Tongue Tied

"**Tongue Tied**" by Marshmello with YUNGBLUD and blackbear, released 13 November 2019, is YUNGBLUD's third non-album single.

## Background

**Tongue Tied** is a collaborative single by Marshmello, YUNGBLUD and blackbear. On 31 October 2019, Captial FM released a snippet of their interview with blackbear, where in the clip, he announced that he had a song coming with Marshmello and YUNGBLUD before the year would be over.

Five days before the song came out, Marshmello and YUNGBLUD posted snippets on Twitter and Instagram, showing the song playing on a vintage TV.

One day after the song was release, YUNGBLUD, Marshmello and blackbear, did a Q&A on Twitter with the hashtag *#askmellobludbear*—combining their stage names together—and answered questions from fans using the hashtag. YUNGBLUD explained in one answer: *"Me, ‘Mello, and 'bear have been, kind of, such fans of each other’s music, so we wanted to do a song together, add an energy that accumulates all of us, and kind of bring rock 'n’ roll back into, like, the nightclubs. It was a sick process, and it looks like everyone’s loving it, so it’s mad!"*

## Lyrics

[Intro: YUNGBLUD]

I feel my life's been so tongue-tied

I'm trapped outside, inside my mind

If you feel like, that you're tongue-tied

Then we're tongue-tied together

[Verse 1: YUNGBLUD]

Every morning, I ride on a carousel

To the sides of my mind that I cannot help

Had to die in Heaven just to get to Hell

Fell when the lights went out now

My real friends act like they don't know me

This headache's giving me a nosebleed

My silence is killing me slowly

I can't keep tuning it out and

[Pre-Chorus: YUNGBLUD]

I been suffering

Been makin' friends with all my sins

I need savin', I need savin'

You won't save me ever again

I'm feeling counterfeit

Been rolling silence 'round my lips

I need savin', I need savin'

You won't save me ever again

[Chorus: YUNGBLUD]

'Cause I feel my life's been so tongue-tied

I'm trapped outside, inside my mind

If you feel like, that you're tongue-tied

Then we're tongue-tied together

So can you even hear me now?

[Post-Chorus: YUNGBLUD & *blackbear*]

Tongue-tied together

Tongue-tied together

Tongue-tied together

*Yeah yeah, uh-uh*

[Verse 2: blackbear]

You done changed, you done changed, you done switched up for sure

You ain't lose me in the summer, you lost me at "Hello"

Anytime you see me smilin', it was probably for show

All the memories are blurry, so I let 'em burn slow

I ain't seen you in a minute, where did all the time go?

You was outta pocket when you told me "Die slow"

I was going through the shits, I kept it down low

Tongue-tied, tongue-tied, what we had was all lies

[Pre-Chorus: blackbear]

People change, people change, people switch up

It's okay, you can't save me ever again

People change, people change, people switch up

It's okay, you can't save me

[Chorus: YUNGBLUD, *blackbear*, **both**]

 **'Cause I feel my life's been** so tongue-tied

I'm trapped outside, inside my mind (*Inside my mind*)

If you feel like (*You feel like*), that you're tongue-tied (*Uh*)

Then we're tongue-tied **together**

**So can you even hear me now?**

[Post-Chorus: YUNGBLUD]

Tongue-tied together

Tongue-tied together

So can you even hear me now?

Tongue-tied together

Tongue-tied together (Oh)

## Buy/Stream

* Spotify
* Apple Music
* Tidal
* Deezer
* SoundCloud
* YouTube (Audio)
* YouTube (Music Video)
* YouTube (Lyric Video)
* YouTube (Vertical Video)

## References

1. ↑ Discogs — "Marshmello Feat Yungblud & blackbear – Tongue Tied (2019, CD)". Retrieved 10 July 2022.
2. ↑ Capital FM (@CapitalOfficial) on Twitter — "This is HUGE NEWS! @iamblackbear, @yungblud & @marshmellomusic are releasing a song together before the end of 2019." Posted 31 October 2019.
3. ↑ marshmellow (@marshmellomusic) on Twitter — "wednesday @yungblud @iamblackbear 🤐 https://umusic.digital/ydbgsy" Posted 8 November 2019.
4. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "next week 🖤🤫🖤🤫🖤 @marshmellomusic x @iamblackbear" Posted 8 November 2019.
5. ↑ YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) on Twitter — "Q: what inspired the song #askmellobludbear - @hearmenow\_\_\_ A:" Posted 14 November 2019.