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Moby — The Last Day
Album: Innocents
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7.1

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Released: 2013
Length: 4:39
Plays (last 30 days): 1
He was searching
Blindly night and day
This life, there must be more

Breaking beauty,
Just to stay awake
His heart was like a stone

Ooh, ooh his heart was like a stone

And on the last day
He walked out in the sun
He only just discovered the sun
On the last day

And on the last day
When all his work was done
He only just discovered the sun
On the last day

All this rapture
Right here all along
In scraps he tore away

All this color
In his final breath
Exhaled the dark and gray
Exhaled the dark and gray

And on the last day
He walked out in the sun
He only just discovered the sun
On the last day

And on the last day
When all his work was done
He only just discovered the sun
On the last day
Comments (84)add comment
That vocal in the background trying to be Lil' Pump or something just isn't working, otherwise a good song.

William Could you please compile a "Best of Moby"!?


P.S. I Miss the information about the last plays on the main and the other channels in the player window!
The Allegory of the Cave in song.  Shimmering!
The lyrics are reminiscent of the excellent short story, Wool, by Hugh Howey. A must read for Sci-Fi fans. Or anyone, really.
moby is always on conflict with me, but his music touches me...  so we  meet union in conflict almost like Germans and English joining together on  the battlefront in ww1...  
Can't understand a word he's saying.
 Hearly wrote:

I listen to Your radio from Belarus. Thank you




Listening RP from your Country is a small puzzle piece of freedom for you i guess. Keep your head high!
 Hearly wrote:

I listen to Your radio from Belarus. Thank you



Here is Königsberg/Kaliningrad. Just around the corner! 
Okay, a quite big one. 
Might be the first "wrong song" I've heard in My Favorites, hearing Benny Goodman instead of Moby.  I do love some jazzy clarinet, so I'll keep listening to this and smile.  

Long Live RP!!
 fedtho wrote:

Thank you, good Sir, for giving us the one info I really was wondering about !
Going to check this out at once. {#Sunny}

As for the track, I have gone from 'irritation' to 'okay, it's not that bad' to 'irritation' again... and finally, I think it's totally hypnotic and magical! The vocals and the background voice loop (by Lead Belly, as we now know!) give it a really out-of-this-world quality. It's a really melacholic, sad tune... but it is powerful.



yeah, me too. it makes a lot more sense when you know that's the backdrop. now yeah it can move you to tears because it reminds me of what I'm missing out of my own life. :(
Met Moby when he was recording on Instinct. Amazingly human....
 Tylersmyler wrote:
I'm glad you said that.  All I was hearing was. "gotta do my laundry"  

 

 



Ha! Love it!
Oh dear.  I can't sing this song because I'm trying to not cry my eyes out during it. 
I’m hearing “gotta look behind meh”!
I'm glad you said that.  All I was hearing was. "gotta do my laundry"  

 
gregskrtic wrote:
kind of annoying with the "lookie lookie yonder" bit.
 


^^ The owner of the voice who sings the sampled part, looky looky yonder, Huddie William Ledbetter.
 haretic wrote:
I don't know what song the posted lyrics are for, but it ain't this one.
 
Not sure how that happened. Fixed now.
 DaidyBoy wrote:

Still broken today, friend.
 

did someone inform Bill? Or Rebecca? Anyhow here they are: https://genius.com/Moby-the-la...
LOVE this one. Woven voices, complex melodies. Only thing he doesn't use is lots of percussion, but that's not what this piece is about.
 haretic wrote:
I don't know what song the posted lyrics are for, but it ain't this one.
...
 
Still broken today, friend.
My wife hear the opening vocals and asked "Eddie Murphy"?
I listen to Your radio from Belarus. Thank you
Lookie lookie a bunch of butthurt comments
this is a very depressing song but beautiful
 BillG wrote:

Fixed.
 

