Morcheeba is a British band that mixes influences from trip hop, rhythm and bluesand pop. The word "morcheeba" means "the way of marijuana" ("Mor" - the middle of the way & "Cheeba" - informal name of marijuana). Formed in the mid-1990s, they consisted of Paul Godfrey ( dj), Ross Godfrey on guitar and keyboards with Skye Edwards as the primary vocalist fronting the band. While churning up interest through an underground presence mostly in London, the band finally broke through when featured on the Ultra-Chilled series. Their first two releases seemed to portend a trip-hop based modern psychedelia that they seemed to completely eschew for a meatier, beatier, mom pop-centric sound on 2000's "Fragments Of Freedom".
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Morcheeba

They wanted me here
Just to show you my face
But when it comes to the crunch
I just hide in disgrace
Youre calling me mad
But I know youre the same
Cause you got to be seen to be playing the game
Yes we got to be seen to be playing, the game
It aint gonna hurt now
If you open up your eyes
Youre making it worse now
Everytime you criticise
Im under your curse now
But I call it compromise
I thought that you were wise
But you were otherwise
A specimen like you
I would love to obtain
I asked a tedious guy if hell tell me your name
Id love to impress you
With a back somersault
I want to take out your love
But its locked in a vault
I wanna take up your love
But its locked in a vault
It aint gonna hurt now
If you open up your eyes
Youre making it worse now
Everytime you criticise
Im under your curse now
But I call it compromise
I thought that you were wise
But you were otherwise
When I open my mouth
Im so brutally honest
And I cant expect that kind of love from you
When you open your mouth
Your teeth are beautifully polished
And I cant extract the pain youre going through
No I cant explain
The pain youre going through
It aint gonna hurt now
If you open up your eyes
Youre making it worse now
Everytime you womanise
Im under your curse now
But I call it compromise
Im under your curse
It aint gonna hurt now
If you open up your eyes
Youre making it worse now
Everytime you criticise
Im under your curse now
But they call it compromise
I thought that you were wise
But you were otherwise