About[]
Caught Up is a song by Canadian band Sights & Sounds featuring Nicole Dollanganger. It is the fourth track from the album entitled No Virtue and was released as a single on September 26th, 2019.
Background[]
Guitarist and vocalist Andrew Neufeld commented about the track noting, "We wrote the basis of this song on the piano a couple of years back at like 3/4 am. We were at our band headquarters “Little Winnipeg” in Toronto and fucking around with different moods and timings. We called the song “Waltz” as it had that 3/4 swing to it. As the song took shape and some of the melodies started to appear we were thinking that it could be a good idea to get a guest vocalist on the track. Our co-producer Chris had worked with Nicole Dollanganger before and we asked him to hit her up. She came down to the studio and we talked about the song and the direction we wanted to go with it. She had the perfect elegant voice for the call and response type lyrical pattern we had. We were also able to have her sprinkle some oohs + aahs, etc around the rest of the album as well.”
Lyrics[]
(Nicole)
I've endured only to find
Nothing more to this shifted charm
(Andrew)
The ride's forlorn
And I'm on the lines
But the haunting score
Is that I made up my mind
Too caught up to find the wits to bail
Draining all the blood out of you
Back and forth until the ship has sailed
Stripping all the power from you
Faded out, disappointed
But it's already assumed
Too caught up to find the wits to bail
Draining all the life out of you
(Nicole)
So torn and I'm on the line
(Both)
The haunting the score
(Andrew)
Is that I made up my mind
Too caught up to find the wits to bail
Draining all the blood out of you
Back and forth until the ship has sailed
Stripping all the power from you
Faded out, disappointed
But it's already assumed
Too caught up to find the wits to bail
Draining all the life out of you