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Bastille

Overload

Release date: 6th November 2015

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'Overload' by Bastille is a 2015 single from the album 'Hangin’ / Overload'. The lyrics dwell on a sudden rush of fear and emotion, a sense of being unable to let go, and a retreat into imagination. School is skipped, the narrator goes out for air, and the writing leans into anxious, fast-shifting feeling, with pleas and exclamations piling up as pressure builds, as in the line “The boy's coming and I'm close to tears”.

"Overload" is a track by Bastille, from the album Hangin’ / Overload, released 6th November 2015. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Bastille.

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Lyrics

Overload

[Verse 1]

Strange fear I ain't felt for years

The boy's coming and I'm close to tears

I can't let go of you now

[Verse 2]

Imagination's playing round for free

In my world I take him out for tea

Oh my God, can't say no

[Verse 3]

Skipping school, go walk for air

I just had to get out of bed

I'm on overload in my head

[Chorus]

Train comes I don't know its destination

It's a one-way ticket to a madman's situation

Train comes I don't know its destination

It's a one-way ticket to a madman's situation

[Verse 4]

Life is a dream, time does come true

And in my sleep I think of you

Feather bed by myself

[Verse 5]

Basically probability

Says that fate's come side with me

It's been so long on my shelf

[Chorus]

Train comes I don't know its destination

It's a one-way ticket to a madman's situation

Train comes I don't know its destination

It's a one-way ticket to a madman's situation

[Bridge]

The tension is incredible, boy I'm in charge

You know how I feel for you

Will you stop, or will you just keep going

Please don't say no, no, no, no

[Chorus]

Train comes I don't know its destination

It's a one-way ticket to a madman's situation

Train comes I don't know its destination

It's a one-way ticket to a madman's situation

[Chorus]

Train comes I don't know its destination

It's a one-way ticket to a madman's situation

Train comes I don't know its destination

It's a one-way ticket to a madman's situation

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2015
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