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Death Cab for Cutie

Riptides

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Riptides was released on June 5, 2026 by Anti/Epitaph as a part of the album I Built You a Tower

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OVERVIEW

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie

Performer

Benjamin Gibbard

Benjamin Gibbard

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Benjamin Gibbard

Benjamin Gibbard

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

John Congleton

Producer

Sean Cook

Recording Engineer

Rachel White

Recording Engineer

Carlos De La Garza

Carlos De La Garza

Mixing Engineer

Matt Colton

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

These days

I say goodbye without opening my mouth

I just stare into the distance till you figure it out

'Cause I feel

As invested as a border guard

Who's seen too many people leaving

To take it too hard

[Chorus]

I'm too tired to talk

I'm too tired to end the war

And I can't seem to hold it together

Anymore

[Verse 2]

And my old haunts

Each one's a trigger and I'm holding the gun

Like a perp frozen in your headlights

Who forgot to run

And I'm overcome

By the voices multiplying in the crowd

That's been swelling in between my ears

And growing frighteningly loud

[Chorus]

I'm too tired to talk

I'm too tired to end the war

And I can't seem to hold it together

Anymore

[Chorus]

I'm too tired to start

I can't bring you up to speed

There's too many riptides in this ocean

To proceed

[Bridge]

And though I'm feeling fine

Roughly half the time

There's a fatal flaw

In my heart's design

[Chorus]

I'm too tired to talk

I'm too tired to end the war

And I can't seem to hold it together

Anymore

[Chorus]

I'm too tired to start

I can't bring you up to speed

There's too many riptides in this ocean

To proceed

[Outro]

There's too many riptides in this ocean

To proceed

Written by: Benjamin Gibbard

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