Cold War Kids So Tied Up

Cold War Kids So Tied Up

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You can't cut me loose until you show me
I told you the truth about the old me
And now you use confession as the proof
Do what you have to do
Go ahead and act the fool

What if in the end
You want so bad to forgive
But you cannot forget

So (so tied up)
We've been here before
So (so tied up)
You want something more
Lover, best friend, my worst enemy
You know I won't let you get away

I get you to swerve right outta fast lane
You still got champagne running through your veins
You dare me to step up and challenge you
Neither one of us can stand to lose
Stand to lose

Remember we said it'd be like after the rain
Washes away our sins
They never said that love is a twisted game
And no one ever wins

So (so tied up)
We've been here before
So (so tied up)
You want something more
Lover, best friend, my worst enemy
You know I won't let you get away

So so, so tied up
So, so, so, so tied up
So so, so tied up
So, so, so, so tied up

You threw me a rope
Opposites attract
I'm self absorbed and you're superficial
We round each other up
Being true to yourself could never be enough

(So so, so tied up)
I tried to let go
(So, so, so, so tied up)
We've been here before
Lover, best friend, my worst enemy
You know I won't let you get away

So tied up
So tied up
So tied up
So tied up

Writer(s): Nathan Willett, Lars Stalfors

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Bishop Briggs Breaks Down “The Way I Do” On Genius’ Video Series ‘Verified’

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Indie rock band Cold War Kids dropped their Bishop Briggs collab “So Tied Up” back in April as part of the group’s sixth album LA Divine . Today, the band’s lead singer Nathan Willett hopped on Genius to break down some of the song’s lyrics right before the official release of its accompanying music video.
Willett explains how honesty plays into the relationship that inspired the track:
He also elaborates on the personal significance of one specific line in the third verse:
Later on, he points out a reference to singer Mason Jennings that fans may have missed:
The video depicts a dark and tense relationship, showing a couple that uses violence to deal with deeper issues.

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Watch Cold War Kids Perform 'So Tied Up' Live In The Studio The Long Beach band plays a pop-oriented cut from its new album LA Divine live for KCRW.

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Cold War Kids ' sixth album, LA Divine , pays tribute to Los Angeles and all its strange glory. The band took a more pop-forward approach to this release, which comes out Friday. "So Tied Up" is our current favorite.
Watch Cold War Kids' full Morning Becomes Eclectic session at KCRW.com .
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The track features guest vocals from " River " singer Bishop Briggs. "Bishop was so confident and her voice is perfection; the voice of a woman twice her age, so raw and sophisticated," frontman Nathan Willett said. "I sorta laid in the cut and watched her explode."
Asked by Billboard magazine how the band got involved with Bishop Briggs, Willett replied: "We've never done a feature or had somebody else sing on something - I've always really wanted to do exactly what we ended up doing. Something that feels really organic, finding another artist who can merge those things so well. And the sound of her voice is so incredible in that song."
Willett shared during a LA Divine release show at Los Angeles' iHeartRadio Theater that the collaboration with Bishop Briggs came about after he heard one of her songs on the radio. He decided to direct message her on Twitter, unsure whether or not it would yield a song. "I love a powerful woman's voice," the Cold War Kids frontman said.
Nathan Willett explained in a Genius attribution how this was inspired by the eternal question of how much you should disclose about old relationships after hooking up with a new love interest: I told you the truth about the old me And now you use confession as the proof He said: "With every new relationship, you either talk about previous relationship stuff (warts and all), or you just pretend like they never existed. Both are kinda terrible. When you go the full disclosure route it's probably sincere, maybe you're even praised for your vulnerability. However, you know it's probably gonna be used against you later, in a fight, in the worst way."
The Tota-produced darkly comedic video shows an unhappy relationship where the couple go to increasingly ridiculous lengths to kill each other as Bishop Briggs and Nathan Willet look on. "'So Tied Up' is about the tension and struggle of relationships," Willett said. "With this video, we wanted to show the sweetness on the surface and the violence that bubbles underneath as a metaphor for all of our love lives."
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