Lake Effect Kid

Track 14 on Believers Never Die (Volume Two) [Japan Release]

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“Lake Effect Kid” is the titular track from the band’s 2018 EP. The song features lyrical themes that are common to the band’s early back catalogue, such as a loyalty to… Read More

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Lake Effect Kid Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Sometimes, when I'm in Heaven
I get forgetful of the Earth, whoa
Until I hear you bickering like bugs and birds
The heat is off, gate's open, the shade is down

[Pre-Chorus]
I got a pocket full of deadliness
Opium den mother, forget my head
At the dead-end called unsteadiness
Boxed blondes have less fun

[Chorus]
Boomerang my head
Back to the city I grew up in
Again and again
Forever a lake effect kid

[Verse 2]
Oh, I got the skyline in my veins
Forget your night time
Summer love on a gurney with a squeaky wheel

And joke us, joke us
'Til Lakeshore Drive comes back into focus
I just wanna come back to life
Spark my crazy head to keep you warm at night

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[Pre-Chorus]
I got a pocket full of deadliness
Opium den mother, forget my head
At the dead-end called unsteadiness
Boxed blondes have less fun, fun

[Chorus]
Boomerang my head
Back to the city I grew up in
Again and again
Forever a lake effect kid

Boomerang my head
To the city I grew up in (Back to the city I grew up in)
Again and again and again and again
Forever a lake effect kid

[Chorus]
Boomerang my head
Back to the city I grew up in
Again and again
Forever a lake effect kid

Boomerang my head
To the city I grew up in (To the city I grew up in)
Again and again and again and again
Forever a lake effect kid

[Outro]
Again and again and again
And again and again

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“Lake Effect Kid” is the titular track from the band’s 2018 EP. The song features lyrical themes that are common to the band’s early back catalogue, such as a loyalty to their hometown, combined with themes of celebrity and drug use that appeared on their 2008 studio album Folie à Deux.

The song was initially a demo that appeared on CitizensFOB Mixtape: Welcome To The New Administration – a promotional mixtape for 2008’s Folie à Deux. The song was re-recorded as a full version for the EP.

The song title refers to Lake Effect Weather, a weather phenomena in which warm water from lake regions evaporates in cold air and is deposited as snow in nearby areas. This phenomena is common in the Great Lakes region of America, where the band’s hometown of Chicago is located.