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Weight of Living, Pt. IBastille

Released: March 4, 2013

Songwriter: Dan Smith

Producer: Dan Smith Mark Crew

[Refrain 1]
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh

[Verse 1]
There's an albatross around your neck
All the things you've said and the things you've done
Can you carry it with no regrets?
Can you stand the person you've become?

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, there's a light
Oh oh oh, there's a light

[Chorus 1]
Your albatross
Let it go, let it go
Oh, your albatross
Shoot it down, shoot it down

When you just can't shake the heavy weight
Of living...

[Verse 2]
Stepping forward out into the day
Shrugging off the dust and memory
Though it's soaring still above your head
It is out of sight and none shall see

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, there's a light
Oh oh oh, there's a light

[Chorus 2]
Your albatross
Let it go, let it go
Oh, your albatross
Shoot it down, shoot it down

When you just can't shake the heavy weight
Of living
When you just can't seem to shake the weight
Of living

[Bridge]
It's the sun in your eyes
In your eyes
It's the sun in your eyes
In your eyes

It's the sun in your eyes
In your eyes
It's the sun in your eyes
In your eyes

[Chorus]
Your albatross
Let it go, let it go
Oh, your albatross
Shoot it down, shoot it down

When you just can't shake the heavy weight
Of living
When you just can't seem to shake the weight
Of living

[Outro]
The weight of living
The weight of living
The weight of living
The weight of living

[Refrain 2]
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh-ooh

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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