American pop rock band OneRepublic have just dropped a brand new song called “Kids”, an anthemic electro-tinged track, which serves as the follow-up to the lead single “Wherever I go”.
“It’s a conscious departure” frontman Ryan Tedder says about the track, which was inspired by the sweeping, ’80s-style synth-pop of acts like M83. “As an artist or musician, if you’re not poking or needling or pushing the envelope to see if it pops, you’re not doing it right. Whatever our sound is — and I don’t think we have a dyed-in-the-wool sound — this album is by far our most evolved.”
OneRepublic’s new album is expected to drop later this year. It will see Peter Gabriel and Pharrell Williams as collaborators.
Lyrics:
Days when
We’d fight, we’d fight ’til I would give in
Yeah, perfect disasters
We were reaching, reaching for the rafters
And on most of the days we were searching for ways
To get up and get out of the town that we were raised, yeah
‘Cause we were done
I remember, we were sleeping in cars, we were searching for OZ
We were burning cigars with white plastics tips ’til we saw the sun
And we said crazy things like
I refuse to look back thinking days were better
Just because they’re younger days
I don’t know what’s ’round the corner
Way I feel right now I swear we’ll never change
Back when we were kids
Swore we would never die
You and me were kids
Swear that we’ll never die
Lights down
And we drive and we’re drivin’ just to get out
Yeah, perfect disasters
Yeah, we were swinging, swinging from the rafters
Hey, we were dancing in cars, we were looking for ours
We were naming the stars after people we knew ’til we had to go
And we were saying things like
I refuse to look back thinking days were better
Just because they’re younger days
I don’t know what’s ’round the corner
Way I feel right now I swear we’ll never change
Back when we were kids
Swore we would never die
You and me were kids
Swear that we’ll never die
Nights when we kept dancing
Changing all our plans and
Making every day a holiday
Feel the years start burning
City lights they’re turning
Something ’bout this feels the same
Back when we were kids
Swore we would never die
You and me were kids
Swear that we’ll never die
I refuse to look back thinking days were better
Just because they’re younger days
I don’t know what’s ’round the corner
Way I feel right now I swear we’ll never change
You and me were kids
