in which bastille reminds us that flaws make us who we are

so, i'm going to be honest here - i don't know much about bastille other than a) his real name is dan smith and b) he's from south london.



but, what i can tell you is that his songs are catchy. flaws has a nice 80's pop vibe that incorporates synths and choral harmonies along with soaring vocals. check it out:

when all of your flaws and all of my flaws
are laid out one by one
the wonderful part of the mess that we made
we pick ourselves undone

all of your flaws and all of my flaws
they lie there hand in hand
ones we've inherited, ones that we learned
they pass from man to man

there's a hole in my soul
i can't fill it. i can't fill it
there's a hole in my soul
can you fill it? can you fill it?

you have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve
and i have always buried them deep beneath the ground
dig them up - let's finish what we've started
dig them up, so nothing's left untouched

all of your flaws and all of my flaws,
when they have been exhumed
we'll see that we need them to be who we are
without them we'd be doomed

there's a hole in my soul
i can't fill it. i can't fill it
there's a hole in my soul
can you fill it? can you fill it?

you have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve
and i have always buried them deep beneath the ground
dig them up - let's finish what we've started
dig them up, so nothing's left untouched

when all of your flaws
and all of my flaws are counted
when all of your flaws
and all of my flaws are counted

you have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve
and i have always buried them deep beneath the ground
dig them up - let's finish what we've started
dig them up. so nothing's left untouched

all of your flaws and all of my flaws
are laid out one by one
look at the wonderful mess that we made
we pick ourselves undone

FLAWS by BASTILLE

here's the b-side icarus, which i love. it's more serious than flaws:

icarus by BASTILLE

the video was made by bastille himself, edited to terrence mallick's badlands:



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