Bastille

Released: March 4, 2013

Songwriter: Dan Smith

Producer: Dan Smith Mark Crew

[Intro]
The weight of living
The weight of living
The weight of living (Ba-da, boo ba-da, ba-da, boo ba-da)
The weight of living (Ba-da, boo ba-da, ba-da, boo ba-da)

[Verse 1]
All that you desired when you were a child
Was to be old, was to be old
Now that you are here, suddenly you fear
You've lost control, you've lost control

[Pre-Chorus]
Do you like the person you've become
Awh!

[Chorus]
Under the weight of living?
You're under the weight of living
Under the weight of living
You are under the weight of living
The weight of living (Ba-da, boo ba-da, ba-da, boo ba-da)
The weight of living (Ba-da, boo ba-da, ba-da, boo ba-da)

[Verse 2]
It all crept up on you; in the night it got you
And plagued your mind, it plagues your mind
Every day that passes faster than the last did
And you'll be old, soon you'll be old

[Pre-Chorus]
Do you like the person you've become
Awh!

[Chorus]
Under the weight of living?
You're under the weight of living
Under the weight of living
You are under the weight of living
The weight of living (Ba-da, boo ba-da, ba-da, boo ba-da)
The weight of living (Ba-da, boo ba-da, ba-da, boo ba-da)

[Bridge]
Tell yourself this is how it's going to be
Oh, tell yourself this is how it's going to be
Oh, tell yourself this is how it's going to be
Oh, tell yourself this how it's going to be

Oh!

[Chorus]
Under the weight of living?
You're under the weight of living
Under the weight of living
You are under the weight of living
The weight of living (Ba-da, boo ba-da, ba-da, boo ba-da)
The weight of living (Ba-da, boo ba-da, ba-da, boo ba-da)

[Outro]
The weight of living (Ba-da, boo ba-da, ba-da, boo ba-da)
The weight of living (Ba-da, boo ba-da, ba-da, boo ba-da)...

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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