Kids In The Dark (song)

"In Your Bed"
"****Kids In The Dark****"
"Feel For You"

"**Kids In The Dark**" is a song performed by Bat For Lashes. It serves as the first track on Bat For Lashes' fifth album, *Lost Girls*. It is the lead single from the album released on June 10, 2019.

## Background

The song was originally written for the Stephen King TV series *Castle Rock*, but Natasha and the song’s co-writer/co-producer, Charles Scott IV, got along so well they decided to keep meeting and made a full album together.

The song was teased with a series of short clips on Bat for Lashes' social media a week prior to the song’s release.

On September 5, 2019, Natasha shared an artwork for the track.

## Music and composition

In an interview with Rough Trade, Natasha said that writing “Kids in the Dark” made her realise that “living in LA, driving around in these peachy sunsets, falling in love, being in the car at night, winding the windows down, all the hot air and the neon, the mountains – all this stuff was permeating my consciousness, and making the most romantic impression.”

The song’s lyrics tell a fragment of the story about Nikki Pink – the protagonist of Khan’s girl-gang movie – falling in love.

> “The lyrics describe the nights they’re having together, where they’re just leaving the world behind and becoming little kids again. It’s a song about nestling and unfurling into something safe with somebody – even though these [vampires] are probably going to be coming soon to get her.”
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## Critical reception

The Rolling Stone opined:

> “The ambient, synth-laced track is a love song recalling times of youth as Khan croons, “Let’s take it down/To where the loving starts/Where we’re just kids in the dark.”
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SHOOTLINE opined:

> “The delicious first single “Kids in the Dark” sets the scene, with its opulent haze of 80’s synths and stuttering disco beats, but nothing in this topsy-turvy world is quite as it seems.”
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## Lyrics

Lying next to you

We could be on the moon

Tell me you’re not leaving

'Cause you're always on my mind

It's been such a dark night

Boy, I know you've been grieving

Riding through the pines

See you in the red light

And everything is on fire

Let's take it down

To the heart

Let's take it down

To where the loving starts

Where we're just kids in the dark

Lying next to you

And I wanna live for two

I tell you I'm never leaving

'Cause you're always on my mind

It's been such a hard time

But I know it's the real thing

Riding through the pines

See you in the red light

And everything is on fire

Let's take it down

To the heart

Let's take it down

To where the loving starts

Where we're just kids in the dark

## Official versions

* Album version — 03:29
* Livestream at Home. Los Angeles, 2021 — 03:35

## Credits

##### Personnel

* Natasha Khan — songwriting, production, vocals, synths, programming and mixing engineer.
* Charles Scott IV — songwriting, production, synths, programming, bass guitar and mixing engineer.
* Tony Cousins — mastering engineer.
* Tyler Karmen — engineer.
* Justin Bates — engineer.

## Gallery

Have you seen this lost girl?Bat For Lashes - Kids in the Dark (Official Audio)Bat For Lashes - Kids In The Dark (Live)
## References

1. ↑ Fox, Killian (August 17, 2019). "Bat for Lashes: ‘I didn’t know if I was going to make an album again’". *The Guardian*.
2. ↑ "have you seen this lost girl?". *Instagram*.
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Bl9u6nVGv/
4. ↑ "Bat For Lashes". *Rough Trade*.
5. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bat-for-lashes-preview-album-kids-in-the-dark-846151/
6. ↑ https://www.shootonline.com/spw-video/bat-lashes-kids-dark