Bastille’s “Doom Days” Lyrics Meaning
“Doom Days” is the title track from Bastille’s 2019 album. The entire project is rooted in an “apocalyptic” setting. And in the case of this song in particular, this does not refer to some fictitious, future-based scenario but rather life as we know it in the modern world.
If this track had to be condensed into one central theme, it would the singer deciding to unplug from the matrix (with Dan Smith actually referencing that movie in his lyrics). In other words, he is very-critical of modern society. So this song finds him enamoring over a romantic interest while simultaneously flipping the bird to a world that is on fire.
And in response to the latter, he has decided to seek an escape from contemporary addictions, most expressly the overuse of his phone. In fact he sarcastically refers to the internet-based, electronic-media realm as the “real world” and “real life”, once again alluding the pervasive of its usage. And he has decided that, if only for a night, he wants to spend some quality time with his woman in the form focusing exclusively on their direct-personal interactions. Indeed even as he beholds the outside world, in his opinion, collapsing, it is thoughts of her which dominate his mind.
Facts about “Doom Days”
- Dan Smith, the lead vocalist of Bastille, wrote this song by himself. He also produced the track alongside Dan Priddy in conjunction with Mark Crew.
- This song was released on 25 April 2019. It is to be featured on the forthcoming Bastille album by the same name.
- The entirety of the “Doom Days” album is expected to be released during the summer of 2019.
