Pumped up kicks: I used to rule the cafeteria, you know. Dark side: Sure dad.

*quiet kid plays darkside on his phone* Other kids: we're in the endgame now

Quiet kid: **Listens to darkside** Everybody else in a 100 mile radius: Objective: survive

I think way too much about music, how I interpreted it: the guitar solo is the shooting. You hear the clock ticking in the bridge, especially in verse two. In verse two there is another addition to aid to the theory, "when the time comes that he count to ten, ain't nobody ever gon' fuck with him again." The bridge isn't quite ten seconds, but in the moments leading up to a tragedy there is a LOT going through that persons mind and time will seem slower or faster depending on the amount of certain chemicals flooding their systems. "Decided when the lunch bell rings, that he'll sing" the second buildup starts, again a bit more than ten seconds. Given time is slightly altered as the kid makes this decision though, could account for the difference. You hear the "guitar" building, that's just the weapon being readied, the solo being him "singing" or letting loose all the aggression. On top of that the ticking clock blends in more as the lead up builds; eventually it fades almost entirely as the lead up hits the drop, potentially symbolic in a sense of heart rate climbing leading up to the tragedy. The first instance of the solo could be the fantasy of the shooting, the kid thinking that's the only way and glorifying how this will make him "powerful" against his oppressors. The second solo being the actual tragedy happening. The final solo being either a potential wind-down in a possible story of the shooter meeting his end (his hands or authorities): alternately a second wind to the tragedy and the song ends unresolved in the fact that a tragedy occurred that could have been avoided ( barring humans were more decent to each other).

He protecc He got semi automatic on his bacc Let’s hope he has no more anxiety attacc

Someone: "what genre of music do you li-" Me: *grandson* Someone: Me:

That feeling of pure and unimaginable terror, though, when your headphones unplug while listening to this in class.

hi

Every grandson song is a new experience, I love every single one

_this needs an official video..._

Jokes on you, I'm best friends with all the quiet kids. I'm invincible.

when we hear the quiet kid singing this, *thats when it all ends*

He protecc He attacc But most importantly, *he got a semi- automatic on* *his bacc*

The lyrics: The kid has got a dark side My brain: The kidney's got a dark side

This song: exists Every single one of us American kids: hehe how’d you know??

as a "quiet kid" this was my official soundtrack

teacher: on this piece of paper write down your favorite song so we can make a class playlist me: Darkside FBI: oPeN uP

I listened to this is school and now I think I'm on the FBI watch list.

Lycris: Then he'll sing. Me: Then the hell sings.

Kids with guns: Are ya winning son? Pumped up kicks: Yes dad I am _ Pumped up kicks: Are ya winning son Darkside: *i n d e e d.*

This song made me realize the true art of grandson's music, at least to me. All of his songs speak of very dark, but all so very real and serious topics, that I usually view as distant to me, so I do not normally think of them. If I ever do think of them it's usually in a fictional context, since I read a lot of fiction, especially sci-fi and fantasy. grandson's songs bring those topics closer and with that make me realize how real and impactful they actually are, which I think is one of the goals of his music, and I appreciate that.

this is so terrifyingly real and eerie i'm honestly shocked. from the childish la la la to the school bell, this song is so expressing and honestly the lyrics that are trying to justify the actions of a kid, it gives me chills. thank you for this masterpiece! 🙌🏻

he protecc, he attacc, but most importantly, his father never bothered to ascc

“He never went to check under his bed, he was living with the monsters in his head” wow that shit hit way too hard for me

Lyrics: "Thoughts and Prayers" Beat: "Blood Water" Masterpiece.

