Bastille (stylised as BΔSTILLE) are a British indie pop band formed in 2010. The group began as a solo project by singer Dan Smith, who later decided to form a band. Beside Smith, the four-piece consists of Chris Wood, Will Farquarson, and Kyle Simmons. The name of the band derives from Bastille Day, which is celebrated on 14 July, Smith's birthday.
The band to gain attention after the release of their song Pompeii that was release in the early 2013.
Lyrically, the song is about the Roman town of the same name, which met its fate with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. It was nominated for British Single of the Year at the 2014 BRIT Awards.But this is not the song that I'm going to review today. You can watch here.MEMBERS
Dan Smith
lead vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion
Kyle Simmons
guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
Will Farquarson
guitar, bass, backing vocals, piano, keyboards
Chris "Woody" Wood
drums, percussion, backing vocals, programming
THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE
Personally, I feel this song is about a fight between either a couple, or simple friends, and the person singing this could be feeling incredibly lonely, singing how they feel about the fight, or "fire", according to the song. The fire is an allegory to the fight that started between the two and LOVE and TRUST are the things that were lost in the fire. He reads her diaries not to find out her secrets for she had already shared all her secrets with him. He read them because she was gone, he was lonely, missing her and longing for her company and only to find solace in diary entries of her stories that he has already heard.
LYRICS
Things we lost to the flame
Things we'll never see again
All that we've amassed
Sits before us, shattered into ash
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
We sat and made a list
Of all the things that we have
Down the backs of table tops
Ticket stubs and your diaries I read them all one day
When loneliness came and you were away
Oh they told me nothing new,
But I love to read the words you used
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
I was the match and you were the rock
Maybe we started this fire
We sat apart and watched
All we had burned on the pyre
(You said) we were born with nothing
And we sure as hell have nothing now
(You said) we were born with nothing
And we sure as hell have nothing now
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
Do you understand that we will never be the same again
Do you understand that we will never be the same again
The future's in our hands and we will never be the same again
The future's in our hands and we will never be the same again
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
These are the things we lost in the fire fire fire
Flames they licked the walls
Tenderly they turned to dust all that I adore
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