“The Children” is the first track off of Yeasayer’s 2010 album Odd Blood. The vocals are heavily manipulated and altered with pitch shifters and subwoofers, which are basically speakers that emphasize transmitting bass and deeper-pitched sounds.
Chris Keating, the vocalist of this song, says that “...
[Verse 1]
We are children and we'll give you trouble
If we don't like what you're doing and we think that it is wrong
Now we're satisfied, but when we're not
We are taking lives and making drones
[Chorus]
(?) The world that came from us
It makes the child
Dadada da da da dadada da dada da da
Dadada da da da dadada da dada da da
[Verse 2]
We are children, not the youth, not kids
It is not time to pretend my friend, this might just be the end
Shadow life that sits outside your door
We live inside your walls, we leak through floors
[Chorus]
(?) The world that came from us
It makes the child
Dadada da da da dadada da dada da da
Dadada da da da dadada da dada da da
The Children was written by Anand Wilder & Chris Keating & Ira Wolf Tuton & Yeasayer.
The Children was produced by Yeasayer.
Yeasayer released The Children on Mon Feb 08 2010.