Poet Lyrics

Lyric discussion by dragonfly001 

Cover art for Poet lyrics by Bastille

Yes jse9 is right - I have not seen that interview but the song is clearly inspired by Shakespeare's 81st sonnet, part of which goes:

Your monument shall be my gentle verse, Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read, And tongues to be your being shall rehearse When all the breathers of this world are dead