Burn Your Life Down
Description:
This is a song that Sara Quin wrote and that appeared on the album The Con. Sara sings the lead vocals and the background vocals.
Lyrics:
Tell me that you know another way to get it done
It's not me, or how I would be
But it's a different situation, a different situation
You lay awake in the night just staring at the ceiling above
Pulling pieces of it out, it's such a waste of time
Keep on fighting to remember that nothing is lost in the end
When you burn, burn, burn your life down
Get me to the door, out of bed or on to track, I'm not sure
Starting over, it's a different situation, a different situation
You wake up in the night and refuse to be afraid of it now
Unfolding pieces of it faster, don't you waste your time
You've been planning to remember this
So nothing will be lost in the end
Then you burn, burn, burn your life down
Then you burn, burn, burn your life down
I drive around the block and I’m not looking to my right
I feel the glass against my cheek and I can't see you in light
I break my heart around this, break my heart around this
I drive around the block and I’m not looking to my right
I feel the glass against my cheek and I can't see you in light
I break my heart around this, break my heart around this pole
Live Performances:
Trivia and Quotes:
“I remember when she sent me “Burn Your Life Down” she said it’d been influenced by my break-up, and also by our grandmother’s passing. She and my grandpa retired really young and they used to drive all over the States. Sara had been really affected by something he had said: that he didn’t want to go on any trips because when he looked to his right, my grandma wasn’t there. He just wanted to cry and go home. The record would’ve gotten redundant if it’d just been full of our own broken hearts.” - Tegan in 2007
Credits:
Sara Quin: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
Ted Gowans: Guitars
Christopher Walla: Bass
Jason McGerr: Drums