Grandson: Dark Side Me, an intellectual; *_pumped up kicks 2_*

You can't convince me this isn't the modern rock version of pumped up kicks

Me: *humming along to the song* My brain: hm this person sounds like me- The shadow in the corner of my room: y e a h

I think grandson missed a golden opportunity to include some gunshot sounds in the drop. Would be very fitting and accentuate the eerie side of the song : )

grandson was once this singer I knew, and I kept as a hidden gem from my colleagues. Now, I want him to shine brighter than a diamond! ✖✖

Why do all his songs hit my freakin soul man... I'm glad I found Grandson's music

As a quiet kid myself, I get the parts about monsters in his head but I feel really bad for people that go along with the rest of the song. I think, maybe this is just for me but when people get to know me I’m a great guy to be friends with, I’m just a hardcore introvert with too many thoughts.

Another perfect song. I want to tell you this: I listen your songs everyday and I like what you do.

This is one of those songs that makes me know that my headphones are shit

2018: Darkside (Alan Walker) 2019: Darkside (grandson) 2021: Darkside (Neoni) We need more "Darkside" s

quiet kid: other kids: where in the endgame now

You realize that all of the violence and school shootings would be avoided if someone actually cared. The only reason why violence occurs is because of apathy. Not only are the children apathetic to the individual's feelings, the adults are too, and this is absolutely destructive. This is what actually destroys us: our carelessness.

Grandson: Darkside Me, an intellectual: Kids With Guns 3.0

My favorite songs from grandson. 1:blood//water 2:darkside 3:overdose: ]

i like the fact that grandson's type of music is about real life things people think about and have experienced so it makes a original story which you can easly know

Every song by you knocks me out of my chair

This song: *exists* Every gacha KZfaqr: let me just take it really quick

"The kid has got a darkside." me: "The Kittys got a darkside." 🐱

school: “what music should we listen to?” Everyone in the class: “MARY DID YOU KNOW” Me: “DARKSIDE!!!” The FBI: “we have another one guys”

rage against the machine's soul lives inside it's grandson

never been more excited for anything in my life

Everyone talking about how the Quited kid is like this, but . . . No one's asking how the Quiet kid *feels*

If Grandson is reading this, I hope you know how much you mean to me. You have helped get me through a really rough time in my life and this song in particular helped me realize that some people have it worse than I do. Grandson, you are a magnificent being. Keep creating music!

Within every song I feel this rage within my heart, its a good feeling.

dude do you ever make bad music? like wtf every song you make hits me into another dimension lmao ✖️✖️ thank you sm for likes ly ❤️

This needs a official video...

My little sister next to me: *plays tick tock by Ke$ha without headphones* My parents: Our children are so nice, aren't they! Meanwhile in my headphones: *darkside*

“The kid has got a dark side, that you don’t want to meet” I felt that

I don’t know a single guy who listens to grandson and it’s so sad because everybody who listens to grandson is PERFECT Some guy like that would be perfect for me ugh

"Ain't no body gonna fuck with him again" *fanaticizes about killing my enemy feeling badass* *while drinking my Capri-sun*

bully: "your nothing" kid: "i am something....your end"

4 releases at once? Hold my tea, I'm watching these on repeat for the next 10 hours.

I JUST opened youtube only to see this. GOLD

Warrior nun brought me here. WOW!!!! Loving your work 🙌🏽

If you notice there's a ticking clock in the background it is especially prominent in the chorus and for me, that adds a whole new level of creepy-ness

I’ve thought of shooting up my school a few times because of bullying and my family issues, but eventually made a few friends, and opened up. They supported me fully and one of them were basically a therapist to me. I was always known as the quiet and nice kid, but now I’m loud and obnoxious, which makes me get bullied more, but it has gone down since then, and is just verbal, not physical. My grades have also gone up, my mom left my dad, which made me so happy and less stressed. He’d physically and mentally abuse me, and sometimes my mom, but I’d always interfere before he hit her, but sometimes I wasn’t there. My life has gotten better, but for some people this is not the case. I wish everyone luck. And in case anyone was wondering, I’m 15, and it has been a few months since all that happened.

