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"Joy"

Thought I'd never be waking on the kitchen floor
But here I lie, not the first time
Now my morning has broken, and it brings the fear
My mind's falling, falling

Then I feel my pulse quickening
But regrets can't change anything
Yeah, I feel my pulse quickening
When your name lights up the screen

Oh Joy, when you call me
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in
Joy, set my mind free
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in

How'd you always know when I'm down?
How'd you always know when I'm down?

Take a walk through the wreckage, clearing out my head
I hear your eyes roll right down the phone
I'm your walking disaster, keep on dragging me
From self-pity, poor me

Then I feel my pulse quickening
But I wouldn't change a thing

Oh Joy, when you call me
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in
Joy, set my mind free
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in

How'd you always know when I'm down?
How'd you always know when I'm down?

As the night dissolves into this final frame
You're a sweet relief, you saved me from my brain
From my brain, from my brain, from my brain
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh Joy, when you called me
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in
Joy, set my mind free
I was giving up, oh, I was giving in

How'd you always know when I'm down?
How'd you always know when I'm down?

I feel joy when you call me
I feel joy when you call me (I-I-I feel joy)
I feel joy when you call me
I feel joy when you call me

How'd you always know when I'm down?
How'd you always know when I'm down?

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Thanks to Nate for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Daniel Campbell Smith, Mark Blair Crew

"Joy" was premiered on BBC Radio 1 with Scott Mills on the 2nd of May 2019. The band wrote on Twitter a day earlier, "We're very excited to give Bastille's brand new single 'Joy' its first radio play, this Thursday at 3:30pm! Set your reminders and make sure you're listening to @Scott_Mills and @Chris_Stark tomorrow."

Dan Smith explained, "'Joy' is the moment at the end, almost that moment of redemption when you wake up on the kitchen floor and all of the anxieties come flooding in. Something as simple as a call or a message from somebody can bring you back at that moment and rip the piss out of you, make you feel ridiculous for the state you were in."