Bastille

Released: September 9, 2016

Songwriter: Dan Smith

Producer: Mark Crew Dan Smith

[Intro]
Come on, come on, don’t stop a-running with me
Come on, come on, don’t stop a-running…

[Verse 1]
He’s throwing his hands up to the sky
How many more ways are there to say this?
He’s wondering how many more times
Will we all bear witness

[Pre-Chorus]
And can’t you feel the temperature rising?
‘Cause we’ve never felt a heat like this before
And can’t you see it on the horizon?
Then he opens up his question to the floor

[Chorus]
“Would it keep you awake if it all just didn't seem so far away?
‘Cause it keeps me awake trying to work this out until my dying day
It’s always you standing in our way
It’s always you that is leading us astray”

[Verse 2]
It takes a big man to cry on screen
Delivering words that fall on deaf ears
It’s such a big wheel to try and turn
But in his final hour, it’s worth it

[Pre-Chorus]
And can’t you feel the temperature rising?
‘Cause we’ve never felt a heat like this before
And can’t you see it on the horizon?
Then he opens up his question to the floor

[Chorus]
“Would it keep you awake if it all just didn't seem so far away?
'Cause it keeps me awake trying to work this out until my dying day
It’s always you standing in our way
It’s always you that’s leading us astray”

[Bridge]
Come on, come on, don’t stop a-running with me
Come on, come on, don’t stop a-running
Come on, come on, don't stop a-running with me
Come on, come on, don't stop a-running...

[Chorus]
Would it keep you awake if the waters rise and took your house away?
Would it keep you awake if the gun you love was turned at you one day?
It’s always you standing in our way
It’s always you that is leading us astray
You are always, you are always leading us astray

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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