As I look at it right now, it's displaying the lyrics for Michael Kiwanuka's Love & Hate (which was played 3 songs ago).
 Emwolb wrote:
those lyrics are a mess....someone should have listened to the words a little closer
 
Fixed.
Rather hypnotic 
Too much Moby!!
I"d like to hear Kate Bush take these lyrics and make some real music out of them.
 Grammarcop wrote:
Somebody — maybe John Lithgow or James Earl Jones — needs to record this as a dramatic reading. 

 

I think William Shatner would be a good choice


nice tune on a Sunday morning  :-)
those lyrics are a mess....someone should have listened to the words a little closer
Somebody — maybe John Lithgow or James Earl Jones — needs to record this as a dramatic reading. 
I just "kind of" liked this as background sounds until I read here about Lead Belly in the background singing "Looky, Looky Yonder". Now I love it! On the surface, it's kind of weird, but I love the composition with traditional folk blues & modern ethereal electronica. 
{#Bananajam}{#Beat}
Only hear this once a year now - still way overplayed.
 gregskrtic wrote:
kind of annoying with the "lookie lookie yonder" bit.

 
yep,
and this is the 3rd time i have heard it and it goes downhill
so i hit the PSD and got 'Voodoo Chile' by Stevie Ray Vaughan{#Cheers} 
kind of annoying with the "lookie lookie yonder" bit.
Overall I like it, but as with many Moby tracks, he doesn't get the idea of "less is more" ... the constant repetition of "Looky! Looky yonder!" throughout the song, with only a slight, distanced reprieve toward the end of the track is just annoying.
 MiltonYates wrote:

It's "Looky, Looky Yonder" by Lead Belly, originally recorded 1939; this song is also referenced/quoted in Nick Cave's song Tupelo.
Check out Lead Belly's Wikipedia page - and then check out the (extensive) list of artists who covered him and used him as inspiration.

 
Thank you, good Sir, for giving us the one info I really was wondering about !
Going to check this out at once. {#Sunny}

As for the track, I have gone from 'irritation' to 'okay, it's not that bad' to 'irritation' again... and finally, I think it's totally hypnotic and magical! The vocals and the background voice loop (by Lead Belly, as we now know!) give it a really out-of-this-world quality. It's a really melacholic, sad tune... but it is powerful.
Nice! Got to go.
 Hasan wrote:

Exactly!

He can create a beautiful track of sublime music, but can't restrain his urge to besmirch it with ugly, meaningless, repetitive audio graffitti like "looky, looky yonder".

 
But that's the part that makes this more than just ambient background noise.
 Hasan wrote:

That's what we expect from you rdo.

Empty, jeering, posturing remarks that all say the same thing, "rdo enjoys jeering and posturing."

 
Wait a minute there buster.... you were trolling abjectly on. moby there.  in this case I am troll hunting for a change
 rdo wrote:

Terrible comment, but I recognize your right to exist.
 
That's what we expect from you rdo.

Empty, jeering, posturing remarks that all say the same thing, "rdo enjoys jeering and posturing."
Great track. I love the sampling on this.
 Dosequis wrote:
Well it's better than having to listen to another "song" by Beck.

 
{#No} 
as much as I don't want to like this i do like this
Well it's better than having to listen to another "song" by Beck.
 Hasan wrote:

Exactly!

He can create a beautiful track of sublime music, but can't restrain his urge to besmirch it with ugly, meaningless, repetitive audio graffitti like "looky, looky yonder".

 
Terrible comment, but I recognize your right to exist.
Moby needs a new gimmick.
Snoring 
 Jelani wrote:

Moby leaves a weird kind of filmy greasy tarnish on mine.

 
Exactly!

He can create a beautiful track of sublime music, but can't restrain his urge to besmirch it with ugly, meaningless, repetitive audio graffitti like "looky, looky yonder".
Ok, I can admit my own mistakes. This track does not deserve 3. It's 4.
Better look yonder...there is so much beyond our time here on earth...
This artwork could be called ''Universe of Broken Dreams.''
Just need Bogey, Jimmy, Elvis and Marilyn lurking.

