With the release of “Mountains at Midnight,” the band released a statement that read, “We wanted to remind you who we are and what we do before we drag you down the rabbit hole with us.”
[Verse 1]
I'm a bruise you soothe
In your dancing shoes
I'm a ticking time bomb hooligan
Come to light your fuse
Twenty-four carat thug (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh)
In a velvet glove (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
Pinin' for pretty potions (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh)
Down those holes you dug
[Chorus]
Bouncing off of the walls
Up mountains at midnight
Crawling out of my bones
Till the break of the daylight
Another row of zeros
Another shiver for my spine
Crawling out of my bones
Till the break of the daylight
[Verse 2]
I'm the hidden drawer
Of what you were before
I splice and play back reels
From the cutting room floor
And nothing gets me close (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh)
To how I wanna feel (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
Try to suck it up (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh)
But I still get the fear
[Chorus]
Bouncing off of the walls
Up mountains at midnight
Crawling out of my bones
Till the break of the daylight
Another row of zeros
Another shiver for my spine
Crawling out of my bones
Till the break of the daylight
[Chorus]
Bouncing off of the walls
Up mountains at midnight
Crawling out of my bones
Till the break of the daylight
Another row of zeros
Another shiver for my spine
Crawling out of my bones
Till the break of the daylight
Mountains At Midnight was written by Mike Kerr & Ben Thatcher.
Mountains At Midnight was produced by Royal Blood.
Royal Blood released Mountains At Midnight on Thu May 26 2022.
Mike Kerr:
It’s always about getting people’s attention, and songs of this nature seem to be rare,” Kerr told NME. “It sounds so much like us and what we’re known for. As a reintroduction to us, it felt like a bold way to come back and say, ‘Hi!’
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