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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.
An un-finalized version of Grip was previously performed by Bastille at a number of shows between 2014 and 2015:
[Verse 1]
As the night time bleeds into the day
Tomorrow spills across the sky
And the sun’s a harsh reminder why
We are feeling barely human
[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t know what’s good for us
'Cause if we did, we might not do it
Who knows where our limits lie?
We won’t discover ‘til we push it
[Chorus]
I should just walk away, walk away
But it grips me, it grips me
When I should call it a day and make my way
Oh, it grips me
'Cause the devil’s got my arms
('Cause the devil's got my arms)
And it pulls me back into the night
When I should just walk away, away
Oh, it grips me
'Cause the devil’s got my arms
'Cause the devil's got my arms
And it pulls me back into the night
[Verse 2]
We got drunk on this unholy wine
To deliver us from our old minds
The promise of a better time
'Til we’re feeling barely human
[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t know what’s good for us
'Cause if we did, we might not do it
Who knows where our limits lie?
We won’t discover ‘til we push it
[Chorus]
'Cause the devil's got my arms
('Cause the devil's got my arms)
And it pulls me back into the night
When I should just walk away, away
Oh, it grips me
'Cause the devil's got my arms
And it pulls me back into the night
The devil's got my arms
And it pulls me back into the night
[Bridge]
I would rather forget and wash my memory clean
Oh, I would rather forget and wash my memory clean
I would rather forget (I would rather forget)
Wash my memory clean (Wash my memory clean)
I would rather forget (I would rather forget)
Wash my memory clean
[Chorus]
'Cause the devil's got my arms
And it pulls me back into the night
The devil's got my arms
'Cause the devil's got my arms
And it pulls me back into the night
And it pulls me back into the night
Grip was written by joki & Dan Smith & Espen Berg & Mark Crew & Simen Eriksrud & Earwulf.
Seeb & Bastille released Grip on Thu Dec 06 2018.
Dan from Bastille gave his thoughts on the song prior to its release on Twitter, saying
We’ve been working on different versions of “Grip” for a while and have tried it out live in various incarnations. We’ve always loved the song, but were keen to hear it through someone else’s ears. Seeb turned o...