Bastille

Released: December 5, 2014

Featuring: Rag’n’Bone Man Skunk Anansie

Songwriter: Martin “Ace” Kent Rag’n’Bone Man Mark Richardson Mark Crew Deborah Dyer Cass Lewis Dan Smith

Producer: Mark Crew Dan Smith

[Verse 1: Bastille]
I came here for sanctuary
Away from the winds and the sounds of the city
I came here to get some peace
Way down deep where the shadows are heavy
I can't help but think of you
In these four walls my thoughts seem to wander
To some distant century
When everyone we know is six feet under

[Pre-Chorus: Bastille]
When all of our friends are dead and just a memory
And we're side by side, it's always been just you and me
For all to see

[Chorus: Bastille]
When our lives are over
And all that remains
Are our skulls and bones, let's
Take it to the grave
And hold me in your arms, hold me in your arms
I'll be buried here with you
And I'll hold in these hands
All that remains

[Verse 2: Rag'n'Bone Man]
I don't want to rest in peace
We can haunt each other's dreams
We'll fight underneath this turf
And bicker away in darkness
We'll find our way to resolve
Our banes from the land of the living
We'll find a common ground
And fall in love all over again

[Pre-Chorus: Rag'n'Bone Man]
When all of our friends are dead and just a memory
And we're side by side, it's always been just you and me
For all to see

[Chorus: Rag'n'Bone Man]
When our lives are over
And all that remains
Are our skulls and bones, let's
Take it to the grave
And hold me in your arms, hold me in your arms
I'll be buried here with you
And I'll hold in these hands
All that remains

[Bridge: Skin from Skunk Anansie]
From dusk to dawn, my unheard screams
Grow silent in defeat
I know you're just a memory
But you used to taste so sweet
As you fade away, I realize
It's all over
And nothing stays the same
The skull and bones remain

[Pre-Chorus: Bastille]
When all of our friends are dead and just a memory
And we're side by side, it's always been just you and me
For all, all to see

[Chorus: Skin from Skunk Anansie & Bastille]
When our lives are over
And all that remains
Are our skulls and bones, let's
Take it to the grave
Hold me in your arms, hold me in your arms
I'll be buried here with you
And I'll hold in these hands
All that remains

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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