Bastille

Released: September 9, 2016

Songwriter: Dan Smith

Producer: Dan Smith Mark Crew

[Intro]
"So the question is, why doesn't he grow up?
Why does he still behave as a child?
How can we help him get rid of these leftovers from childish behavior?"

[Verse 1]
This is the winter of our youth
Oh, but I'm not there yet
I've got nostalgia running through me
And I don't like it

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Oh my, my, my, my
Now I can almost taste it, taste it
But I just hope we didn't waste it away

[Chorus]
I know the winter's getting colder
But why, just 'cause we're a little older do
I relive it, I relive it all?
I'm pedaling backwards
Even if I'm pedaling alone
Can't help it
I relive it, I relive it all

[Verse 2]
It's 4am, here comes the fear
I'm not prepared yet
And when we pick over the past we
Glorify it

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Oh my, my, my, my
I hope I wasn't wasted, wasted
And I, I hope I didn't drink it away

[Chorus]
I know the winter's getting colder
But why, just 'cause we're a little older do
I relive it, I relive it all?
I'm pedaling backwards
Even if I'm pedaling alone
Can't help it
I relive it, I relive it all

[Bridge]
I let myself bathe in the past for way, way, way too long
And now it seems I've drunk too much to give you what you want

[Chorus]
I know the winter's getting colder
But why, just 'cause we're a little older do
I relive it, I relive it all?
I'm pedaling backwards
Even if I'm pedaling alone
Can't help it
I relive it, I relive it all

[Outro]
Can't help it
I relive it, I relive it all
Can't help it
I relive it, I relive it all
I'm pedaling backwards
Even if I'm pedaling alone
Can't help it
I relive it, I relive it all

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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