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4AM by Bastille
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BastilleProduced by
Mark Crew & Dan SmithWrited by
Dan SmithAbout
Thirty-two minutes after the party anthem of “Nocturnal Creatures” comes the crash at “4AM.” The party is quickly beginning to die down and people are either going home or going to sleep. Dan describes the scene imagined in writing the song to Billboard, saying:
We wanted to do something that felt...
4AM Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Four in the morning, we find ourselves here
The best of us passed out, I don't know who's where
I got all my old friends and new friends I've met once before
In a blanket of smoke as we sink through the floor
[Pre-Chorus]
Here, here, my family
You are my familiar, you are my familiar
Here, here, my friends and me
You are my familiar
[Chorus]
Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be
Never feel more comfortable, could never want for more when I'm here
No, there is nowhere I would rather be, oh-oh
Never feel more comfortable, could never want for more when you're near
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh
Ooh, ah
[Verse 2]
Time skips, balloon hits, I'm losing my mind
Tuesday'll be a doom day, this got out of hand
[Pre-Chorus]
Here, here, my family
You are my familiar, you are my familiar
Here, here, my friends and me
You are my familiar
[Chorus]
Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be
Never feel more comfortable, could never want for more when I'm here
No, there is nowhere I would rather be, oh-oh
Never feel more comfortable, could never want for more when you're near
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh
Ooh, ah
[Bridge]
I don't care if we're talkin' 'bout the same things
I don't care if we're stuck in the familiar
I don't care if we're goin' 'round in circles
Again, again, again
[Pre-Chorus]
Here, here, my family (I might be a walking disaster)
You are my familiar, you are my familiar (Not much more that I would ask for)
Here, here, my friends and me (I might be a walking disaster)
You are my familiar (Not much more that I would ask for)
[Chorus]
Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be
Never feel more comfortable, could never want for more when I'm here
Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be
I never feel more comfortable, could never want for more when you're near
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, ah
Ooh, ah
[Outro]
I can't remember, I can't remember
I can't remember, I can't remember
I can't remember, I can't remember
I can't remember, help me piece it all together, darlin'
4AM Q&A
Who wrote 4AM's ?
4AM was written by Dan Smith.
What did Bastille say about "4AM"?
It came from a love of Frank Ocean’s album Blonde and the intimacy of it. Clearly so many ideas and thoughts and recordings that had gone into it were pared back, and I think it is a brilliant example of reductionism. We wanted to do something that felt super intimate, super honest, kind of stoned a...