NME named this as a “standout” on the album, and even placed it as their fifth favorite KOL song of all time. Given the title, it’s likely about their exuberant past, and how the subsequently turnedtheir back on the wild, embracing a cleaner future.
[Verse 1]
Like in a mainstream melody
Oh I want to take you in
If you come around
I come a running
Waltz through the fire again
The weight of the wind is kicking up
Every little sting is you
Plucked from the vine
Ahead of its time
Only if you want me to
[Chorus]
Wild heartbreak and wonder
Time, rolling like thunder
Brace for the explosion
Wild blissfully open
[Verse 2]
I spent the night on a riverside
Trying to recall my name
Head full of bends all sinking in
Something has it gone insane
The shape of the light comes screaming in
Harsh enough to see it through
Something in the air and the water tonight
Rising from the best of you
[Chorus]
Wild heartbreak and wonder
Time, rolling like thunder
Brace for the explosion
Wild blissfully open
[Chorus]
Wild heartbreak and wonder
Time, rolling like thunder
Brace for the explosion
Wild blissfully open
Wild was written by Caleb Followill & Nathan Followill & Jared Followill & Matthew Followill.
Wild was produced by Markus Dravs.
Kings of Leon released Wild on Fri Oct 14 2016.