Bastille - Give Me the Future Album Lyrics

It isn't enough
To start a riot
Distort the light beam
Until I like me
It isn't enough
If this is real life
I'll stick to dreaming
Come see what I see

Feeling like
If this is life
I'm choosing fiction
Oh, whoa, oh, whoa
Call it faith, call it fate
The fantasy's the same (uh)

When I'm dreaming tonight
I can do anything
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can go anywhere
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can be anyone
So don't wake me up, don't wake me up
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can do anything
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can go anywhere
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can be anyone
So don't wake me up, don't wake me up

Level it up
Delete my history
Choose how you see me
And the future's easy
Level it up
In here I'm winning
Defeat the big boss
Game over, your loss

Feeling like
This ain't life
I'm choosing fiction
Oh, whoa, oh, whoa
Call it faith, call it fate
The fantasy is the same

So
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can do anything
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can go anywhere
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can be anyone
So don't wake me up, don't wake me up
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can do anything
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can go anywhere
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can be anyone
So don't wake me up, don't wake me up

Hope I never wake up
I never get tired
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can do anything
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can go anywhere
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can be anyone
Don't wake me up, don't wake me up

When I'm dreaming tonight
I can do anything
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can go anywhere
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can be anyone
So don't wake me up, don't wake me up
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can do anything
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can go anywhere
When I'm dreaming tonight
I can be anyone
So don't wake me up, don't wake me up

Skipping town, down to Mexico
Lipstick on, in the Thunderbird
Let's roll
Drive right off of the world (huh)
Leave your job and your gaslight man
Modern life was a big let-down
We're bored, felt like a brick in the wall

Days like these you wanna get away
Close our eyes, pretend we're miles away
Hear the sound of my heart exploding
Can you hear the sound of my heart exploding?

She said to me
Days like these you wanna get away
Close our eyes, pretend we're miles away
Hear the sound of my heart exploding
Oh, oh
Can you hear the sound of my heart exploding?
She said to me

Runaways under big blue skies
Desert winds, yeah, we made headlines
When you showed him what it means to say no

Days like these you wanna get away
Close our eyes, pretend we're miles away
Hear the sound of my heart exploding
Can you hear the sound of my heart exploding?

She said to me
Days like these you wanna get away
Close our eyes, pretend we're miles away
Hear the sound of my heart exploding
Oh, oh
Can you hear the sound of my heart exploding?

And suddenly we're Thelma and Louise
You said let's get the hell right out of here, oh
Can you hear the sound of my heart exploding?
Oh, oh
Can you hear the sound of my heart exploding?
Days like these
We wanna get away

When you got the call that no one wants to have
Sick of hospitals, to paper over cracks
You weren't scared at all but never turned away
Well, f*ck 'em, f*ck 'em, f*ck 'em, f*ck 'em all

Stop

Stop signs, run 'em
Bills, don't pay 'em
Who would care at all?
Burn your money
Ain't worth nothing on your curtain call

There'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days
When you're gone, gone
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days

So your future's lost
But they can't take your past
And you said no tears 'round here anymore
But I ain't crying
That's you crying
Well, f*ck 'em, f*ck 'em, f*ck 'em, f*ck 'em all

'Cause there'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days
When you're gone, gone
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days

Stop

There'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days
When you're gone, gone
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days

No, no bad days
No bad days
Bad days
Gone, gone
There'll be no bad days
You'll have no more bad days

[Instrumental]

Feels like we danced into a nightmare
We're living 1984
If doublethink's no longer fiction
We'll dream of Huxley's island shores

Waking life, it lets us down
So close your eyes and melt away

In the middle of the night
I can dream away
Change what I like and go back to the future again
In the middle of the night
Gonna scream your name
Bring you to life then go back to the future again

In the middle of the night, ahoo
Ahoo

Now that reality's distorted
Can we just Blade Run-Run away
Back into some imagined future
Let's tap our heels three times and pray

Uh, waking life, it let's us down
So close your eyes and melt away

In the middle of the night
I can dream away
Change what I like and go back to the future again
In the middle of the night
Gonna scream your name
Bring you to life then go back to the future again

In the middle of the night, ahoo
Ahoo
In the middle of the night, ahoo
Ahoo

Hey, uh, uh

Uh, take me back to the future
Uh, take me back to the future
Uh, take me back to the future
Uh, take me back to the future
Uh, let's go back to the future
Uh, let's go back to the future

In the middle of the night
Can I dream away?
Bring you to life then go back to the future again
In the middle of the night (ahoo)
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night, ahoo
Ahoo

Tell me we'll be alright
Say that we'll be fine

Plug me right in, jump through the screen
Final frontier, I can be anything
Maddening scenes, Anthropocene
Blink and you'll miss us like we were a dream
Maybe AI is the messiah
My machine's learned all my kinks and desires
Virtual porn, airbrush my jaw
Are we having fun yet?
Endless hot takes, chaos'll reign
Guess we learned nothing from history's mistakes
Billionaires, rocket to Mars
Stuck on Earth drinking in driverless cars
Icecaps'll fall, Cali'll burn
Wilful denial until it's my turn
Bunch of old white men who don't give a f*ck
Are we having fun yet?

