Bastille - Overjoyed Lyrics

I use to listen to bastille when I was 10, looking back at their old songs brings back so much nostalgia :') (I'm 15 now)

She wakes up in the middle of the night because of a dream/vision she had @0:03 - 0:10 in her sleep. @0:18 you see her book/diary which tells us that she was dreaming about it. She knows what she has to do and has been putting it off for several nights (maybe even years or months). She finally decides to stop making excuses and to just do what has to be done. It’s very late out and dark but she’s just so determined that she doesn’t seem to care. @0:43 we can see her new book/diary that she hasn’t even touched yet because she’s not ready and doesn’t want to write another word about the same dark thoughts and memories in her life. The new book has flower petals on it to represent peace (and a new beginning). The scenes of her with lipstick and smoking cigarettes is what she’s afraid of becoming when she grows up. And the vision she gets once again @1:38 is what she dreams/hopes she’ll become. The book she’s holding represents her life and her dark thoughts and she’s struggling to leave them behind (that’s why she walks so slow and takes a long time to get to the forest). By the time she gets to the forest it’s daytime. She slowly sits down to bury the book because she’s very afraid of what she’s about to do. She’s very afraid to start anew and bury all of her bad thoughts and memories and leave her entire old life behind. When she buries the book you can see that it has deep scratch marks on it @2:24 maybe symbolizing that she was abused or had a ruff life. Or maybe it means that her internal thoughts were severely dark and twisted and her own thoughts are killing her because of how sad and depressed she is. She finally buries the book and the second her long overdue task is completed, she feels a new life and is overflowing with power and spirit @2:35. You can see that she’s finally letting go (and facing) her old life/memories like the doll @2:52 which represents her childhood, her in her room at night @2:56 which represents her sleepless nights, and her smoking cigarettes @3:00 representing her fear of becoming worthless trash in life. All of her negative energy is released and she can finally rest. It ends with her by the lake looking up at the sky @3:25 (like her vision she had) showing that she’s looking forward (not planning on going back home) and ready to begin her brand new beautiful life.

This is just how I took it. Sorry if I went too deep!!😅😅

I think she wrote fan mail to Bastille but then remembered that they lived in the UK and she didn’t have the money to mail it😂😂

One word for Dan Smith- Loveable

The nostalgia hits

i found this song again after many years.. i feel so nostalgic and my heart feels heavy.

Hey guys,
I made a music video breakdown of Bastile's Oblivion @t :) 2 min read in the bathroom

This is so underrated, it deserves more attention

this is my fav song of all time until further notice. the simplicity of effective communication is a divine mystery!!!!

Who's still watching this on September 2019?
Old songs aren't never really old

How about watching it in January 2020?? Lol...love it so muchhhh

2011 - overjoyed
2019 - joy

Dema maybe the next one will be “Joyful”!🤗🤗

Love you BASTILLE

I cried to this song earlier

okay but seriously, what the hell did she wright in that book

R J fan mail to bastille🤣😂😂

i like how when she buries the diary and opens her eyes they show paper shreds flying everywhere, as though burying the diary shredded the bad memories attached to it so she can move on past that part of her life <3

7 years has gone by so fast...

Is it Lindsay Lohan?

I feel this is a song about crippling depression and how people can try to resist it, but slowly the words and nightmares from it seep into your head and drive you deeper into the void of depression. This also goes along with the irony of the title "Overjoyed", since people with depression often try to conceal their symptoms behind a wall of fake joy.

This band is magic. I have chills!

2011? Christ

Look at all these og comments

4 años escuchando esta canción, y me hace sentir lo mismo que la primera vez que la escuché.

Pocos artistas hacen eso, Bastille para siempre.

Dziewczyna w teledysku ma urodę Ani Dąbrowskiej

What is up with that mother fucking triangle

My favorite band from 2013

Only me in 2019?

Huh isn't this the girl that tells dan the story in "what would you do"?
It would make sense to me.

Was Londie ever given an appearance?

To be honest i really don't know but ti would make sense to me ya know ,because the girl in the video have two sites ,one that seems innocent and the other where she is smoking,the badass site xD.

