While the previous song on K.G., “Straws in the Wind,” talks about the uncertain times we face, “Some of Us” provides a similar yet larger topic. Humans have existed for millions of years and in that time we’ve seen civilizations rise and fall. Historians have documented our path from apes swinging around to technologically advanced creatures, yet despite having knowledge of our previous failings, only some of us take them with any importance. Instead of learning from the past and the knowledge we have, a portion of us fail to recognize injustice or catastrophe by pushing it away as nothing of importance or by worsening the issue through prejudice and bigotry. In fact, the song directly mentions how the COVID-19 pandemic was used as fuel for xenophobia across the world. “Some of Us” calls out those who ignore the warning signs with a reminder that “everything turns into dust.”
In an article for Consequence of Sound the origins were laid out. “This one was written by Cook but sung by Stu and was conceived in 2019 in a demo which later became a more fleshed out version of itself in the beginnings of K.G. once other contributions were made by band members remotely. Its lyrical content much like ‘Straws in the Wind’ is also observational of 2020’s chaos, but instead uses historical references in an attempt to relate current events which may seem apocalyptic as mere occurrences that have continuously peppered humanity’s journey thus far. It definitely has some nihilistic themes in it, but they’re ones of optimistic nihilism, as there’s always good times that come with the bad.” Later, they wrote “This Cook penned, Stu sung song came together early this year as the world was slowly descending into madness, but before it was truly on fire. Can't wait to show y’all some more tunes before we go down in flames.”
In the end, the only members to play on “Some of Us” were Ambrose (harmonica), Cavs (drums), Cook (piano/bass/percussion/guitar/keyboards/synthesizer/clarinet/flute) and Stu (vocals/guitar/clavinet/xylophone), with Cook getting a lead songwriting credit — making this the only K.G. song with that feature. “Some of Us” was released as part of K.G. on November 20th, 2020. On vinyl copies of the album, it wraps up the first side with a fade out leading into “Ontology.”
A music video for “Some of Us,” directed, edited and shot by John Angus Stewart, was released on August 13th, 2020 alongside a single release. In the first Gizzymail, Stu gave some background information. “If you haven't picked up on it yet, ‘Some of Us’ is shot with a thermal camera. John had to pretend he was in the military to rent one. Instead of picking up light and colours, it only picks up heat. That’s why it’s two toned. It doesn't care what it’s looking at, it just cares if it’s hot or cold. We had it on the black and white setting first but it was too scary…” As Stu explained, “Some of Us” utilizes a thermal camera which the band plays around with to create some nightmarish imagery. It would be the last video released before the departure of Eric Moore on August 25th, 2020, though he had no involvement in the video or K.G..
“Some of Us” saw a live debut on 2021-02-24 at the Croxton Park Hotel in Naarm (Melbourne) with its ending cut entirely. The song was first played on its own and would remain that way until April when the song would begin to get involved in a medley of “Automation” > “D-Day” > “Some of Us.” The song’s final performance was on 2021-04-22, which was later released as Live in Sydney ‘21.