It's 3:40 am right now damn

Grandson never makes bad songs

Listen to that guitar sing and Jordan’s/Grandson’s reaction to the guitar! It gets me every time.

probability of grandson making a bad song: *0%*

My friends: What are you listening? Me: *Pumped up kicks 2.0 but best*

This song makes me feel badass and motivated to write some dark shit(i have a large passion for writing and spend a lot of time on it)

Ain’t nobody gunna FUCK with him again Love that line

Darkside x Pumped up kicks

The kid has got a darkside Best believe it Push too far you'll see The kid has got a darkside Back against the wall La la la la la The kid has got a darkside Best believe it’s the last trick up his sleeve The kid has got a darkside That you don't wanna meet at all They always picked on him in the class He would wake up with anxiety attacks So he put a semi-automatic on his back He got murder in his eyes He wore the silence like a mask Now he's making up for all the violence in his past Took it from his father Who never bothered to ask What his son had on his mind The kid has got a darkside Best believe it Push too far you’ll see The kid has got a darkside Back against the wall La la la la la The kid has got a darkside Best believe it's the last trick up his sleeve The kid has got a darkside That you don't wanna meet at all The kid has got a- The kid has got a darkside La la la la la He never went to check under his bed He was living with the monsters in his head Sick of getting beat up He listened, what they said Told him do some very bad things And when the time comes That he count to ten Ain't nobody ever gon' fuck with him again Feeling all alone, it was him against them Decided when the lunch bell rings That he'll sing The kid has got a darkside Best believe it Push too far you'll see The kid has got a darkside Back against the wall La la la la la The kid has got a darkside Best believe it's the last trick up his sleeve The kid has got a darkside That you don’t wanna meet at all The kid has got a- The kid has got a darkside La la la la la You can’t run, you can't hide You can’t run, you can't hide Someone let me off this ride You can't run, you can't hide The kid has got a darkside The kid has got a darkside The kid has got a darkside ty LyricsFreak :D XX

Grandson and NF should make a song, that would be the best song to exist

At 3:06, you can actually hear gunshots if you focus enough. I like the detail that you put out grandson.

Did you break the replay button? here are some free ones! 0:00 0:00 0:00

This song helped me so much It ment I could talk to my friends about how I felt cause I was suffering from depression and mild PTSD from my younger life Thanks grandson for giving me a voice again

my mind during this whole song: *the kitties got a dark side best believe it*

I adore the song. I even listen in the car! and then there's Blood Water. The room is beautiful. I love both of them. My favorite songs as a Turk. (Written from translation.)

I got so many chills from this...

This just made my entire day. Loved it ✖✖

This song makes me feel powerful I love it

This song seems to discribe only one kid to an extream but actually it discribes all of us. push to far and you'll either see us die or the people around us get hurt/die

[Intro] The kid has got a dark side Best believe it, push too far you'll see The kid has got a dark side Back against the wall La la la la la The kid has got a dark side Best believe it’s the last trick up his sleeve The kid has got a dark side That you don't wanna meet at all, oh-oh [Verse 1] They always picked on him in the class He would wake up with anxiety attacks So he put a semi-automatic on his back He got murder in his eyes, uh, yeah He wore his silence like a mask Now he's making up for all the violence in his past Took it from his father who never bothered to ask What his son had on his mind [Chorus] The kid has got a dark side Best believe it, push too far you’ll see The kid has got a dark side Back against the wall La la la la la The kid has got a dark side Best believe it's the last trick up his sleeve The kid has got a dark side That you don't wanna meet at all The kid has got a- [Post-Chorus] The kid has got a dark side La la la la la [Verse 2] He never went to check under his bed He was living with the monsters in his head Sick of getting beat up He listened, what they said Told him do some very bad things And when the time comes that he count to ten Ain't nobody ever gon' fuck with him again Feeling all alone, it was him against them Decided when the lunch bell rings That he'll sing [Chorus] The kid has got a dark side Best believe it, push too far you'll see The kid has got a dark side Back against the wall La la la la la The kid has got a dark side Best believe it's the last trick up his sleeve The kid has got a dark side That you don’t wanna meet at all The kid has got a- [Post-Chorus] The kid has got a dark side La la la la la [Outro] You can’t run, you can't hide (The kid has got a-) You can’t run, you can't hide Someone let me off this ride (The kid has got a-) You can't run, you can't hide The kid has got a dark side The kid has got a dark side The kid has got a dark side

