Em 1998, Kele Okereke estudava em Essex, cidade natal de Russell Lissack. Em 1999 eles se encontraram novamente no Reading Festival e logo formaram a banda Union. O baixista Gordon Moakes se juntou a eles em resposta um anúncio na revista New Musical Express.
A banda mudou várias vezes de nome: Superheroes of BMX, The Angel Range, Diet, e Union até chegar ao atual Bloc Party em setembro de 2003.
Havia um teoria de que o nome fosse uma brincadeira com block party
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[Chords] Am - x02210 G - 320033 F - 133211 C - x32010
[Intro] C AmGF
[Verse 1] AmGF It's so cold in this house AmGF Open mouths swallowing us AmGF The children staying home from school AmGF Will not stop crying
[Verse 2] Am And I know that you're busy too G I know that you care F You got your finger on the pulse F You got your eyes everywhere AmG And it hurts all the time when you don't return my calls F And you haven't got the time to remember how it was AmGF It's so cold in this house AmGF It's so cold in this house
[Interlude] N.C.
[Verse 3] AmGF I can't eat, I can't sleep AmGF I can't sleep, I can't dream AmGF An aversion to light AmGF Got a fear of the ocean
[Chorus] CEmGC Like drinking poison, like eating glass CEmGC Like drinking poison, like eating glass CEmGC Like drinking poison, like eating glass CEmGC Like drinking poision, like eating glass
[Verse 4] AmGF its co cold in this house AmGF its so cold in this house AmGF its so cold in this house AmGF its so cold in this bed
[Chorus] CEmGC Like drinking poision, like eating glass CEmGC Like drinking poision, like eating glass CEmGC Like drinking poision, like eating glass CEm Like drinking poision, like eating
[Interlude] AmGF
[Outro] AmG We've got crosses on our eyes F Been walking into the walls again AmG We've got crosses on our eyes F Been walking into the furniture AmG We've got crosses on our eyes F For richer, for poorer, for better, for worse AmG We've got crosses on our eyes F We've been walking into the furniture