Bastille
Bastille
Bastille
Bastille
Bastille
Bastille
Bastille & Riz Ahmed
Bastille
Bastille
Bastille
Bastille
Bastille
Bastille & Bim Amoako-Gyampah
“Stay Awake” stays in the theme of the album. This song contains a pop beat with 80’s inspired synths and a strong bass. Dan Smith describes a disturbing future, starting the song with a synthetic voice and adding multiple effects on his own voice.
[Intro]
Stop the world, I want to get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough
Give me the future, give me confidence, give me...
[Verse 1]
Cyberlove in an anxious age
Lord above need to get me laid
Had a taste of Euphoria
Who could blame me for wanting more?
[Pre-Chorus]
Just give me passion, give me violence, give me confidence
Give me something new to feel, uh
Now us freaks and geeks can rule, the world havе everything
Doesn't mattеr if it's real
[Chorus]
In my head, in my head, I escape with you
When my dreams run away, run away with you
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
[Verse 2]
Share our souls on the Internet
Total recall all the dumb regrets
Breaking hearts in a brand new way
Same old humans making new mistakes
[Pre-Chorus]
Just give me passion, give me violence, give me confidence
Give me something new to feel, uh (Give me something new to feel)
And now us freaks and geeks can rule, the world have everything
Doesn't matter if it's real
[Chorus]
In my head, in my head, I escape with you
When my dreams run away, run away with you
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake, stay awake?
[Bridge]
Stop the world, I wanna get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough
Stop the world, I wanna get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough
Stop the world, I wanna get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough
Stop the world, I wanna get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough
Stop the world, I wanna get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough, can't get enough
[Chorus]
In my head, in my head, I escape with you
Let my dreams run away, run away with you
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake, stay awake?
Stay Awake? was produced by Dan Smith & Mark Crew & Dan Priddy.
Bastille released Stay Awake? on Fri Feb 04 2022.
I guess this song is asking, ‘If you can have these amazing relationships online or all these amazing lives in a digital space, and you’re not happy with how things are outside of that, is it not incredibly tempting to just want to stay in those spaces for as long as possible, and what does that do...