: The song's popularity led to various high-profile remixes, including versions by Whethan , Tiësto , and Skream . Pop Culture Impact Bastille - Send Them Off! (Official Music Video)
The song explores the darker side of love, focusing on intense feelings of . It uses vivid metaphors of possession and haunting to describe a mind consumed by suspicion. Bastille - Send Them Off!
: Like many tracks on Wild World , it opens with a cinematic spoken-word sample to set the mood. : The song's popularity led to various high-profile
: Punchy horn sections that give the song a soul-inspired, anthemic feel. It uses vivid metaphors of possession and haunting
: The recurring chorus, "Won't you exorcise my mind? Help me exorcise my mind," serves as a desperate request to be freed from obsessive thoughts.
: Lead singer Dan Smith draws heavily from Shakespeare's Othello , specifically calling out to the character Desdemona with the line, "Desdemona, won't you liberate me? When I'm haunted by your ancient history". Musical Style
