“Bloodstream” follows a teenager getting disillusioned with the world around him by experiencing the bad sides of fame.
It was left off the original teaser of photos for The Chainsmokers' debut LP, Memories…Do Not Open, but was quickly added after the original posts were deleted and new versions surfaced with the missing song added to the list as the third track off the album.
Prior to the release of the album, The Chainsmokers used the chorus of this song as an alternate opening for “Paris” — a version which was titled “Paris: Bigger and Badder” — at their concerts. On January 4, the duo teased the chorus at the end of a Facebook video summarising Jingle Ball 2016. They teased parts of the first verse in a similar fashion and had Drew sing it at the end of a video of The Chainsmokers' tour series “‘That Time’ #33.”
Lyrics of Bloodstream
I've been drunk three times this week
Spent all my money on a fleeting moment
I thought I-I-I-I-I-I can shake this off
Now I-I-I-I-I-I can't make this stop
Yeah, things were sweet three months ago
When I was living how I wanna on my own
And I thought I-I-I-I-I-I don't need that much
I guess I-I-I-I-I-I was out of touch
I'm fucked up, I'm faded
I'm so complicated
Those things that I said
They were so overrated
But I-I-I-I-I-I, yeah, I meant it
Oh yeah, I-I-I-I-I-I, really fucking meant it
Yeah, I meant it
I gave up three times this week
Went through those feelings like I wasn't worth nothing
I thought I-I-I-I-I-I can shake this off
No, I-I-I-I-I-I can't be this soft
I'm fucked up, I'm faded
I'm so complicated
Those things that I said
They were so overrated
But I-I-I-I-I-I, yeah, I meant it
Oh yeah, I-I-I-I-I-I, really fucking meant it
Yeah, I meant it
I'm fucked up, I'm faded
I'm so complicated
Those things that I said
They were so overrated
But I-I-I-I-I, yeah, I meant it
Oh yeah, I-I-I-I-I, really fucking meant it
Yeah, I meant it
Yeah, I meant it
Yeah, I meant it
Yeah, I meant it
Yeah, I, I, I, really fucking meant it