Nice sound.... I'll be at the 'Restaurant at the End of the Universe' where Everyday is the Last Day!

"Even before I was shown the meaning of life in a dream at 17 (then promptly forgot it because I thought I smelled pancakes), I knew this to be true--and yet, I have always felt a need to search for the truth, that nebulous, ill-treated creature."

 




Nice sound.... I'll be at the 'Restaurant at the End of the Universe' where Everyday is the Last Day!

"Even before I was shown the meaning of life in a dream at 17 (then promptly forgot it because I thought I smelled pancakes), I knew this to be true--and yet, I have always felt a need to search for the truth, that nebulous, ill-treated creature."
Very smooth.. I like it... {#Clap}
 johncartlidge wrote:
Growing to REALLY like this. Stop what you're doing, take a moment, turn it up, it's a very fine Moby track indeed {#Angel} 

 
I think we could say this about many or most Moby tracks. 
Moby gets these vocals that turn electronica sounds so sublime. Aah. 
 fdr989gnd wrote:
What's the background lyric? Something about look over yonder?

 
It's "Looky, Looky Yonder" by Lead Belly, originally recorded 1939; this song is also referenced/quoted in Nick Cave's song Tupelo.
Check out Lead Belly's Wikipedia page - and then check out the (extensive) list of artists who covered him and used him as inspiration.


Breathe
 

rdo wrote:
Lots of Moby negativity out there...ugh... Stay calm... Breath....
 


Growing to REALLY like this. Stop what you're doing, take a moment, turn it up, it's a very fine Moby track indeed {#Angel} 
What's the background lyric? Something about look over yonder?
just another soundtrack jingle. ugh! this albums stinks!
Tune is pretty good. Album art is very nice. "8" from me!
Lots of Moby negativity out there...ugh... Stay calm... Breath....
Well I think it's cool {#Nyah} Bumping from a 7 to an 8.
 kcar wrote:
I finally got around to listening to "Play" about five years after it came out and really loved it. This sounds like he's pretty much doing the same things he did on "Play." Maybe that's not entirely fair, but "Last Day" doesn't seem to break any new ground. Maybe the rest of the album is fresher...

 
you're quite right: he's doing the same thing from "Play" on every new album, and I don't know why some find it cool...
For some reason I keep thinking there are two songs playing when this comes on.
 jhorton wrote:
Sometimes you just need some music to cleanse your soul. That's why there is a Moby.

 
Moby leaves a weird kind of filmy greasy tarnish on mine.
Mr. Loops comes again
so good..so nostalgic..
Sooo over this guy. I saw him "perform" at Area:One. The amount of lip synching and mime instrument playing was outrageous. Ten years later it's still the same formula. I'm with @CoYoT51 - this is when I resort to PSD.
Just about to add this album to phone to play whilst walking dog.  Replaces Active Child album which was a real let down.
Moby is good in small doses. 
MOBY = PLAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT!   
I like this song a lot better when I take out the left earbud to minimize the incessant, over-loud background chant thing. I really dig the foreground vocals and general feel of the song, just not that blah blah blah blah on repeat.
Love it. My favorite song on this album. 
This is the first time I've heard the recorded album version, which sounds nice enough. True, it's not breaking new ground for him, but the albums play nicely anyhow.

What was really disappointing was how awful this stuff sounded live during his Fonda Theatre set. There's probably a way to arrange these tunes better for live performance, but he hasn't found it yet.

This is coming from a fan of his from his earliest days, and I've caught him live more than a few times, including in small art venues back in his raving days...
I hope you play Almost Home and Don't Love Me from this new album, they are great new sounds from Moby. First time in years I paid real money for music! {#Angel}
I finally got around to listening to "Play" about five years after it came out and really loved it. This sounds like he's pretty much doing the same things he did on "Play." Maybe that's not entirely fair, but "Last Day" doesn't seem to break any new ground. Maybe the rest of the album is fresher...
Yay, new Moby!
Sometimes you just need some music to cleanse your soul. That's why there is a Moby.