Hey, you. Yeah, you. You probably already saw "Read More" and gave up reading this. Well, you can leave if you want to. Oh, decided to stick around? Thank you. See, maybe you're going through a lot right now. Or maybe you're alright. But no one can be happy all the time. So at some point you were sad. And that's okay. Everyone gets sad. So, if you feel like crying, just do it. If anyone judges you, well, f*ck them. You have the right to cry. While sometimes it seems like it only makes things worse, it actually helps. It helps because those bad feelings are no longer inside you. And if it does nothing, that's okay too. Don't feel bad about yourself. You're perfect. You're perfect because in fact, no one is perfect. So actually, everyone is perfect. Okay, maybe you got a little confused over there. But even the most perfect of humans has their imperfections. Maybe you woke up today and thought living is just eternal torture. Yeah, we all had that thought. Truth is, life can be anything, it really depends how you see it. So, you can see hard times as torture, or you can see them as a challenge that you have to overcome yourself. Because nothing feels better than beating a challenge. And I know you can do it. Anyone can. You just have to be patient. Of course that won't be easy. But great satisfaction does not come with easy challenges. Okay, so maybe you're thinking right now "oh, this is one of those 'you're special' texts, they don't work, I'm leaving". Well, this kind of is a text to show you're special, but also is to show that self-depreciation is a part of life. And I've been there. I know how it is to feel like you don't belong in this world. Like you have no real friends, or your family doesn't support you. It is awful. But it helped me. Because now I know, that just saying "you're important to someone" isn't enough. To prove a theory, one needs proof. So here I am. Writing this little message. It was something I wrote because I felt like some of you might need a similar helping hand. And again, if you read all of this, you made my day happier. Like, way happier. I will be forever grateful. (oh, and you're special

The guitar part or whatever is always hits bro,probably one of the best gacha songs from my past.

This song is so relatable to me I'm the shy and quiet kid who gets abused

I love it man. Strong lyrics like always! The fact of bullying is the worst, I have experienced that for 3 years when I was in Spain( I'm from Romania), highschool, 11 in 2011 years old, me vs the world. A lot of big guys insulting me for everything, my face, my legs, eyes, ears, accent, nationality, they have punched me sometimes and one time one of them pointed me with a knife at my throat. One day I punched a guy who insulted the name of my mother. Since that day I try to avoid violence everytime I can. Everyday was a pain inside my head, but I have passed through. Maybe the lyrics are written to an extreme situation, but the meaning ilustrates it all. Well done guys! Big hug for you and the rest of us who are there, fighting each day. P.S: I'm in love with your songs since the beggining :)

i accidentally played this out loud in my maths class and my teacher was like "anna oU-"

WOW. I was not prepared for those epic bass drops! Awesome!

If this gets an official video or animation its gonna get banned in America. 😂😂😂 The topic of Grandson's Songs are very dark, disturbing and real. From his Blood and Water being about corrupt politicians to this being about School Shooters.

I love that grandson don't shy away from hard hitting topics. It's amazing that they can address them through incredible music.

thoughts& prayers 2.0

We knew a legend before he became a myth

I just saw someone who thought the lyrics were "kitty's got a dark side" That cat is fucking terrifying

Dope!

This is underrated. TOO underrated. Great music fam!

i forgot how good his songs were

Me: hehe you better run *Plays music* Cheater: at this moment he knew he f**ked up Next day missing

I absolutely am loving Vol. 2, I thought Vol. 1 was great, but this? Holy shit man! Please keep this coming?? Cause I found the next 5 songs I'll listen to on repeat

I love the processing on his vocals.

This song gives me chills so thanks for making a song that takes aim and hits right in the soul

this song reminds me of the five from the umbrella academy