Eleven Kidz Bop albums have been released to date. Each album features different pop music songs, played with music similar to the original, and with the "Kidz Bop Kids" singing instead of the original artist. Albums are typically released within a few months of each other and thus the songs included tend to be the hit songs of the current time, including such songs such as "Float On" (Modest Mouse), "This Love" (Maroon 5), and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day).
Although the albums are marketed as being "sanitized" versions of popular songs for children, many of the songs featured on the Kidz Bop albums still contain explicit sexual material, such as Rob Thomas's "Lonely No More," which some people consider inappropriate for younger audiences. Other featured songs, such as "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", contain profanity. Although the albums censor the actual word from the song, the context of the profanity remains. They also covered Green Day's hit "Wake Me Up When September Ends", which is about death.
The Kidz Bop video for their cover of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8r Boi", for instance, features the song being sung by a pre-teen girl in heavy make-up, fishnet stockings, and a Sex Pistols t-shirt.
Chasing Cars
Kidz Bop Lyrics
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We don't need anything or anyone
If I lay here, if I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
I don't quite know how to say, how I feel
Those three words are said too much, they're not enough
If I lay here, if I just lay here
Would you lie with me, and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
Let's waste time
Chasing cars around our heads
If I lay here, if I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
All that I am, all that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
I don't know where, confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all
If I lay here, if I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
The song "Chasing Cars" by KIDZ BOP Kids talks about how two people don't need anyone or anything else to be happy. They don't need anyone else's approval or validation because they have each other. The lyrics suggest that the two individuals are content with just being together, and they don't need the noise of the outside world. They want to lay together and escape from the world around them, to a place where their feelings, emotions, and love are the only things that seem to matter.
The lyrics also reflect how the singer doesn't quite know how to express their feelings for their partner, and feels like the three words "I love you" are insufficient to express what they're feeling. The singer wants to spend time with their partner and create real memories together, rather than just going through the motions of life. They want to forget about what they've been told about how they should live their lives and instead, experience the world in their own way.
Overall, the lyrics of "Chasing Cars" describe a simple and pure love between two individuals who want to spend their lives together. The song's melody is soft and gentle, matching the peaceful and tender emotions conveyed by the lyrics.
Line by Line Meaning
We'll do it all, everything on our own
We're confident we can handle anything that comes our way without external help
We don't need anything or anyone
We're self-sufficient and don't rely on others to fulfill our needs
If I lay here, if I just lay here
Instead of constantly moving and doing things, what if we just stayed still for a while?
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Let's enjoy each other's company and ignore the chaos around us
I don't quite know how to say, how I feel
Expressing my emotions is difficult for me
Those three words are said too much, they're not enough
Saying 'I love you' doesn't fully capture the depth of my feelings
Forget what we're told before we get too old
Let's make our own rules and not be constrained by societal expectations
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
I want to see something beautiful and vibrant
Let's waste time
There's no rush, let's enjoy the present moment
Chasing cars around our heads
Let's pursue something elusive and exciting
All that I am, all that I ever was
Everything that makes me who I am is reflected in your eyes
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
Your eyes are like a mirror that reflects back to me all that I am
I don't know where, confused about how as well
I'm lost and unsure about my direction in life
Just know that these things will never change for us at all
But I know that our love and connection will remain strong and constant
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Natah Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonathan Quinn, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson
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