What is the time sig in this song?

It's all in 4/4. In (what I would call) the bridge the drummer is displacing the second backbeat to the 'and' of four, but the time remains the same. In the verse parts where he plays the quarter note rim clicks, the kick drum is locking in to the piano riff; keep in mind the piano riffs starts on the 'and' of 1 of the bar.

This kind of thing is a great test for your counting. Keep working on getting your out-loud counting to hold steady over the music, not easy with offbeat patterns like this. Great tune.
 
The intro part was indeed a bit confusing, but the rim clicks hit every quarter note. The piano riff and vocals have a weird offbeat feel to them, but it's all in 4/4
 
there are many songs in 4/4 that have an odd feel. i have never considered this one of them.
 
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