Our Twisted Fate

Our Twisted Fate
Performer(s): The Pretzels (Adam Schlesinger) — First Appearance: "I'm On My Own Path"
Written by: Adam Schlesinger, Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen, & Alden Derck — Genre: Mid-to-Late '60s Folk

We didn't ask to be in charge of someone's mental state. Just let us be some happy carbs spare us this twisted fate.

— Pretzels, "I'm On My Own Path"

"Our Twisted Fate" is a performance imagined by Rebecca Bunch involving singing stop-motion animated pretzels. In it the snacks get salty about Rebecca's constant use of them as in symbols in her life. It debuted in the Season Four Episode "I'm On My Own Path."

Song and lyrics

Pretzels: We are merely pretzels That is all we are This woman's obsession with us Is frankly quite bizarre We used to simply be A starchy snack that people ate But, now, we are a symbol Such is our twisted fate We've been smothered in the mustard Of her quest for happiness There's a lot of pressure on us This we must confess We didn't ask to be in charge Of someone's mental state Just let us be some happy carbs Spare us this twisted fate We've been a-salted by her yearning To make her life a cogent tale Sure, it's nice to be kneaded But, now, the whole thing's getting stale Oh, can't some soft and chewy pretzels Finally get relief We are hurtin' from the burden Of being someone's life motif She should switch to pizza bagels If it's not too late It's the yeast that she could do To save us from this twisted fate

Notes

Inspiration

"Our Twisted Fate" is clearly an homage to the 1964 song "The Sound of Silence" from the musical duo of Simon and Garfunkel. This is referenced not only musically, but by the pretzels' "hair," which mimics the duo's. Although the album featuring the single was a failure the song itself slowly received more airplay. A remix was made which ended up charting #1 on the Billboard's Top 100. The song would further become a classic when it was featured heavily in the soundtrack of the 1967 film "The Graduate."

Trivia

• The Pretzels are voiced by "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" music producer Adam Schlesinger.