Bastille

Released: February 7, 2022

Songwriter: Dan Smith Jonny Coffer Mark Crew Plested

Producer: Dan Smith Jonny Coffer Mark Crew

[Intro]
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Oh-oh, you said

[Verse 1]
I, I'm lost in my head again
Time travellin'
Runnin' a-, runnin' away with darkness, my only friend
Don't wanna do this all again
You pull me back down to earth
Clothes off, your hands are on, hands are on me
Grace landin' onto your bed
There you are

[Pre-Chorus]
In my head, there's a beat
It's the beat that you make
When you're movin' your body
You prove that I can't escape, I can't escape
Got my heart in your hands
And your hands on my chest
In my chest there's a breath
It's the breath that you take away

[Chorus]
And you said, "Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"
Hey, oh-oh
You said, "Just shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"
Oh, oh
You said, "Just shut off the lights, shut off the lights"

[Verse 2]
We're drunk, we're invincible
No going quietly into the night
This room is our universe
You are my gravity tonight
No talk of the future now
Dark thoughts, you're shakin' 'em, takin' 'em out
This rhythm that we create sets me straight

[Pre-Chorus]
In my head, there's a beat
It's the beat that you make
When you're movin' your body
You prove that I can't escape, I can't escape
Got my heart in your hands
And your hands on my chest
In my chest there's a breath
It's the breath that you take away

[Chorus]
And you said, "Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"
Hey, oh-oh
You said, "Just shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"
Oh, oh-oh
You said, "Just shut off the lights, shut off the lights"

[Post-Chorus]
Last night, you said, "Empty your head"
Be here with me
Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance
We'll tune out the noise for a moment
You said, "Let's just shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"

[Bridge]
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Oh-oh, you said, "Just shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
(Oh, no we don't, no we don't, no we don't, no we don't, no we don't, no we don't, no we don't, no we don't)
Oh-oh, you said, "Just shut off the lights, oh"
Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance

[Outro]
Last night, you said, "Empty your head"
Be here with me
Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance
We'll tune out the noise for a moment
You said, "Let's just shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"

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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