"“Blame” is like a super simple snapshot of two gang members, one of whom is pissing the other one off, and it’s in that moment before pulling the trigger, It’s the snapshot of that, and we wanted to use imagery from The Godfather and from American History X to just create this brooding, mean snapshot into these two people’s really extreme emotions in this little fictional narrative. So yeah, it totally leans on the familiar within those situations to try and take you as a listener to that place immediately. I think as well just the feel of the song, it’s got that mean, dramatic lean to it".
In interview, Dan Smith Said
"“Blame” is like a super simple snapshot of two gang members, one of whom is pissing the other one off, and it’s in that moment before pulling the trigger, It’s the snapshot of that, and we wanted to use imagery from The Godfather and from American History X to just create this brooding, mean snapshot into these two people’s really extreme emotions in this little fictional narrative. So yeah, it totally leans on the familiar within those situations to try and take you as a listener to that place immediately. I think as well just the feel of the song, it’s got that mean, dramatic lean to it".