Bastille

Released: September 9, 2016

Songwriter: Dan Smith

Producer: Dan Smith Mark Crew

[Intro]
"What the fuck are y'all doing is the question
This is the question"

[Verse 1]
The animals break out their cages
Now chaos is raining down around us
But here we stand with our arms folded
Do you wanna be free of this?

[Verse 2]
When panic rises like the oceans
We just keep on flicking through the stations
'Cause if we don't post it doesn't happen
Oh I wanna be free of this

[Pre-Chorus]
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long?
Won't someone pour ice water on me?

[Chorus]
It only matters if we care now, if you're way beyond that
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
And I remember when we cared now, if you're way beyond that
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders

[Verse 3]
Movies and news on television
Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, oh
When real life's more fucked up than fiction
Do you wanna be free of this?

[Pre-Chorus]
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long?
Won't someone pour ice water on me?

[Chorus]
It only matters if we care now, if you're way beyond that
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
And I remember when we cared now, if you're way beyond that
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders

[Bridge]
I don't wanna play dumb (dumb), anymore
I just wanna feel something (something), like before
I don't wanna feel numb (numb), anymore
I just wanna feel something (something), like before

[Chorus]
It only matters if we care now, if you're way beyond that
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
And I remember when we cared now, if you're way beyond that
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders

[Outro]
"Television viewers have the choice of watching the tragedy play out from the safety and comfort of their living rooms. But victims have to respond to the pressure of the media while still in shock"
If you're way beyond that
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders

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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