Tell me we'll be alright
Say that we'll be fine
Lie to me, it's alright, right?
Say that we'll be fine
Just a little bit of tenderness
It's a little bit of tenderness
Say that we'll be alright, right?
Even if it's lies

Hollywood has painted us a f*cked up fate
Say you'll resurrect me as a young deep fake
Genius minds fix all our crimes
So we can have fun, yeah?
We're living in a sci-fi fantasy
I'm sleeping with the robot next to me
Find planet B, that's all we need
So we can have fun

Tell me we'll be alright
Say that we'll be fine
Lie to me, it's alright, right?
Say that we'll be fine
Just a little bit of tenderness
It's a little bit of tenderness
Say that we'll be alright, right?
Even if it's lies

Just a little bit of tenderness
A little bit of tenderness
Say that we'll be alright
Even if it's lies

Just a little bit of tenderness
A little bit of tenderness
Say that we'll be alright
Even if it's lies

Look
Baby, I can't promise you nothin'
I mean, the future could be all we need or plugs in a dustbin
I see the clouds all brewing, guess we're due for a flooding
The cold blue light blinds, but my ark is your loving
A.I. in the sky humming

The world's burning, but f*ck it
Asleep, stomach to stomach, is all I need to be honest
Not 'cause I'm evil or ostrich, but 'cause my people turned prophets
Already walking on water while the sea level's frothing
Yeah, it's heavy, tread steady, but this ain't any old romance

Babe, you were just my best lay and I never planned to hold hands
'Til the whole of human history aligned so we could slow dance
And those that came before us suffered mor,e so is it so bad?
They carried us as hopes inside their ovaries and gonads
So sunburned or drowned or deleted
It's the end of we, but maybe we're the bitter seeds that grow into a lemon tree

Yeah, the past and the future lives inside the present's energy
So show a little tenderness now and love flows endlessly
Time is on a loop like the sun, that's its destiny
So the truth is how you lie here next to me is how we'll forever be

I, I'm lost in my head again
Time travelling
Running, running away, with darkness, my only friend
Don't wanna do this all again
You pull me back down to earth
Clothes off, your hands are on, hands are on me
Grace landing onto your bed
There you are

In my head, there's a beat
It's the beat that you make
When you're moving 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
In my chest there's 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"

We're drunk, we're invincible
No going quietly into the night
This room is our universe
You are my gravity tonight
No talk of the future now
Dark thoughts, you're shaking 'em, taking '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 moving your body
You prove that I can't escape, I can't escape
I got my heart in your hands
And your hands on my chest
In my chest there's 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 tune out the noise for a moment
You said let's just, "Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"

Mm, mm, mm, mm
Oh, you said just
"Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"
Mm, mm, mm, mm
Oh, no we don't, no we don't, no we don't, no we don't, no we don't
Oh, you said just, "Shut off the lights"

"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
Tune out the noise for a moment
You said let's just
"Shut off the lights, we don't need them to dance"

Stop the world, I want to get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough
Give me the future
Give me confidence
Give me

Cyber love in an anxious age
Lord above, need to get me laid
Had a taste of euphoria
Who could blame me for wanting more?
Just give me passion, give me violence, give me confidence
Give me something new to feel (uh)
Now us freaks and geeks can rule the world, have everything
Doesn't matter if it's real

In my head, in my head, I escape with you
When my dreams run away, run away with you
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?

Share our souls on the internet
Total recall, all the dumb regrets
Breaking hearts in a brand new way
Same old humans making new mistakes

Just give me passion, give me violence, give me confidence
Give me something new to feel (give me something new to feel)
And now us freaks and geeks can rule the world, have everything
Doesn't matter if it's real

In my head, in my head, I escape with you
When my dreams run away, run away with you
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake, stay awake?

