Those Nights – English Lyrics

• By: Bastille

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into Bastille's "Those Nights" and uncover its poignant exploration of loneliness and the quest for human connection. By examining its lyrics and context within the *Doom Days* album, you'll gain insight into themes of escapism and the universal desire for hope, enhancing your understanding of the song's emotional depth.

[English]

♪♪♪

♪ I can feel your eyes in the back of my head ♪

♪ Burning, burning, burning ♪

♪ Floating through the room as the hairs on my arms ♪

♪ Are rising, rising, rising ♪

♪ I'm chemically drawn closer to you ♪

♪ Eyes wide, eyes wide open ♪

♪ Will you be my future or just an escape? ♪

♪ Love me, love me, love me ♪

♪ You never get to heaven on a night like this ♪

♪ Those nights ♪

♪ When your friends are gone ♪

♪ And you're holding on for someone to leave with ♪

♪ Those nights ♪

♪ When you crave someone to be there at dawn ♪

♪ To wake with ♪

♪ 'Cause aren't we all just ♪

♪ Looking for a little bit of hope these days? ♪

♪ Looking for somebody you can wake up with? ♪

♪ Looking for a little bit of hope these days? ♪

♪ We are, we are ♪

♪ Pulling at my T-shirt, your hands everywhere ♪

♪ Rising, rising, rising ♪

♪ As you trip and fall, dragging me up the stairs ♪

♪ What's your, what's your name now? ♪

♪ You try to get to heaven on a night like this ♪

♪ But you ♪

♪ You never get to heaven on a night like this ♪

♪ Those nights ♪

♪ When your friends are gone ♪

♪ And you're holding on for someone to leave with ♪

♪ Those nights ♪

♪ When you crave someone to be there at dawn ♪

♪ To wake with ♪

♪ 'Cause aren't we all just ♪

♪ Looking for a little bit of hope these days? ♪

♪ Looking for somebody you can wake up with? ♪

♪ Looking for a little bit of hope these days? ♪

♪ We are, we are ♪

♪ (The lights, the lights, the lights) ♪

♪ They cut a path across the room ♪

♪ (The lights, the lights, the lights) ♪

♪ A blinding look from me to you ♪

♪ And I'll be the rabbit in the headlights ♪

♪ (We'll never get to heaven) ♪

♪ I'll be your rabbit in the headlights ♪

♪ (We'll never get to) ♪

♪ Those nights ♪

♪ When your friends are gone ♪

♪ And you're holding on for someone to leave with ♪

♪ Those nights ♪

♪ When you crave someone to be there at dawn ♪

♪ To wake with ♪

♪ 'Cause aren't we all just ♪

♪ Looking for a little bit of hope these days? ♪

♪ Looking for somebody you can wake up with? ♪

♪ Looking for a little bit of hope these days? ♪

♪ We are, we are ♪

♪ (Oh) ♪

♪ (Oh) ♪

♪ (Oh) ♪

♪ (Ooh) - (Oh, oh-oh-oh, ooh) ♪

♪ (Ooh) ♪

♪ (Yeah, yeah) ♪

♪♪♪

♪ THOSE NIGHTS ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
crave /kreɪv/ B1	verb - to desire something strongly
dawn /dɔːn/ A1	noun - the first light of day
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ A2	noun - a way to avoid something unpleasant verb - to get away from something
float /fləʊt/ A2	verb - to move gently on a liquid or in the air
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A1	noun - the time yet to come
heaven /ˈhɛvən/ A1	noun - the place where God lives
hope /həʊp/ A1	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness from the sun or a lamp
rabbit /ˈræbɪt/ A1	noun - a small mammal with long ears
rise /raɪz/ A2	verb - to move upward
stair /stɛər/ A1	noun - a step in a series for going from one level to another
trip /trɪp/ A1	verb - to stumble or fall
wake /weɪk/ A1	verb - to stop sleeping
blinding /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/ B1	adjective - extremely bright and difficult to look at
chemically /ˈkɛmɪkəli/ B2	adverb - in a way related to chemistry
drawn /drɔːn/ A2	verb - past participle of draw, to pull or attract

Key Grammar Structures

• I can feel your eyes in the back of my head

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' for sensory perception

  ➔ The modal verb "can" expresses physical ability to perceive something through senses.

• as the hairs on my arms are rising

  ➔ Present continuous for physiological reactions

  ➔ Present continuous tense "are rising" describes an involuntary physical reaction happening at the moment.

• I'm chemically drawn closer to you

  ➔ Passive voice with past participle

  ➔ Passive construction "am drawn" using past participle "drawn" shows the subject is acted upon by an unseen force.

• Will you be my future or just an escape?

  ➔ Future simple interrogative

  ➔ Interrogative future tense "Will you be" questions potential outcomes with contrasting possibilities.

• You never get to heaven on a night like this

  ➔ Simple present for universal truths

  ➔ Simple present "get" states a philosophical truth about human experience using "never" for emphasis.

• When your friends are gone

  ➔ Present perfect (implied) in adverbial clause

  ➔ The phrase "are gone" implies present perfect tense (have gone), indicating a completed action with present relevance.

• And you're holding on for someone to leave with

  ➔ Present continuous + infinitive purpose

  ➔ Present continuous "are holding" shows ongoing action, while "to leave with" expresses purpose through infinitive.

• Looking for somebody you can wake up with

  ➔ Reduced relative clause

  ➔ The relative clause "you can wake up with" omits the relative pronoun "who/that" (somebody [who] you can wake up with).

• Pulling at my T-shirt, your hands everywhere

  ➔ Present participle as adverbial modifier

  ➔ Present participle "Pulling" modifies the main clause by describing simultaneous action.

• And I'll be the rabbit in the headlights

  ➔ Future simple for metaphorical prediction

  ➔ Future simple "I'll be" makes a metaphorical prediction about a state of paralysis or vulnerability.