This song sparked my marriage. Never even saw the video till now. The lyrics were literal for us. I felt overjoyed when she listened to my words. I see them sinking in, I saw them crawling underneath her skin. And I'd hear her calling in the dead of night. I realized I loved her after being roommates for 2 years listening to this. I brought it to her all matter of factly. Just wanted to let you know, I realized I love you. I'll never forget what she said next because she wasnt single at the time and I was informing her not asking for any resolution. She said, you know what? I love you too. Been together 6 years now and going through one hell of a rough patch. Problem is we cant talk to each other period. So we cant work it out. She so far away and she cant hear any of my words. Hoping it works out. Neither of us are even 30 yet so 6 years together is pretty big and on top of that we have our own house land, etc. And shes my best friend and the thing I miss most is when shed listen to my words. Nobody else ever did. Got a good job pays well, but its graveyard so I cant really interact with.anyone. being able to call her when i got in and see her when i got home made working outside with water when its 32 and windy worth it. I'm gonna keep working regardless. But I'm missing a major part of myself now.

2011 wtf

Just got out of Bastille's concert in Tulsa. The best concert I have ever been too!

live performance >

Happy Birthday to this breathtaking masterpiece 🖤

Is it acceptable that I know all the words to oblivion, overjoyed, bad blood, Icarus, Laura Palmer, Daniel in the den, both parts to weight of living, Pompeii, things we lost in the fire, these streets, get home, and flaws off by heart?

2018 here

Look at 3:15 there's tools that look like they are used for abortions

still the best <3

Why she's sleepin with her make up 😁

i love bastille

Is it just me or does the girl in the video remind you of Amanda Lee a little ?

2018 and this bastille song is still banging

Almost 8 years... Damn

2018 and still amazing!

BASTILLE LOVING!

kimliği kirletilmişler mabedi...

Bastille is better than twenty one pilots

Alexander Velazquez i love both !!!!!
Unique in their own style !!!!!

Meu coração dói até hoje com essa música! 💔

Who is she?

Perra jaja ntc saludos Me (:

I love you guys. Saludos desde Guatemala <3

8M views? Literally the most underrated song on YouTube.

becks7 easily!!

I fucking love Bastille And THEIR FANS!!

beautiful Song.. beautiful Melody. . my favorite bastille Song

WHO IS LISTENING TO THIS IN NOVEMBER 2017 FOR A LATE/OVER FIRST BASTILLE SONG MARATHON OVER 6 YEARS LATER

Meeeeeeeeeee

End of the video: Shows girls hair in face, randomly switches to triangle
Me: ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED

Total quality can't go wrong with some bastille sometimes its just what you need to move you such well written songs.

Bastille👌🏽 smash every song

who is the actress in this?

1:37 scared me...

2017, Anyone?

i just saw them live last night and this song spoke to me on a completely different level than it had ever before. live music is so special. i will never listen to this song the same way again.

Shoutout to this whole album for helping me drown out all my anxieties and helping me cope with stuff at 11 years old. For 5 years now, this album is my go to 👌

What is the music video supposed to mean?

thanks god they are playing it again in 2017

good tune me and my son are mad on this band. xxx

who's listening this aug 2017?

got here from the music video for "All I need" by Clams Casino GO WATCH RIGHT NOW FRICK (the music video used a compilation of different videos, including this one)

All I need

Am I the only one here from Distances remix?

I'm listening to this in the background. I haven't watched this video before so the static made me jump lol.

disgusting

I listen to bastille music to get away from all of my feelings. I'm having trouble with friends at school but as soon as I put the ear buds in my ears all the worries and feeling I have wash away. it makes me feel empty inside sometimes which feel nice because you don't have to worry about anything until you take the earbuds out and your back into reality. Bastille is my place that I can be at peace. <3

is anyone still watching in 2017

amo todos vídeos de batille

1:20 i just broke my arm by falling off a fence

😐😅

Whoa. A video that isn't morbidly disturbing. Are we sure this is Bastille?!

Check out my acoustic cover of this on my channel and subscribe!

Is this not another twin peaks reference? seems like Laura Palmer and her diary on her last few days... Bastille never cease to amaze me <3

This was the first song that got me into Bastille. God is great. I am so thankful for finding meaning in this band.

// SOMEBODY ELSE //

I think this is their only mv filmed in the UK

i recently finished watching twin peaks and now i understand this video so much more

sorry for my *ignorance* but why do yall keep bringing 1D up? more specifically, directioners. as far as i know (and correct me if wrong) directioners have done nothing to Bastille fans so.... whats the beef about?

Kimliği Kirletilmişler Mabedinden gelen tek miyim?

Try the speed at .5 and it just sounds so hauntingly beautiful and nostalgic

Is it just me or is every song basically a homage to twin peaks? I mean the deadest of give aways is diary and the fact that her hand is dead and rotten.

who is the actress?

God, that voice.

Bastille 💜💜 Brasil

underrated af

Sona bir kala 💕🖤💞

The chords is the chorus go FACE lol. (well, Em7)