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| type          = Single
| artist        = [[The Midnight]]
| album        = [[Kids]]
| released      = * {{start date|2018|08|3}}
| length        = {{duration|m=4|s=1}}
| label        = * The Midnight Music
| writer        = * [[Tim McEwan]]
* [[Tyler Lyle]]
| producer      = Tim McEwan
| tracks  = {{Hidden
| title        =
| text        = Kids
# "[[Youth]]"
# "[[Wave]]"
# "[[Kids (Prelude)]]"
# "[[Lost Boy]]"
# "[[Saturday Mornings (Interlude)]]"
# "[[Explorers]]"
# "[[America 2]]"
# "[[Arcade Dreams]]"
# "[[Kids (Reprise)]]"
}}
| misc          = {{Extra chronology
| artist    = The Midnight singles
| type      =
| prev_title = [[File:Lost boy - single.jpg|50px|link=|frameless]]<br>[[Lost Boy]]
| prev_year  = 2018
| title      = [[File:America 2 - single.jpg|50px|link=|frameless]]<br>America 2
| year      = 2018
| next_title = [[File:Arcade dreams - single.jpg|50px|link=|frameless]]<br>[[Arcade Dreams]]
| next_year  = 2018
}}
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'''America 2'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2018 |title=America 2 {{!}} The Midnight |url=https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/america-2-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216044753/https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/america-2-2 |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |website=Bandcamp}}</ref> is a song by [[The Midnight]]. It is the second single and seventh track from their album [[Kids]]. The single was released on August 3, 2018.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=August 3, 2018 |title=America 2 {{!}} The Midnight |url=https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/america-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212020945/https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/america-2 |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |website=Bandcamp}}</ref>


[<nowiki/>[[File:/releases/america_2_-_single.jpg|class=align-right|America 2 single cover]]] '''America 2'''<ref>https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/america-2-2</ref> is a song by [[people/the_midnight|the_midnight]]. It is the second single and seventh track from their album [[releases/kids|kids]]. The single was released on August 3, 2018.<ref>https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/america-2</ref><span id="track-info"></span>
The song was written by band members [[Tim McEwan]] and [[Tyler Lyle]] and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of four minutes and one second and is in the key of [[wikipedia:B-flat major|B-flat major]].
== Track info ==


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The line &quot;I've come to look for America too&quot; is an interpolation of the line &quot;I've gone to look for America&quot; from the song [[wikipedia:America (Simon & Garfunkel song)|America]] by [[wikipedia:Simon & Garfunkel|Simon &amp; Garfunkel]] - Lyle wrote ''America 2'' as a response to that song from a pessimist's point of view.<ref>Mentioned on a Twitch stream in February 2021.</ref> Additionally, the date on the single artwork, June 4, 1984, is a reference to the release of the [[wikipedia:Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen]] album [[wikipedia:Born in the U.S.A.|Born in the U.S.A.]].
The song was written by band members [[people/tim_mcewan|tim_mcewan]] and [[people/tyler_lyle|tyler_lyle]] and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of four minutes and one second and is in the key of [[WP>B-flat major|B-flat major]].


The line &quot;I've come to look for America too&quot; is an interpolation of the line &quot;I've gone to look for America&quot; from the song [[WP>America (Simon & Garfunkel song)|America]] by [[WP>Simon & Garfunkel|Simon &amp; Garfunkel]] - Lyle wrote ''America 2'' as a response to that song from a pessimist's point of view.<ref>Mentioned on a Twitch stream in February 2021.</ref> Additionally, the date on the single artwork, June 4, 1984, is a reference to the release of the [[WP>Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen]] album [[WP>Born in the U.S.A.|Born in the U.S.A.]].


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== Demo version ==
== Demo version ==
An early demo of ''America 2'' was released as a prize during the [[Fall 2020 ARG]]. Titled ''America 2 Demo'', it is a stripped-down, acoustic version of the song that has no instrumentation other than Tyler Lyle's vocals and guitar. It was originally released as part of an episode from Lyle's podcast ''From The Secret Lair''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2018 |title=25. The Starter Home #1: The Car That Ate Downtown {{!}} Tyler Lyle |url=https://tylerlyle.bandcamp.com/album/25-the-starter-home-1-the-car-that-ate-downtown |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428035556/https://tylerlyle.bandcamp.com/album/25-the-starter-home-1-the-car-that-ate-downtown |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |website=Bandcamp}}</ref><br />


An early [[demos|demo]] of ''America 2'' was released as a prize during the [[lore/1991_txt_arg|Fall 2020 alternate reality game (ARG)]]. Titled ''America 2 Demo'', it is a stripped-down, acoustic version of the song that has no instrumentation other than Tyler Lyle's vocals and guitar. It was originally released as part of an episode from Lyle's podcast ''From The Secret Lair''.<ref>https://tylerlyle.bandcamp.com/album/25-the-starter-home-1-the-car-that-ate-downtown</ref><br />
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== Track listing ==
 