Stop the world, I wanna get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough
Stop the world, I wanna get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough

Stop the world, I wanna get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough
Stop the world, I wanna get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough

Stop the world, I wanna get off
Lucid dreams, I can't get enough
Can't get enough

In my head, in my head, I escape with you
Let my dreams run away, run away with you
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake?
Why would I stay awake, stay awake, stay awake?

I got two open eyes, now I'm on the other side
Happy in my second life, headset on
I could be anything, let me be your Midas king
Think of all the joy I'd bring, touching everything

I've been tryna catch a fever dream
In the desert give me deep blue sea
We ain't nothing but the things we've seen
Plug me in

So give me the future, it's golden and bright
Catch a fever dream in the flash of the lights
Now nothing is certain, and the song isn't done
The new melodies rise up with the sun
Give me the future

Suddenly found my feet, dreaming of electric sheep
Just a little space to breathe, feeling joy serene

I've been tryna catch a fever dream
In the desert give me deep blue sea
We ain't nothing but the things we've seen
Plug me in

So give me the future, it's golden and bright
Catch a fever dream in the flash of the lights
Now nothing is certain, and the song isn't done
The new melodies rise up with the sun

I tasted endless love that takes control
Endless love and I wanted more
(So give me the future)
I tasted endless love that takes control
Endless love and I wanted more
(Just give me the future)

Why would we leave, why would we leave?
Miles and miles of fake beauty
It's good for you, it's good for me
Why would we leave, why would we leave? Uh

So give me the future, it's golden and bright
Catch a fever dream in the flash of the lights
Now nothing is certain, and the song isn't done
The new melodies rise up with the sun

I tasted endless love that takes control
Endless love and I wanted more
(So give me the future)
I tasted endless love that takes control
Endless love and I wanted more

Catch a fever dream in the flash of the lights

I came to the city
Was armed to the teeth
With ideas and desires
As my only company

I got the keys to the car
You got the keys to my head
You call it karma, karma
And I call it bad luck instead
(Well)

Is it love, is it la-la-love
Or are we just craving attention?
Is it love, is it la-la-love
Or do we just want satisfaction?
Is it
Is it

Cut to Paradise Garage
There's paint on my hands
Making art for the masses
Outta lines off of your body

I got the keys to the car
You got the keys to my head
You call it karma, karma
I call it bad luck instead, uh

Is it love, is it la-la-love
Or are we just craving attention?
Is it love, is it la-la-love
Or do we just want satisfaction?
Is it
Is it

Drugs, fame and money
A spotlight on our subway scene
Club 57 (is it)
The city got the best of me (is it)
Drugs, fame and money
A spotlight on our subway scene
Club 57 (is it)
The city took the best of me

Is it love, is it la-la-love
Or am I just craving attention?
Is it love, is it la-la-love
Or do I just want satisfaction?

Is it love (is it love, is it la-la-love)
Or are we just craving attention?
Is it love, is it la-la-love
Or do we just want satisfaction?

Drugs, fame and money (uh)
Club 57 (uh)
Drugs, fame and money (uh)
Club 57 (uh)

[Instrumental]

Who knows what the future holds?
Don't matter if I got you, got you
Who knows what the future holds?
Don't matter if I got you
No, no, no
Don't matter if I got you, got
Don't matter if I got you

It's not about my dreams
I'll get over my nightmares
Don't wanna just wake up
At the ending

Don't blink, I'll miss it all
And dead boys don't remember
The shit we never did
Will haunt us

I can't live fast and die young
Obsessing over the future
(Horizon)
I come undone when you're gone
Just looking over my shoulder
(Behind ya)

Who knows what the future holds?
Don't matter if I got you, got you
Who knows what the future holds?
Don't matter if I got you
No, no, no
Don't matter if I got you, got
Don't matter if I got you

No dress rehearsal life
No refunds, no rewinding
Don't lose sleep over the truth
We can't find it

Their happy-ending myth
I'd settle for religion
Some champagne-popping bliss
To remember

I can't live fast and die young
Obsessing over the future
(Horizon)
I come undone when you're gone
Just looking over my shoulder
(Behind ya)

Who knows what the future holds?
Don't matter if I got you, got you
Who knows what the future holds?
Doesn't matter if I got you

Who knows what the future holds?
Don't matter if I got you, got you
Who knows what the future holds?
Don't matter if I got you

Who knows what the future holds? (I don't know)
Don't matter if I got you, got you (I got you)
Who knows what the future holds? (I don't know)
Don't matter if I got you (got you)

Who knows what the future holds? (I don't know)
Don't matter if I got you, got you (I got you)
Who knows what the future holds? (I don't know)
Don't matter if I got you (got you)