The Bad In Each Other

Tangled long-term relationships is the topic of the opening track of Feist's Metals album. The Canadian singer-songwriter sings about how, "a good man and a good woman bring out the worst in the other and also that she and her lover, "had the same feelings at opposite times."

Feist was in a long-term relationship with Kevin Drew from Broken Social Scene when she recorded the album, but rather than being about their partnership, the song appears to have been inspired by observing what happens to other couples she was friends with. The singer explained to The Observer how she noticed that after a few years together, its often the case that they are unable to see each other clearly anymore.

The male voice on the track is a guy called Bry Webb who is the singer for a Canadian Indie Rock band called The Constantines. Feist commented to Q magazine, "He has a voice like he's drunk a pint of sand."