“Run It” is the fourth original single ever released by Midnight Kids, an EDM and pop duo consisting of Kyle Girard and Dylan Lee. The song was also the first of two more singles released in the lead-up to their debut EP, The Lost Youth.
Featuring singer-songwriter Annika Wells, who has previously...
[Verse 1]
I remember when, in the summer winds
We would speed down the 405, playing The Who
With the red lights and adrenaline
We had young blood in our veins and dirt on our shoes
[Pre-Chorus]
But you sold that car the year you finished school
And I stopped wearing that faded pair of shoes
We got so wrapped up in the clouds, we fell through
Hey! Hey! Hey! Oh!
[Chorus]
We just want to stay this young for
Every day the bills keep coming
All the bullshit we're all stuck in
Take me back to, when we'd just drive
Think it's time that we said "Fuck it"
Red light, let's run it
[Verse 2]
I'm sitting in line, on the 405
When the same song that we'd sing is playing outside (Is playing outside)
I got the windows up but I can hear enough
For it to bring me back to the way we loved
Feeling so big, feeling sober, feeling alive
[Pre-Chorus]
But you sold that car the year you finished school
And I stopped wearing that faded pair of shoes
We got so wrapped up in the clouds, we fell through
Hey! Hey! Hey! Oh!
[Chorus]
We just want to stay this young for
Every day the bills keep coming
All the bullshit we're all stuck in
Take me back to, when we'd just drive
Think it's time that we said "Fuck it"
Red light, let's run it
[Bridge]
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
[Pre-Chorus]
You sold that car the year you finished school
And I stopped wearing that faded pair of shoes
We got, so wrapped up in the clouds, we fell through
Hey! Hey! Hey! Oh!
[Chorus]
We just want to stay this young for
Every day the bills keep coming
All the bullshit we're all stuck in
Take me back to, when we'd just drive
Think it's time that we said "Fuck it"
Red light, let's run it
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Red light, let's run it (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Oh-oh, oh-oh, let's run it (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Oh-oh, oh-oh, let's run it (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Oh-oh, oh-oh, let's run it (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Red light, let's run it (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
[Outro]
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Run It was written by Dylan Lee & Annika Wells & Isaiah Tejada & Dani Poppitt & Kyle Girard.
Run It was produced by Midnight Kids.
Midnight Kids released Run It on Tue Dec 10 2019.
From the moment we heard the original Run It demo, we were instantly hooked. We started by making the chorus section first, the production plays with the vocal in such a way that it creates a really cool bouncing groove. From there, we designed the rest of the song trying to match the tone of the vo...