Bastille - Quarter Past Midnight

[ intro ]
G#

[ verse 1 ]
G#
it’s a quarter past midnight
C#
as we cut through the city
G#
yeah , yeah , yeah , the streets are getting restless
C#
good times bad decisions

G#
yeah , yeah , yeah , it’s a quarter past midnight
C#
and the sirens are mending some hearts
G#
but we’re the losers on the back seats
C#
singing “love will tear us apart”

G#
it’s a quarter past midnight
G# C#
still avoiding tomorrow
G#
it’s a quarter past midnight
C#
but we’re just getting going

[ chorus ]
C#
we keep on running
G#
running through a red light
D# Fm
like we’re trying to burn the night away
C# G# D# Fm
away – way , oh , away – way , oh

C# G#
this is my favorite part oh
D# Fm
help me piece it all together darling
C# G#
before it falls apart oh
D#
help me piece it all together

[ verse 2 ]
G#
it’s a quarter past midnight
C#
and the speakers are blowing
G#
yeah , yeah , we want the bodies on the billboards
C#
not the lives underneath them
C#
yeah , yeah , yeah , and

G#
now we’re crawling up the walls again
C#
and its a quarter past the world
G#
and you said we’d leave this place in dust
C#
and fall from heaven straight through hell
G#
we never know what we have
C#
we never knew what we had

[ chorus ]
C#
we keep on running
G#
running through a red light
D# Fm
like we’re trying to burn the night away
C# G# D# Fm
away – way , oh , away – way , oh
C# G#
why are we always chasing after something
D# Fm
like we trying to throw our lives away?
C# G# D# Fm
away – way , oh , away – way , oh

C# G#
this is my favorite part oh
D# Fm
help me piece it all together darling
C# G#
before it falls apart oh
D#
help me piece it all together

[ bridge ]
G# C#
( i can’t remember , i can’t remember
G# C#
i can’t remember , i can’t remember )

G#
it’s a quarter past midnight
C#
and the secrets are flowing
G#
our lips are getting looser
C#
i don’t know what i’m saying
Fm
we never knew what we had
i never know what i’ve had

[ chorus ]
C#
we keep on running
G#
running through a red light
D# Fm
like we’re trying to burn the night away
C# G# D# Fm
away – way , oh , away – way , oh
C# G#
why are we always chasing after something
D# Fm
like we trying to throw our lives away?
C# G# D# Fm
away – way , oh , away – way , oh

C# G#
this is my favorite part oh
D# Fm
help me piece it all together darling
C# G#
before it falls apart oh
D#
help me piece it all together