Cold War Kids – Cryptomnesia Lyrics

Cold War Kids · Loyalty To Loyalty

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I sold you for parts
You get what you want
Then I'll want it too

I know who you are
Don't know who your not
I don't dare ask

Come back, we'll use the stove
We'll make plans in the back
Of your pickup truck

Oh, why no one told
She crowns my lips
And waits up

Helicopter sails
Watching bird's eye
That's when I dropped

And all my hands
Where behaving
Like maps expired

These rocks have been kicked
My body is spent
Can't stop and rest, oh no

Your comfort plus ease
I see it in 3-D
You can't dream so slow

Don't check the index for reference
Curse the sky "Lord, give me hints"
I search the place for your prints

I feel your cryptomnesia
Cryptomnesia

Comments (2)

Anonymous 2009-10-24 15:25:00

i honestly couldn't tell you what the song really means. I haven't put much thought into only that every time i hear this song i feel something. Even if its something small this song evokes many emotions and i love it for that.
Anonymous 2010-09-17 17:37:00

The song is referring to the psychological phenomenon known as Cryptomnesia, which is defined as "a forgotten memory that returns without its being recognized as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original. The person isn't deliberately engaging in plagiarism but rather experiencing a memory as if it were a new inspiration." So basically, Nathan Willett is explaining how he's experiencing someone else's memory, or possibly his own, in the song.i.e "I feel your Cryptomnesia, cryptomnesia." and "You can't dream so slow, don't check the index for reference..." because the memory has been lost in translation.