[Verse 1]
Ann wants to cross their fingers when they're lyin' to me
It ain't cheap to keep their attention, their best intentions are the worst to me
Dark matter outside our bedroom, so vague and contentious
I can't believe you think it's simple, so fucking simple
I'm caught in the fallout, while they're caught living free
[Chorus]
K-O kid gonna give it up
K-O kid gonna shut it off (Caught living free)
K-O kid gonna give it up
K-O kid gonna shut it off
K-O kid gonna give it up
K-O kid gonna shut it off
K-O kid gonna give it up, give it up
[Verse 2]
Ann, fuck your affections, there are no excuses for empty speak
So cliche, the lover and the poet, the things that held us back then
I feel so guilty that it all comes back to me
[Chorus]
K-O kid gonna give it up (K-O)
K-O kid gonna shut it off
K-O kid gonna give it up
K-O kid gonna shut it off
K-O kid gonna give it up
K-O kid gonna shut it off
K-O kid gonna give it up, give it up
[Verse 3]
Aim, point and fire, shit, I'm lyin' but I love the gun
So cliche, the bullets from the shooter, bullets 'til I lose them
I feel so guilty when it all comes back to me
[Chorus]
K-O kid gonna give it up
K-O kid gonna shut it off
K-O kid gonna give it up
K-O kid gonna shut it off
K-O kid gonna give it up
K-O kid gonna shut it off
K-O kid gonna give it up, give it up
[Outro]
Such an able artifact
From the catch on feel
From the whole corporation
To the wind underneath
To the aching artifact
Where the good kids go
To the troubled paradise
Where the good kids go
KO-Kid was written by Lupin.
I had the KO Kid guitar progression for a long time before I eventually worked it into a finished track […] I was having a really difficult time trying to write a melody over it, so one day I decided to just improvise the vocals for the verses, which is why the melody feels more off the cuff than th...