“Doom Days” is the second single released ahead of Bastille’s third album of the same name. The song primarily features two long verses consisting of a string of continuous thoughts describing a world burning to a loved one. As the song progresses the singer resolves to “stay naive” of the troubles in the world around them and instead focus on enjoying the night together.

Musically, the pace of the song increases as it progresses, providing a sense of urgency that falls in line with the lyrics describing a world seemingly collapsing around the two lovers.

In an email to fans, Bastille said of the song:

We wanted it to be really direct and talk about trying to find escapism from our modern anxieties – phone addiction, porn addiction, fake news addiction, climate change denial (to name a few)… turns out there was a shit load to talk about so I wrote about 50 verses for it and then we somehow managed to cut it down to this… hope you like it. Ultimately it’s about switching off for the night.

The first lyrics of the main verse were initially teased by Dan Smith on his Instagram account and can be seen in a notebook.
These may be part of a handwritten lyric sheets printed for a collector’s edition.