 Genius Meanings
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Bastille – Four Walls (The Ballad of Perry Smith)
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‘Four Walls (The Ballad of Perry Smith)“ was inspired by Perry Smith, an ex-convict convicted and executed for a 1959 quadruple murder during a home invasion in Kansas.
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Genius Lists – Songs Based on Historical Events
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This Genius project helps connect music to historical events
Many times, we listen to a song, not ever knowing it was based on an actual event in history. The list includes a very
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Genius Lists – Songs Based On Stories
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The perfect way for Lit Geniuses to get in on the music scene, or vice versa. Let us know if you work on any of these songs by making an annotation.
– Album cover to Leviathan
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Bastille – Two Evils
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Bastille released (part of) the song “Two Evils” as a promotional trailer, named “Hello”, for the group’s sophomore album, Wild World, on June 2, 2016.
The song and video
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Bastille – An Act of Kindness
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An Act Of Kindness is the third track from Wild World. The song was revealed during the real life “treasure-hunt”, #WildWorldReveal, where all of the names of Wild World tracks
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Bastille – Send Them Off!
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“Send Them Off” is the third single from Bastille’s sophomore album, Wild World. The band first revealed the song in New York City on December 1, 2015 during a live show at the
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Bastille – Good Grief
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“Good Grief” was released on June 16, 2016, and is the first single from Bastille’s 2016 album, Wild World. Lead singer, Dan Smith teased the song on Twitter prior to release as
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Bastille – Oil on Water
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In 2014, this song was played during a soundcheck. When the song leaked online, Dan asked it to be taken down because the song was not finished yet. After a very long silence, and
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Bastille – The Currents
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“The Currents” focuses on the hurtful, bigoted opinions held by some people and how it can be damaging to be exposed to such shocking points of view.
In an interview with DIY
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Bastille – Snakes
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“Snakes” uses the reptiles as a symbol for anxieties that the singer refuses to deal with, allowing them to haunt his life.
Also, during Bastille’s performance at EXIT Festival
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Bastille - Good Grief (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Bastille - Good Grief (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro] / “Entonces, pequeños maniáticos, ¿Qué les gustaría hacer primero?” / [Estribillo] / Mirando a través de mis
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Bastille - Winter of Our Youth (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Bastille - Winter of Our Youth (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro] / "La pregunta es, ¿Por qué no madura? / ¿Por qué sigue comportándose como un niño? / ¿Cómo podríamos
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Bastille – Power
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Bastille played this song for the very first time during a soundcheck in New York City on December 1, 2015. There he announced that the song is called “Power” and confirmed this
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Bastille – Campus
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“Campus” is the 17th track from Bastille’s second album Wild World. It has been previously played as an unreleased track during some of their live performances.
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Bastille – Fake It
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“Fake It” is the second single and twelfth track from Bastille’s second album, Wild World. The song first premiered on Beats 1 on July 27th, 2016 and was later released on Apple
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Bastille – Winter of Our Youth
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This steady, lamenting track shares the woefully reminiscent theme of “Things We Lost in the Fire” and the late night consideration of “4AM” and “Sleepsong”. It marks the cold end
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Bastille – Glory
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Glory was revealed during the #WildWorldReveal campaign as the fifth track on Bastille’s sophomore album, Wild World. As of April 2017, Glory is to be the third single from Wild
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Bastille – Lethargy
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Lethargy is the 9th track of Bastille’s 2016 sophomore album “Wild World”.
At a live performance of this song on the iTunes Music Festival (September 26, 2016), Dan Smith stated
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Bastille – Way Beyond
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[Intro] / (Yeah, woo-hoo, ooh) / '"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
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Bastille – The Anchor
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“The Anchor” is the 19th track from Bastille’s second album Wild World.
Dan chose the song to close out the deluxe record on a lighter note.
https://twitter.com/bastilledan/status
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Bastille – Warmth
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In an interview with DIY Magazine, Dan explains that “the human condition” is a theme on their sophomore album, Wild World, for instance on the song “Warmth”:
Conceptually, the
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Bastille – Shame
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“Shame” is the 18th track on The Complete Edition of Bastille’s second album Wild World.
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Bastille – Blame
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Dan Smith described the narrative of “Blame” as “a super simple snapshot of two gang members”. This is reflected in the song’s violent imagery and background instrumentation that
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Bastille - The Anchor (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Bastille - The Anchor (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro] / - "¿Qué sabes de eso?" / - "Bueno, tú me dirás..." / - "¿Por qué?, no puedo decírtelo. Tú no - no puedes - no
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Genius – November 2019 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' NOVEMBER 2019 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For November 2019 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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