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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bastille
Performer
Mark Crew
Programming
Dan Smith
Vocals
William Farquarson
Guitar
Dan Priddy
Programming
Chris Wood
Drums
Jfabraham
Trumpet
Barnaby Philpott
Trombone
Rittipo
Saxophone
Bim Amoako-Gyampah
Background Vocals
Kyle Simmons
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Crew
Composer
Dan Smith
Composer
Ralph Pelleymounter
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Crew
Producer
Dan Smith
Producer
Mark "Spike" Stent
Mixing Engineer
Chris Gehringer
Mastering Engineer
Jan "Stan" Kybert
Immersive Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Family ties and all of our strangeness
But there's love in your eyes
It breaks me to pieces
[Verse 2]
I can picture your driveway
I remember the house up on the hill
Hear the rain falling on tinned roof (Hey, hey)
All the trees that had woven
In and out of your bedroom and the hall
Wrapped the life that you'd made round you
[Verse 3]
Time stopped in the space between your breathing
Caught up in the sounds the house was making
[Verse 4]
Family ties and all of our strangeness (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
But there's love in your eyes, it breaks me to pieces (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
And the sun won't go down on all of your memories (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
You know, we got, we got these (We got, we got these)
We got these family ties
[Verse 5]
I remember your stories
I can picture the garden that you grew
How we spoke when you passed on through
I still think of your kindness
And the way that your hair would tumble down
All the people who leant on you
[Verse 6]
Time stopped like it left you in the '60s
Caught up in a life outside the city
[Verse 7]
Family ties and all of our strangeness (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
But there's love in your eyes, it breaks me to pieces (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
And the sun won't go down on all of your memories (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
You know, we got, we got these (We got, we got these)
We got these family ties
[Verse 8]
No way we're ever gonna let the sun go down
No way we're ever gonna let the sun go down
No way we're ever gonna let the sun go down
No way we're ever gonna let the sun go down
[Verse 9]
We got these family ties and all of our strangeness (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
But there's love in your eyes, it breaks me to pieces (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
And the sun won't go down on all of your memories (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
You know we got, we got these (We got, we got these)
We got these family ties (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
La la la da da (Hey, hey!)
(We got, we got these) We got these family ties (Hey, hey! Hey, hey!)
We got, we got, we got, we got, we got, we got these (Hey, hey!)
We got these family ties
Written by: Dan Smith, Denzil Smith, Mark Crew, Ralph Pelleymounter