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Amidst the rollercoaster ride of the last few days, I wanted to make sure that this dazzling jewel of a song didn't get overshadowed and lost in all the commotion. I admit, I am completely biased and loved Down the Rabbit Hole even before I'd heard single note because the title very succinctly describes the journey since we boarded the Glambert Express. It's taken us to a world that we may previously have been unaware of and there's no turning back. We love this escapism. Plus, I used those exact words in my RoF review all those months ago as I was sure we hadn't seen nothin' yet.



Right from the start I love the sound of the continuous heavy throbbing electronic bassline. It's a skittish, funky and slightly distorted modern nod to disco. The vocals in the verses are fresh and lively with just a bit of backing, singing trippy drug-induced mashed-up thoughts about getting kicks. The chorus is more rock and brings us some frantic guitar riffing and drawly vocal stylings with interesting harmonies straight after (I can't quite recall who they remind me of). The bridge introduces some echoey early '90s rave synths, then it all gets rather psychedelic at the break with amazing studio RoF-type middle-eastern trills set to a trance beat. And if that isn't enough to freak you out, we have Adam channelling Vincent Price doing his scariest beyond-the-grave voice as the Caterpillar, over the manic instrumentals. This song is so in-your-face and over-the-top and all-over-the-place schizophrenic but hits the spot that I felt was missing on the album as the far-out crazy WTF? song. It's not for an agitated mood, nor is it very radio-friendly but it makes a super club and party track which I can imagine being used as the soundtrack to a darkly comical high-energy chase. Down the Rabbit Hole is such a thrilling adrenaline-pumped hallucinogenic acid trip whirlwind of a song and I absolutely love it.

Written by Adam Lambert, Evan Bogart and Greg Wells. Produced by Greg Wells
Here are what I can make of the lyrics, though I'm sure most of them are wrong:

Break out of the mechanical
Step right up to the freaky intangible
Hands uncuffed, take the leash on this animal
If it's gettin' hyphey, hit me with a night C

Slip right into your stripper shoes
Roll the dice, I got snake-eyes and déjà-vu
Poppin' off, I'm announcin' with ballyhoo
Tune in, (tune in), turn on, (turn on), drop out

Going down the rabbit hole
Get away from all we know
Come on, follow, come on and follow me
Goin' down the rabbit hole
Even hoes and gigolos
Come on, follow, come on and follow me

Quick, slow, high or low
You're never gonna know for sure
See in stereo
Down the rabbit hole, ooh

Catnip and honey
Tea time and all over town (all over town, all over town)
Houses of candy
Build 'em up and then burn 'em down (burn 'em down, just burn 'em down)
It melts in your face and not in your armour-all
It starts in the vase and it ends in the crystal ball, yeah

Going down the rabbit hole
Get away from all we know
Come on, follow, come on and follow me
Goin' down the rabbit hole
Even hoes and gigolos
Come on, follow, come on and follow me

Disco rodeo
My kaleidoscope
Cleopatra knows
What’s down the rabbit hole

Going down the rabbit hole
Get away from all we know
Come on, follow, come on and follow me
Goin' down the rabbit hole
Even hoes and gigolos
Come on, follow, come on and follow me

Quick, slow, high or low
You're never gonna know for sure
See in stereo
Down the rabbit hole

Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?