Genius Meanings
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Bastille – Those Nights
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In a departure from the high energy of “Another Place”, taking place at 4:52 AM, “Those Nights” slows things down as the story of Doom Days continues. The time is now 5:46 AM and
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Bastille – Of The Night
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‘Of The Night’ was released on November 24, 2013 but was originally from their popular mixtape, Other People’s Heartache. It was also featured on Bastille’s debut album, Bad Blood
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Bastille – Daniel in the Den
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“Daniel in the Den” is the 10th song on the debut studio album Bad Blood, by British indie band Bastille.
The song tells the Biblical of story of ‘Daniel in the lion’s den
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Bastille – Back to the Future
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[Verse 1] / Feels like we danced into a nightmare / We're living 1984 / If doublethink's no longer fiction / We'll dream of Huxley's Island shores / [Pre-Chorus] / Waking life, it
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Bastille – The Waves
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In “The Waves” the listener is presented with the perspective of a passive observer at a house party seeing other party-goers doing and saying crazy things. Although the song takes
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Bastille – Laura Palmer
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“Laura Palmer” is the fifth single released from Bastille’s 2013 album, Bad Blood. It also appears on the album as the eleventh track. The song’s title comes from the ABC
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Bastille – Quarter Past Midnight
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This song tells the story of staying out late and experiencing an entirely different world in the night life of a city. Front-man Dan Smith discussed the song’s meaning in an
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Bastille – Nocturnal Creatures
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“Nocturnal Creatures” arguably marks the climax of the story of Doom Days. The song follows the challenge of facing a grim reality, politically, socially, and otherwise in “Million
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Bastille – Joy
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Set at 8:34 AM, the song is representative of a morning when you wake up on the kitchen floor, following the events of the night out portrayed in the rest of the songs on the album
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Bastille – Doom Days
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“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
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Seeb & Bastille – Grip
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Information about “Grip” leaked online when the Danish website of the Universal Music Group included the song’s detail in Seeb’s discography. The song was also found on Shazam.
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Bastille – Shut Off the Lights
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The final single from Bastille’s 2022 album Give Me The Future, “Shut Off The Lights” is a song that channels the need for intimacy and physical connection with a soulmate in order
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Bastille – Tuning Out...
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“Tuning Out…” is a cover of “O Holy Night” by indie-pop band Bastille which adds a sample of their own song, “Skulls.”
The alteration of a few words within “O Holy Night” seem
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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 – The Draw
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[Verse 1] / (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) / (Hoo-ooh, hoo-ooh, hoo-ooh-ooh) / In my left hand, there is the familiar / In my right hand, there's the great unknown / I can see
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Bastille – Oh Holy Night
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[Intro: Macaulay Culkin & Roberts Blossom] / RB: "You've been a good boy this year?" / MC: "I think so." / RB: "You swear to it?" / MC: "No, I've been kind of a pain lately. I said
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Bastille & Tyde – Eight Hours
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[Verse 1] / I got a version of you in my head / I don't wanna ruin it, I don't wanna ruin it / I got a version of you in my bed / I don't wanna ruin this, there ain't no undoing
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Bastille – Divide
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Taking place at 2:05 AM, “Divide” describes a party-goer’s attempt to keep the party going with the hope of avoiding the harsh realities they may be forced to face the next morning
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Bastille (Ft. Ralph Pelleymounter) – Falling
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[Intro] / "My God, are we gonna be like our parents?" / "Not me, ever!" / "It's unavoidable, it just happens." / "What happens?" / "When you grow up, your heart dies." / "Who cares
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Jimmy Buffett – Frenchman for the Night
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[Verse 1] / From his driftwood castle / Comes a song I've heard before / Scratchy gramophone cuts to the bone / "La Vie En Rose" arpeggios / [Verse 2] / So the dream begins / And
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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 – Bad Decisions
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Taking place at 12:48 am, just 33 minutes after “Quarter Past Midnight,” “Bad Decisions” begins to delve into the events of the night as the story pushes forward. According to an
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Paul Kantner – Flowers of the Night
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Paine and Pierce and Robespierre, Juarez and Danton / Luther, King, and Lumumba, dead but far from gone / Lenin, Cleaver, Jesus too, outlaws in their nation / Revolutionaries all
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Bastille – Get Home
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[Into] / How am I gonna get myself back home? I, I, I / How am I gonna get myself back home? I, I, I / [Verse 1] / We are the last people standing / At the end of the night / We
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