to cry

This is like if a loving mother was a song... Does that make sense?

This song melt my heart. Is so special, like a melancholic, tender dream.

Going to a Sussex University open day when the sun was shining, listening to this, having spent my entire life in the city. It helped me realise, there was a big beautiful world out there, one which I was only on the verge of discovering

I feel like this video was for the die-hard Gorillaz fans and no one else.

The first time I ever listened to this song I had just started reading 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and I must have played this song on repeat at least 20 times. So now every time I hear this song I picture a hot and humid summers afternoon, resting upon a chair on a patio in some villa in Macondo, the sun streaming through the trees and fresh fruit piled up high on a kitchen bench and rotting on the streets. Interesting how music can do that, even though this song and the book have little tangible thematic similarities lol.

Oh joy's arise The sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the whole week The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here And if the whole world is crashing down Fall through space out of mind again Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Blows all the shadows far away The falling alcohol empire, is here to hold you Rolling out and haunted 'til it sleeps Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it soar My little dream, working the machine Soon like a wave that pass will fall And closing in on you they're going on shotouts from Argentina..

Today I realise this is my favorite song ever. I always love this song with my soul, but I thought that one day it was going to lose it's magic. Today I listened after a long time without listen and it feels the same way as always. I feel it's intensity all over my body, everytime my eyes fills with humble tears, is kind of painful and holy at the same time, and that moment when the first part ends and the second one comes in a crescendo, fuck, I have to stop anything that I am doing to live that moment with all my senses. Thank you, Gorillaz and Little Dragon, for this heavenly therapy.

2024? Que esta hermosa canción no muera por favor... Si muero, póngame esta rola, también quiero lamentar mi ausencia en el mundo. 😢

14 years ago but this never get old.

for all future reference ,, I started crying at 0:54 . 3rd time through and i’m still tearing up-