OneRepublic premiered the lyrics to the second single off of their upcoming fourth studio ahead of its release on Genius. “Kids,” is the follow-up to their hit single “Wherever I Go” and is the true story of lead singer Ryan Tedder’s “disaster of a friend” and him growing up.
Tedder co-produced the song with Brent Kutzle and on it, he sings about celebrating youth but encouraging people to avoid living in the past:
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
In an annotation on Genius, Tedder explains the inspiration behind the new track:
The official audio will be released on Aug. 12 but for now, read all the annotated lyrics to OneRepublic’s “Kids” on Genius.
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