Name: Slow Country by Everything Gorillaz - P1 in Songs I like part 2
Duration: 3 min 29 s
Description: Slow Country is the 14th track of the Gorillaz' debut album.

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Songs I like part 2

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This song unfolds as a raw, hypnotic blues lament, rooted in foot-stomping rhythms and minimalistic guitar licks. It opens with a sparse, smoky atmosphere—just voice, footstep, and tension—before slowly descending into a cold electronic underworld. Analog synths, industrial textures, and dark arpeggios emerge, pulsing like broken circuitry behind a haunted vocal. The structure shifts between human grit and mechanical precision, blending organic blues phrasing with eerie synth landscapes and distorted ambient elements. Midway, the arrangement dissolves into eerie minimalism, only to rebuild with gritty momentum, returning to a stripped-down blues groove that feels more possessed than resolved. The result is a slow-burning journey across genres—spiritual, digital, and damned.

🎵 Title: The Devil Walks with Me

[Intro – whispered, over slow stomping beat & distant slide guitar]
Footsteps in the fire...
Breath like smoke...
He don’t speak much...
But he never lets go...


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[Verse 1]
I woke up with a shiver,
Moonlight on the floor,
Ashes in my coffee cup,
Blood behind the door.
There’s a whisper in the wires,
And it’s callin’ out my name.


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[Instrumental A]
[Pulsing analog synths, icy pads, slow industrial drum loop. Hints of metallic clatter and distant voices looped in reverse.]


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[Verse 2]
He don’t knock, he just walks in,
Black boots on holy ground.
Smiles like he knows my sins,
Don’t make a single sound.
Every step I take alone,
He’s shadowin’ me down.


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[Chorus]
The devil walks with me — slow and cold,
Through burning city lights and roads of gold.
I sold my soul for a breath of peace,
But the fire in his eyes won’t ever cease.


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[Instrumental B]
[Layered minor-key arpeggios in 5/4 rhythm, warm analog bass, digital distortion effects; rhythm modulates into stuttering delay]


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[Verse 3]
He don’t lie, no need to cheat,
The truth is hard and dry.
He says, “This world was built for pain,”
Then he lights the sky.
And every promise that I break,
He carves into my spine.


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[Bridge – spoken, distorted voice over echoing kick drum]
I danced with angels, but they turned away.
The devil stays — he likes to play.
He don’t judge, he don’t forgive,
He just teaches you how to live.


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[Instrumental C]
[Dark ambient interlude. Repeating synth motif in minor scale, whispering samples, heartbeat pulse. Feels like falling endlessly into static.]


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[Verse 4]
I used to run, I used to hide,
But now I know his name.
He sits with me at every stop,
And doesn’t play the game.
The devil ain’t a stranger now —
He’s just part of the frame.


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[Instrumental D]
[Cracked rhythm over throbbing bassline. Disjointed metallic hits and grainy digital textures build tension. Dissonant synths pulse like a broken siren, fading into deep silence.]


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[Chorus – full band, heavy beat]
The devil walks with me — slow and cold,
Through burning city lights and roads of gold.
I sold my soul for a breath of peace,
Now I burn in silence, with no release.


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[Reprise – soft, almost gospel-like delivery]
A man can pray, a man can scream,
But some things haunt every dream.
No chain, no cage, no plea, no key…
Just the devil… walkin’ with me.


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[Outro – fading footsteps, ambient hum, low E blues drone]




The Devil Walks with Me

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