Couple of Kids

"**Couple of Kids**" is the second single by Maggie Lindemann, written by herself, John Cunningham and Mree and produced by Jayson DeZuzio. It was released on October 30, 2015.

## Background & Composition

Although being her second single, this was the first song Maggie wrote professionally. It was written in early 2015, along with Knocking on Your Heart on Maggie's first sessions after signing with Gerald Tennison in Los Angeles.

In an interview with Vice, Maggie explained the meaning behind the song:

"*Couple of Kids* is about being in a relationship that is next to naive, it's wild and free. At some point, every teenager should experience a relationship in which all he/she wants to do is be with that person they're so addicted to. This song resonates that emotion of infatuation, and how it is possible to be blinded by a feeling you've never experienced. Love is love at any age and it's so freaking annoying that society discounts the way kids feel many times. There’s a line in the song that goes, “Gravity, it pulls me into you." I have definitely felt gravity pull me closer to someone I just couldn't be with. We were just a couple of kids when we met."
When the song was first recorded, a lot of ideas and different style of productions were experimented but Maggie said they "didn't fit right". However, in early 2015 a snippet of an early demo for the song leaked online and many fans praised the song and said they identified with it, which made Maggie decide she wanted to release the song and so she went back in the studio to re-record it just a few weeks before the release and did a single vocal take that ended up being the final one. The vulnerable vocals were paired with a stripped down production in order to convey the songs emotional meaning. About the songs goals, Maggie told Vice in 2015:

"The goal of this release isn't to chart or trend, but to reveal my artistry and share my story."
At first, the song alongside **Knocking on Your Heart** were supposed to appear in a debut project set to be released in late 2015–early 2016, but the project was later scrapped due to unknown reasons.

## Official versions

* Single version — 3:42
* Demo version — 0:50 (snippet)

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Take me back to the night, we met in the yard

Climbing up to the roof, hidden in the dark

With a bottle of wine for two, though I'm already drunk off you

Then we both fell asleep, underneath the stars

[Pre-Chorus]

We're young and naive, and you're tellin' me

That someday we'll run off together

I'm startin' to think, I'm stuck in a dream

'Cause we're young and we don't know better

[Chorus]

Now I'm fallin' heavily, recklessly

Trying not to lose my sensibility

But gravity, it pulls me into you

We're just a couple of kids

We're just a couple of kids

Sneakin' out late for a kiss

'Cause we're just a couple of kids

[Verse 2]

When I'm wrapped in your arms, I never feel a thing

Livin' life on a whim, it's never a routine

And it's troubling to live this way

When you never know where you'll stay

But we live and we learn, and I wouldn't change a thing

[Pre-Chorus]

We're young and naive, and you're tellin' me

That someday we'll run off together

I'm startin' to think, I'm stuck in a dream

'Cause we're young and we don't know better

[Chorus]

Now I'm fallin' heavily, recklessly

Trying not to lose my sensibility

But gravity, it pulls me into you

We're just a couple of kids

We're just a couple of kids

Sneakin' out late for a kiss

'Cause we're just a couple of kids

'Cause we're just a couple of kids

[Outro]

Now I'm fallin' heavily, recklessly

Trying not to lose my sensibility

But gravity, it pulls me into you

We're just a couple of kids

We're just a couple of kids

Sneakin' out late for a kiss

'Cause we're just a couple of kids