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The DescentBastille

Released: December 7, 2018

Featuring: Jacob Banks Moss Kena Lily Moore

Songwriter: Dan Smith

Producer: Dan Priddy Dan Smith Mark Crew

[Intro: Jacob Banks and Dan Smith]
Say it to my face
Ooh
Call me baby
Ooh
Tear me down

[Verse 1: Dan Smith]
Tell me how it feels to be on the outside
With your hands on the glass
'Cause we know it's the easiest thing in the world
To be that cynical

[Pre-Chorus: Dan Smith]
I looked up to you
Oh, I trusted you
I put faith in you, guess that's what you do
Now I'll stare you out as you pass me on the way down
I'll stare you out as you pass me on the way down

[Chorus: Dan Smith]
Be the one, be the one, be the one to call me baby
Even though you're the one who would always tear me down
Be the one, be the one, be the one to call me baby
Even though you're the one who would always tear me down

[Verse 2: Lily Moore]
How don't you get exhausted
Spitting forward so much bile?
Shame that your time is ticking
And you are so replaceable

[Pre-Chorus: Lily Moore, Moss Kena, Lily Moore & Dan Smith]
I looked up to you (I looked up to you)
Oh, I trusted you (Trusted you)
I put faith in you (I put faith)
Guess that's what you do
Now I'll stare you out as you pass me on the way down
I'll stare you out as you pass me on the way down (Down, down)

[Chorus: Dan Smith & Moss Kena]
Be the one, be the one, be the one to call me baby
Even though you're the one who would always tear me down
Be the one, be the one, be the one to call me baby
Even though you're the one who would always tear me down

[Bridge: Dan Smith, Moss Kena, & Lily Moore]
'Cause I put faith into you
I put faith into you
Oh, I put faith into you
And I will break a smile when you fall

[Chorus: Dan Smith & Moss Kena]
Be the one, be the one, be the one to call me baby
Even though you're the one who would always tear me down
Be the one, be the one, be the one to call me baby
Even though you're the one who would always tear me down

[Post-Chorus: Lily Moore and Dan Smith]
Tear me down
Call me baby
You tear me down
Call me baby
Baby why did you tear me down?
Tear me down
Tear me down
Call me baby
Tear me down
Tear me down
Oh, call me baby
Tear me down

[Verse 3: Jacob Banks]
You won't call me by my name
(Oh call me, baby)
While I'm still sitting in your grace
(Oh tear me down)
You won't say it to my face
(Oh call me, baby)
While I'm falling from your grace
(Oh tear me down)
You won't call me by my name
(Oh call me, baby)
While I'm still sitting in your grace
(Oh tear me down)
You won't say it to my face
(Oh call me, baby)
Have I finally found your grace?
(Oh tear me down)

[Bridge]
What do you know about all the filth that's going on here, huh?
Kids who get high repeatedly don't want to come down

[Verse 4: Dan Smith, Lily Moore, Dan Smith & Lily Moore]
I breathe in hard
Don't speak, 'cause it's like a bitter pill
You blow my mind
You make my heart beat
Faster, faster, faster, faster, fast
The echoes of that news ring loud
It breaks my heart
It breaks my heart into
A million pieces, oh
It breaks my heart into
A million pieces
If it's gonna break me
Won't you let me go
Leave it 'til the morning
I don't wanna know
It breaks my heart
It breaks my heart into
A million pieces
A million pieces, oh, oh, oh
A million pieces, oh

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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