I, I'm lost in my head again Time travellin' Runnin', runnin' away with darkness, my only friend Don't wanna do this all again You pull me back down to earth Close off your hands around, hands around me Grace landin' onto your bed There you are In my head, there's a beat It's the beat that you make When you're movin' your body You prove that I can't escape, I can't escape Got my heart in your hands And your hands on my chest And my chest is a breath It's the breath that you take away And you said, "Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance" Hey, oh-oh You said, "Just shut off the lights, we don't need thеm to dance" Oh, oh You said, "Just shut off the lights, shut off the lights" Wе're drunk, we're invincible No bar went quietly into the night This room is our universe You are my gravity tonight No talk of the future now Dark thoughts, you're shakin' 'em, takin' 'em out This rhythm that we create sets me straight In my head, there's a beat It's the beat that you make When you're movin' your body You prove that I can't escape, I can't escape Got my heart in your hands And your hands on my chest And my chest is a breath It's the breath that you take away And you said, "Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance" Hey, oh-oh You said, "Just shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance" Oh, oh-oh You said, "Just shut off the lights, shut off the lights" Last night, you said, "Empty your head, be here with me" Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance We'll tune out the noise for a moment You said, "Let's just shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance" Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm Oh-oh, you said, "Just shut off the lights We don't need them to dance" Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm (Oh, no, we don't, no, we don't, no, we don't No, we don't, no, we don't, no, we don't No, we don't, no, we don't) Oh-oh, you said, "Just shut off the lights, oh" Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance Last night, you said, "Empty your head, be here with me Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance We'll tune out the noise for a moment You said, "Let's just shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"

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Bastille's beautiful chaos: 15 years of breaking the indie rulebook

Fifteen years in, Bastille have outlasted most of their peers, defied an industry that loves to eat up the new big thing, and somehow made being weird in the mainstream work for them. As they take their Dork cover hat trick and return to the legendary 100 Club for A special DORK 100 celebration, they reflect on a career built on doing whatever the hell they wanted – and why they’re still hungry for more.

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