Banners includes three songs that were released as singles throughout 2015 – "Ghosts", "Shine a Light" and "Start a Riot" – as well as two new tracks, "Gold Dust" and" "Back When We Had Nothing".

[citation needed] It opens with electronic, echoing backing vocals and a simple piano line.

It starts with "chunky" piano chords and features "thundering" drums, with Banners' falsetto vocals piercing through.

Lyrically, the song is about being lost at sea and searching for a "beacon of light", a "glimmer of hope that brings you through the storm".

After one minute, kick drum and strings enter and the songs starts building momentum at the 2:22 mark.