Tongue Tied: Song Review

Almost every night I have a set schedule. I get home from school, get some chores done, finish up my homework if I have any, check some instagram, try and make plans with friends after realizing its probably way too late to try, then sit around and watch netflix and text people. But one part of my night always stands true. At one point or another, I end up going on itunes and going through music of different genres. Usually it consist of casually browsing through the Alternative and Electronic categories. I'll look for songs in the featured section and the top one fifty in the genres chart.

This weekend I found several songs that I instantly fell in love with. But one in particular stuck out to me. The song "Tongue Tied" by Grouplove was a song that I had heard years and years ago and had completely forgotten about. It was honestly like finding a lost treasure.

I think this song is about a guy, who loves this girl, who he is addressing in the song, and he's saying let's go back in time, to your best friend's house, to that party, where I messed up. I got too high, I made out with some girl Marmalade that I don't like like I love you. And him being tongue tied is a double entente- he's tongue tied as in the literal sense, busy making out with that girl and caught in the act, but also tongue tied as in he doesn't know what to say to explain himself to her, the girl he loved then, the girl he still loves now, even after a meaningless makeout.

I'm pulling some of this meaning from the music video, which plays backwards like Coldplay's 'The Scientist'. You see him eat a brownie as the last shot, and working backwards (as in forward, if that makes sense), he makes out with some girl, the girl's part comes in and she looks annoyed as she sings, he looks distressed as he washes his face in the bathroom to 'sober up' and while he sings 'I love you now' you can hear the desperation in his voice, and then he runs away from the party escaping 3 masked men that watch him and chase him. Maybe symbolic of his regret.

I just love this song. It makes me feel alive and get away from my life and worries. I highly recommend this song for your playlists to listen to while chilling with friends or by yourself.