stay kids stay kids song recorded american rock band fourth studio album released final single album february track composed primarily guitarist based lyrics parents divorce effect song original music video directed depicts band performing home destroyed ball metaphor divorce clip shot following attacks band label deeming imagery similar collapse song received positive reviews contemporary music critics complimented tone hit rock radio united_states peaked number seven chart background stay kids written divorce point view helpless child heavier sound inspired bands group members listening weeks wrote fourth album refused primarily written guitarist song biographical nature bassist growing parents divorced years old sent live father thing realize older parents don know hell parent got understand people human mistakes said remembered learning parents divorce discovered marks home right knew dad dragged furniture single recalled spoke song inspiration tone subject matter considered band darker songs alongside adam song single revolving suicide told interviewer time album release song try push new record think lot different stuff people wouldn expect new stay kids later confirmed received fans song message stay kid kid kid saying know exactly talking song life divorce statistics times higher average thirty years prior percent marriages ending divorce look statistics percent parents divorced going pretty large group kids don agree parents said stay final song completed recording sessions created day album handed mixing engineer composition stay kids set time signature common time tempo beats minute composed key major vocals spanning split vocals song handling verses singing choruses verses lyrics detail marriage gone fix problems solve makes sense song fades singing right commercial performance stay kids released single live tracks video extras debuted billboard chart issue dated september number gradually rising peak position seven issue dated november single spent weeks chart appearing time issue dated march peaked number spent weeks bubbling hot singles chart documents singles chart main chart billboard hot june song accumulated spins radio united_states received certified outside song charted germany reached peak reception stay kids received positive reviews contemporary music critics rolling_stone deemed song bleak describing broken family billboard wrote song remains compelling suggesting park hey band catalogue slant_magazine called best track album writing surprising content marriage resisting divorce certainly appeal generation youth subjected massive divorce epidemic hints saying concrete blender compared song popular songs rock bands divorce broken home bad commenting 90s generation ended interviewed remarked response divorce effect children damaged generation yeah popular culture song played acoustic guitar soldier war afghanistan near end film music video music video stay kids directed best known work clip perform suburban home destroyed ball metaphor marriage video opens claiming percent american households destroyed divorce band filmed music video september los_angeles days preceding terrorist attacks following events band label felt clip images evocative footage collapse band ended recording entire video production crew setting changed mansion populated shouting teens original uncut video released chronicles harder faster faster harder home video band video widely available online sites like youtube track listing songs written composed chart positions
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