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And Darling (This Thing That Breaks My Heart)

Description:

This is a song that Tegan Quin wrote and that appeared on the album If It Was You. Tegan sings the lead vocals.

Lyrics:

Creep up and tell me that you

You love me more each time you

Look into my eyes, I feel like

I know you don’t mean to be mean

I’m sure you know the same for me

When you creep and tell me

And darling, it breaks my heart each time you

Darling, you break my heart each time you

You slip your hands inside my pockets

Tell me nothing else would do

Without me, you can’t live

You slip your heart into my chest

They both become one of the strongest pairs

When strangers come

And darling, this thing that breaks my heart

And darling, you break my heart each time you

Darling, this thing that breaks my heart

And darling, you break my heart each time you

Live Performances:

YouTube playlist


July 20, 2002

July 21, 2002 (Audio)

August 7, 2002

August 8, 2002

August 22, 2002

September 24, 2002

September 26, 2002 (Audio)

September 27, 2002 (Audio)

October 1, 2002 (Audio)

October 4, 2002 (Audio)

October 5, 2002

October 7, 2002 (Audio)

October 10, 2002 (Audio)

October 16, 2002 (Audio)

October 29, 2002 (Audio)

October 30, 2002 (Audio)

November 7, 2002

November 8, 2002 (Audio)

November 12, 2002

November 16, 2002

November 20, 2002 (Audio)

January 23, 2003

March 10, 2003 (Video, Audio)

March 18, 2003 (Audio)

April 16, 2003

April 17, 2003 (Audio)

July 4, 2003

July 6, 2003

July 7, 2003

July 15, 2003 (Video, Audio)

July 17, 2003 (Audio)

July 27, 2003

August 21, 2003 (Video, Audio)

August 27, 2003

September 7, 2003 (Audio)

July 18, 2004 (Video, Audio)

October 17, 2004 (Audio)

Trivia and Quotes:

  • There are two versions of this song. One that was included on the original release, and one that was included on the re-releases. It is unknown why exactly there are two versions. You can listen to both here.

  • Tegan and Sara wrote a Substack post about this song.


“This song is about getting your heart broken but not the regular way. Like the way like your partner dumps you on a payphone four thousand miles away and then changes their phone number to add insult to injury.” - Tegan in 2004



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