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The SilenceBastille

Released: November 25, 2013

Songwriter: Dan Smith

Producer: Dan Smith Mark Crew

[Verse 1]
Tell me a piece of your history
That you're proud to call your own
Speak in words you picked up
As you walked through life alone

We used to swim in your stories
And be pulled out by their tide
Choking on the words
And drowning with no air inside

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Now you've hit a wall and it's not your fault
My dear, my dear, my dear
Now you've hit a wall and you hit it hard
My dear, my dear, oh dear

[Chorus]
It is not enough to be dumbstruck
Can you fill this silence?
You must have the words
In that head of yours

And, oh, oh, can you feel this silence
I can't take it anymore
'Cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck
Can you fill this silence?

[Verse 2]
Tell me a piece of your history
That you've never said out loud
Pull the rug beneath my feet
And shake me to the ground

Wrap me around your fingers
Break the silence open wide
Before it seeps into my ears
And fills me up from the inside

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Now you've hit a wall and you're lost for words
My dear, my dear, my dear
Now you've hit a wall and you hit it hard
My dear, my dear, oh dear

[Chorus]
It is not enough to be dumbstruck
Can you fill this silence?
You must have the words
In that head of yours

And, oh, oh, can you feel this silence
I can't take it anymore
'Cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck
Can you fill this silence?

[Bridge]
If you give it a name, then it's already won
What you good for? What you good for?
If you give it a name, then it's already won
What you good for? What you good for?

If you give it a name, then it's already won
What you good for? What you good for?
If you give it a name, then it's already won
What you good for? What you good for?

[Chorus]
It is not enough to be dumbstruck
Can you fill this silence?
You must have the words
In that head of yours

And, oh, oh, can you feel this silence
I can't take it anymore
'Cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck
Can you fill this silence?

Bastille

Bastille is a British indie pop band. After releasing a limited single in 2010 and the Laura Palmer EP in 2011, the band was signed to Virgin Records. Following their signing, the band released two mix-tapes – Other People’s Heartache and Other People’s Heartache Pt. 2 — for free. In an interview with The Guardian, Dan Smith discussed the

Someone recently said to ‘The mixtapes were very clever, was that the label’s idea?’ Actually the label were completely against it; we were stealing and sampling illegally left, right and centre. The label ‘We want nothing to do with this.’ When it came to hosting the mixtapes, I had to register the website myself.

Preceding the release of their debut album, Bad Blood, the band released several singles — “Overjoyed”, “Bad Blood” and “Flaws”— to moderate commercial success. In February 2013, the band was catapulted into the charts by the album’s fourth single, “Pompeii”. The song was a commercial hit, going up to 5x Platinum around the world. In June 2014, “Pompeii” was confirmed to be the United Kingdom’s most streamed song ever. Unfortunately, it has since been overtaken.

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