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Bastille: Doom Days: Lyric (2019)
Music Video | 2 min | Music

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Bastille: Doom Days: Lyric (2019)

Music Video | 2 min | Music

"Doom Days" begins with haunting vocal harmonies and picks up to become an upbeat, apocalyptic party tune - the juxtaposition of the two sounds reflecting the overall theme of turning a blind eye to the horrors occurring around us. The ...See more"Doom Days" begins with haunting vocal harmonies and picks up to become an upbeat, apocalyptic party tune - the juxtaposition of the two sounds reflecting the overall theme of turning a blind eye to the horrors occurring around us. The track is a lyrically abrasive and unapologetic call-out to society's ignorance at the forefront of what the band deems to be the end of the world, or at least the end of the world as we know it. The satirical image of physically closing the curtains at a house party to tune out what is occurring outside highlights an eye-opening, albeit uncomfortable reality that we must reject as a population if we are to avoid the 'doom days'. Smith scrutinizes the digital age as a root cause of society's ignorance, citing fake news and social media addiction as a method to "pick the truth that we believe in." Written by Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com) See less