“The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God” is a promotional single from British virtual band Gorillaz‘ ninth studio album, The Mountain. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The Gorillaz animated short film directed by Jamie Hewlett, Tim McCourt, Max Taylor premiered Friday, February 27^th 2026 at 4:00PM GMT^[1], via Gorillaz’ official YouTube channel.^[3]

The track produced by: Remi Kabaka Jr., Damon Albarn, Samuel Egglenton, James Ford, & Gorillaz.^{[4.1] [4.2] [4.3]}

The song written by: Damon Albarn, Ajay Prasanna, & Anoushka Shankar.^{[4.1] [4.2] [4.3]}

Song: #TheMountain #TheMoonCave #TheSadGod

Artist: #Gorillaz

Album: #TheMountain

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“The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God” Lyrics ^{[4.1] [4.2] [4.3]}
Song by Gorillaz:

Instrumental

The Moon Cave ^4.2

Verse 1: 2D
To the Moon Cave
Where I bought my tears
Lit the lantern on my childhood fears
(You must wash all your perfume from your body) (In the moon cave)
If you’re leaving (If you’re leaving)
Don’t make it harder than it is
Let me know (Let me know)
So I can say goodbye
(You must wash all your perfume from your body) (In the moon cave)

Chorus: 2D
Ooh, the things I swore I’d never become (In the moon cave)
And at the vastness of the river (In the moon cave)
In the cradled light, they’ve done me
(You must wash all your perfume from your body) (In the moon cave)

Verse 2: 2D, Asha Puthli
Why am I taking so long?
Why my voice not strong now? (In the moon cave)
It’s been cut
You will never recognize me again
Have you traveled
On a moonbeam?
(You must wash all your perfume from your body)

Chorus: 2D
Ooh, the things I swore I’d never become
And at the vastness of the river
In the cradled light, they’ve done me, but
Ooh, I need, I need a better bond with you
Oh, but that’s if forever coming
Where the atom gone with you

Bridge: Jalen Ngonda, Black Thought, 2D
Things I (That’s me) (The moon cave)
Swore I’d never become (That’s me) (The moon cave)
Yes, please, like a broken man (That’s me) (The moon cave)
(That’s me, that’s me) Grinning beginnings (The moon cave)
Who realized what he has done? (That’s me) (The moon cave)
(That’s me, that’s me) One time from the top (The moon cave)

Verse 3: Black Thought, Trugoy the Dove
Yo, I can float like a butterfly, gimme any topic, I’ma let it slide
Bet you I’ma float like I’m in the sky, look at how I drop it
When I let the ideas just float up high like a new hot topic
Good to be a goat, only way I float is to treat it like it’s gossip and drop it, yeah, watch this
Yo, I can float like no other guy, gimme any topic, I’ma let it ride
Bet you I’ma float like I’ve been a vibe, I’ma just drop it, yeah, check it
Yo, I get telescopic for profit
When I float topic to topic
Is it hip hop? Is it Gothic?
Can it fit into the corner pocket?
Is it hovering above the surface?
Is the pain where the megahertz is?
Where the masjid, where the church is?
Are the last days where the earth is?
It’s a movie, listen to me
They have given the permission to me
To move like Mister Halloumi
If I leave here, don’t pursue me
Let me float topic to topic
From the posh tip to the mosh pit
To the ghosts watching the folks clockin’
The most popular optics
Spread it all ’round, from the small town
To the empires, finna fall down
From the energy that brung the wall down
Or the mothership gon’ call down like Orson
The heat gon’ be scorching
The beat gon’ need voices
The sound downright awesome
What downtown like
Different than the sounds y’all like
Lemme break it down for ’em like
Uh, hold up

The Sad God ^4.3

Chorus: 2-D
I gave you blue skies, sweet fallacy
I gave you poppies for malady
I gave you white cells, you weaponized
I gave you garlands, you closed your eyes
In paradise****** (The sad God, the sad God)****

Drop: 2-D & Kara Jackson
La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
I gave you blue skies
La-la-la, la-la-la
I gave you my life
The sad God, the sad God
In paradise

Writer(s): Damon Albarn, Ajay Prasanna, & Anoushka Shankar
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