“Pitchfork Kids” is the sixth track in AJR’s full-length debut album. “Pitchfork Kids” also appeared on an initial EP, Infinity. According to Jack Met, the band wrote the song about the music website Pitchfork.com.
Ryan Met explained in a Spotify Track-by-Track Commentary episode:
The production i...
[Verse 1]
I didn't know her, couldn't hold her
Bones didn't settle in
She's gotta have it, gotta have it
Oh, with her hipster friends
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh oh, she's the rough and the rowdiest kid
Oh oh, and there's more where she lives
[Chorus]
And why should I spend time running for my life?
And when the skies are open, we'll still be singing this
I know they're coming for me, we're not the pitchfork kids
Oh oh, it's the loneliest life that we live
Oh oh, we're not running with the pitchfork kids
[Verse 2]
The moon is upon us, gaining on us
She's crossed there, to stay
We had to part, couldn't break her heart 'cause their blood pumps through her veins
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh oh, she's the rough and the rowdiest kid
Oh oh, and there's more where she lives
[Chorus]
And why should I spend time running for my life?
And when the skies are open, we'll still be singing this
I know they're coming for me, we're not the pitchfork kids
Oh oh, it's the loneliest life that we live
Oh oh, we're not running with the pitchfork kids
[Outro]
And why should I spend time running for my life?
It's the loneliest life that we live
We're not running with the pitchfork kids
And when the skies are open, we'll still be singing this
I know they're coming for me, we're not the pitchfork kids
Oh oh, it's the loneliest life that we live
Oh oh, we're not running with the pitchfork kids