Daniel in the Den Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Tiag 

Cover art for Daniel in the Den lyrics by Bastille

This music is about humanity. "Moving along in a pace unknown to man Go go go go go go Go go go go go"

The "go go go..." talks about our lives. We do a lot of things we don't know why, just everybody does and we do the same. So the reminder "no no no no..." works like 'pay attention! Don't you just go!'

Of course there are some parallels with passages from the Bible, but the main ideia is that the man has being running from lions all along History, dreaming about saviors and crowning some "kings", "the ones you think you love", who do save the people in first place but right after that become the new lions and we see the same story all over again.

The music repeats a lot. So does history. This happens because we are never free from shadows and dreams of political saviors that we ourselves build and claim to see.

My Interpretation

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  • By humanity I meant humankind. Humankind is going forward to nobody knows where. And when mankind goes in a understandable pace, there comes to many "no no no...", don't "go go go go...".
  • In fact we implement a very difficult job which is passing forward our dreams of a solution to the world. And when we do implement it, we find that more harm comes along with our solution.

  • By humanity I meant humankind. Humankind is going forward to nobody knows where. And when mankind goes in a understandable pace, there comes to many "no no no...", don't "go go go go...".
  • In fact we implement a very difficult job which is passing forward our dreams of a solution to the world. And when we do implement it, we find that more harm comes along with our solution.

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  • Man has been running from lions, instead of "being" running from...
  • Man has been running from lions, instead of "being" running from...
  • The new lions will always come after you.