▁ ▁Background ▁The ▁song ▁had ▁been ▁b ub bling ▁over ▁the ▁previous ▁year , ▁inf used ▁with ▁insp iration ▁from ▁the ▁writing ▁of ▁American ▁author ▁John ▁Stein beck , ▁who ▁lead ▁singer ▁Marcus ▁M um ford ▁said ▁he ▁studied ▁very ▁closely . ▁The ▁song ▁all udes ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁Gren f ell ▁Tower ▁tra ged y ▁and ▁M um ford ’ s ▁phil anth rop ic ▁efforts ▁as ▁an ▁amb assador ▁for ▁War ▁Child ▁U . K . ▁and ▁Children ▁in ▁Conf lict ▁U . S . ▁T alk ing ▁about ▁the ▁song ▁M um ford ▁said , ▁" Bl ind ▁Le ading ▁The ▁Bl ind ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁song ▁we ' ve ▁had ▁up ▁our ▁sle e ves ▁for ▁some ▁time , ▁which ▁ended ▁up ▁being ▁a ▁catal yt ic ▁song ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁our ▁work ▁on ▁D elta , ▁its ▁them es ▁and ▁feelings , ▁but ▁that ▁we ▁never ▁got ▁round ▁to ▁finishing ▁in ▁time ▁to ▁put ▁it ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁release . ▁We ' re ▁proud ▁that ▁we ' ve ▁finally ▁finished ▁it , ▁as ▁it ▁feels ▁like ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁challeng ing ▁songs , ▁them atically , ▁that ▁we ’ ve ▁put ▁out ▁there , ▁both ▁for ▁ourselves ▁and ▁our ▁audience . ▁It ▁feels ▁it ' s ▁becoming ▁harder ▁and ▁harder ▁to ▁co er ce ▁yourself ▁into ▁a ▁listening , ▁present ▁and ▁una f raid ▁disposition , ▁but ▁that ’ s ▁the ▁ga unt let ▁we ' re ▁throwing ▁down ▁for ▁ourselves ." ▁