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Are You Ten Years Ago

Description:

This is a song that Tegan Quin wrote and that appeared on the album The Con. Tegan sings the lead vocals and Sara sings the background vocals.

Lyrics:

(If you show you show) Taken I am yours, I'm up and doing circles

(If you go you go) I’m taken I am yours, I'm up and doing circles

(If you show you show) I’m taken I am your, I'm up and doing circles 

(If you go you go) I’m taken I am yours, I'm up and doing circles

I collapse

I might stay out longer then, I left a light on for you then

If you show you show, if you show you show

When I feel like this, when I get so into myself

I lose track of where I'm going then

Lose track of how to get going again

Feel myself slowing down, feel myself turning round

Is this taken?

When I feel like this, when I get so sick of myself (I feel taken)

Where are you going then, without me and not knowing then (When I feel)

That we're slowing down, you've got to turn right around (I feel taken)

And tell me that I'm taken then, tell me if I'm yours (When I feel)

You collapse

The pressure of this life is so you can't be held accountable

If you go you go, if you go you go

When you act like this, when you get sick of yourself

The whole world falls away and since I feel like I have only missed

The feeling that I’m here again, the feeling that I’m clear again

I’m not taken

When you act like this, when you get so into yourself (I feel sick)

I lose sight of common goals and letting go (When I feel)

So I can be all alone

Feel myself going slow, feel myself letting go (I feel sick)

Not taken, not feeling like I'm yours (When I feel)

(If you show you show) Taken I am yours, I'm up and doing circIes

(If you go you go) I’m taken I am yours, I'm up and doing circIes

(If you show you show) I’m taken I am yours, I'm up and doing circIes

(If you go you go) I’m taken I am yours, I'm up and doing circIes

I collapse

This life looks like a sentence though, a constant game of falling short

If you know, you know, if you know, you know

When I feel like this, when I'm just so sick of feeling less than perfect

Isn't right for me, I never fight to see if coming clean would get to me 

I feel myself holding back, I feel the pressure, it's finally back

I'm taken

When you felt like this, when you saw it all come crashing down

Subtle but not underground, I was there I saw the signs

I saw unfair and so I write to you through other means

I let myself finally feel taken, like I was yours

(If you go you go) Taken I am yours (I feel taken)

I'm up and doing circIes

(If you know you know) I’m taken I am yours (When I feel)

I'm up and doing circIes

(If you show you show) I’m taken I am yours (I feel taken)

I'm up and doing circIes

(If you show you show) I’m taken I am yours (When I feel)

I'm up and doing circIes

(If you go you go) I’m taken I am yours (I feel taken)

I'm up and doing circIes

(If you know you know) I’m taken I am yours (When I feel)

I'm up and doing circIes

(If you show you show) I’m taken I am yours (I feel taken)

I'm up and doing circIes

(If you show you show) I’m taken I am yours (When I feel)

I'm up and doing circIes

(If you go you go) I’m taken I am yours (When I feel)

I'm up and doing circIes

(If you know you know) I’m taken I am yours (When I feel)

I'm up and doing circIes

I collapse, I collapse, I collapse

Live Performances:

Trivia and Quotes:

“The song is very much this bipolar conversation with myself about being taken. ‘Taken’ was the word my roommate and I used to explain when you were in a relationship but not… I feel very much like I’m a high-anxiety, high-stress, high-worry kind of person, and I’ve really been battling that for the last few years. And I see that circle imagery - that idea of walking in circles - as how my songs process inside of me. And I don’t find that music helps me actually get them out of me or stop doing the circle, so I just start singing about it…” - Tegan

Credits:

Tegan Quin: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals

Sara Quin: Guitars, Vocals

Ted Gowans: Keyboards

Christopher Walla: Song within a song, Cymbals, Tiny Guitars

Jason McGerr: Drums


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