2-D refers to this new world always in the future, so it has not arrived yet, although he already gave up his soul for it.

I’m like a ship between the tide (I saw myself)įrom these lines, we understand that we don’t know how this new world will look. In the end, it will be great (Beneath the hills) What does this world look like? We can find some more hints in the following lines. And the cult will deliver a new world to him. I’ve got nothing more to say (I drank to write)Ģ-D paid with his soul to enter the cult. In the end, I had to pay (I drank to write) In the end, I had to pay (I purged my soul) In the end, I had to pay (What world is this?) That makes us think that we are talking about an artificial paradise. There is an ancient community that created the cult “to grow a made-up paradise.” The world promised by the cult is not purely natural: the song talks about a made-up paradise, and it uses the autotune metaphor (a tool that digitally stabilizes the voice in music production, often turning the human voice into a robotic one). What was born on Cracker Island is the cult, which will come later in the track. The lines above are the beginning of the song. The lyrics are highly symbolic, so we are supposed to find the hints distributed on the lines. The song describes what the cult means for him, the price to pay, and the benefits.

Previously, Gorillaz referred to it as The Last Cult and even invited fans to join it on this website. On this island, an ancient cult was born, and 2-D is now a member of it.

Analog Artifact)Ĭracker Island is a mysterious place introduced by 2-D in the song.

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