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== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
 
<blockquote>
<blockquote>I made my home in a ten-ton bomb
<poem>
I made my home in a ten-ton bomb
And I was so happy with 28 years of free fallin’
And I was so happy with 28 years of free fallin’
But now it’s all guts and I’m bawlin'
But now it’s all guts and I’m bawlin'
She was born in a tenement walk-up
She was born in a tenement walk-up
With shit for nerves, you know she never learned to talk to adults
With shit for nerves, you know she never learned to talk to adults
She said ‘everything's easier in here’</blockquote>
She said ‘everything's easier in here’
&gt;


<blockquote>Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash
Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash
When the music is through, no she don’t look back
When the music is through, no she don’t look back
I’ve come to look for America too</blockquote>
I’ve come to look for America too
&gt;


<blockquote>All I ever wanted was a spot in the mountains
All I ever wanted was a spot in the mountains
With an a-frame cabin and nobody counting our days
With an a-frame cabin and nobody counting our days
Or cursing or praising our name
Or cursing or praising our name
But the best we could do is to enter the void
But the best we could do is to enter the void
Like a wide-eyed child waking up to the noise of East Harlem
Like a wide-eyed child waking up to the noise of East Harlem
Don’t they see that we’re starving?</blockquote>
Don’t they see that we’re starving?
&gt;


<blockquote>Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash
Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash
When the music is through no she don’t look back
When the music is through no she don’t look back
I’ve come to look for America too
I’ve come to look for America too
And we stole the car on the 4th of July
And we stole the car on the 4th of July
I pawned my guitar and we drove through the night
I pawned my guitar and we drove through the night
I’ve come to look for America too</blockquote>
I’ve come to look for America too
Lyrics source<ref>https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/america-2-2</ref>
</poem>
</blockquote>
Lyrics source<ref name=":0" />
 
== Official versions ==
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== References ==
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[[Category:Demos]]
 
[[Category:Songs]]
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[[Category:Songs]]‎</noinclude>
[[Category:Kids]]
[[Category:Kids]]
[[Category:Singles]]{{TheMidnight}}

Latest revision as of 23:23, 19 April 2024

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"America 2"
Single by The Midnight
from the album Kids
Released
  • August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)
Length4:01
Label
  • The Midnight Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tim McEwan
Kids track listing

Kids

  1. "Youth"
  2. "Wave"
  3. "Kids (Prelude)"
  4. "Lost Boy"
  5. "Saturday Mornings (Interlude)"
  6. "Explorers"
  7. "America 2"
  8. "Arcade Dreams"
  9. "Kids (Reprise)"
The Midnight singles chronology
Lost boy - single.jpg
Lost Boy
(2018) 		America 2 - single.jpg
America 2
(2018) 		Arcade dreams - single.jpg
Arcade Dreams
(2018)

America 2[1] is a song by The Midnight. It is the second single and seventh track from their album Kids. The single was released on August 3, 2018.[2]

The song was written by band members Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of four minutes and one second and is in the key of B-flat major.

The line "I've come to look for America too" is an interpolation of the line "I've gone to look for America" from the song America by Simon & Garfunkel - Lyle wrote America 2 as a response to that song from a pessimist's point of view.[3] Additionally, the date on the single artwork, June 4, 1984, is a reference to the release of the Bruce Springsteen album Born in the U.S.A..


Demo version

An early demo of America 2 was released as a prize during the Fall 2020 ARG. Titled America 2 Demo, it is a stripped-down, acoustic version of the song that has no instrumentation other than Tyler Lyle's vocals and guitar. It was originally released as part of an episode from Lyle's podcast From The Secret Lair.[4]

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Lyrics

I made my home in a ten-ton bomb
And I was so happy with 28 years of free fallin’
But now it’s all guts and I’m bawlin'
She was born in a tenement walk-up
With shit for nerves, you know she never learned to talk to adults
She said ‘everything's easier in here’

Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash
When the music is through, no she don’t look back
I’ve come to look for America too

All I ever wanted was a spot in the mountains
With an a-frame cabin and nobody counting our days
Or cursing or praising our name
But the best we could do is to enter the void
Like a wide-eyed child waking up to the noise of East Harlem
Don’t they see that we’re starving?

Like the dancer with bruises who gathers the cash
When the music is through no she don’t look back
I’ve come to look for America too
And we stole the car on the 4th of July
I pawned my guitar and we drove through the night
I’ve come to look for America too

Lyrics source[2]

Official versions

America 2

from Kids

America 2 (Instrumental)

from Kids (The Instrumentals)

References

  1. ↑ "America 2 | The Midnight". Bandcamp. September 21, 2018. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "America 2 | The Midnight". Bandcamp. August 3, 2018. Archived from the original on February 12, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  3. ↑ Mentioned on a Twitch stream in February 2021.
  4. ↑ "25. The Starter Home #1: The Car That Ate Downtown | Tyler Lyle". Bandcamp. January 15, 2018. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2022.

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