Distant Past Lyrics

[Bridge]
Past, the past
I'm back, I'm bad
The past (Crom), the past
(Distant, dis–, distant, dis–, distant
Distant, dis–, distant, –tant past
Distant, dis–, dis–, distant past)
Stop, start something
Start, get better
Stop, just leave nothing

Stars, sky

[Chorus]
Take me to the distant past, I want to go back
(Distant past, distant past)
Save me from the distant past, I want this so bad
(Distant past, distant past)

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The first single from Everything Everything’s third studio album Get To Heaven is a thumping, fast-paced track – with robot voice samples thrown in for good measure.

The track introduces listeners to the themes of the new album, which are inspired by the events of 2014. Speaking about this, singer Jonathan Higgs said:

I think you’d have to be blind and deaf to have lived through 2014 and not shed a tear. If you put out a record this year and it’s all smiles, then I think you’re a liar, basically.

Speaking to The Line of Best Fit, Higgs said:

It’s looking at the fact that history repeats itself – that comes up a lot on the album. If you look back at people a thousand years ago, think how violent they were and how much we’ve learned since then, then turn on the TV and look at what we’re actually up to… it doesn’t feel any different to me. I think we’re foolish to think that we’re somehow improving the way we interact with each other; everything still comes down to this question same question of ‘why can’t you be more like me?’, which is what all conflict boils down to, be it conflict of religion or conflict of politics. All these insane things still dictate who gets killed and who doesn’t. The main thing I’m saying is that I want to go back to before we had all this complexity. Can’t we just go back to when all we had to do was catch our dinner and build a shelter? Maybe that’s where we should’ve stayed – as animals.

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