X Ambassadors: Nothing can stop you.

The official video for the hit song “Renegades” opens not with music, or with the band members, but with an interview with a blind weight lifter.

The video goes on to showcase an amazing crop of disabled athletes and daredevils doing things most people can’t–including the band’s keyboard player Casey Harris, who happens to be blind as well.

I once saw an interviewer ask X Ambassador frontman Sam Harris to describe what the video was about for people who hadn’t seen it. “It’s about people who defy the odds,” he said without missing a beat. It’s a fantastic song, too.

Lyrics – Renegades / X Ambassadors

Run away with me
Lost souls and reverie
Running wild and running free
Two kids, you and me

And I say
Hey, hey hey hey
Living like we’re renegades
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Living like we’re renegades
Renegades, renegades

Long live the pioneers
Rebels and mutineers
Go forth and have no fear
Come close the end is near

And I say hey, hey hey hey
Living like we’re renegades
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Living like we’re renegades
Renegades, renegades

All hail the underdogs
All hail the new kids
All hail the outlaws
Spielberg’s and Kubrick’s

It’s our time to make a move
It’s our time to make amends
It’s our time to break the rules
Let’s begin

And I say hey, hey hey hey
Living like we’re renegades
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Leaving like we’re renegades
Renegades, renegades