I'm dragging you down with back-flips
Do you even care?
Keep the secret for me
Something I can't share
I wonder if someday, we'll just be a memory
If we go off the track, will you wait for me?

I know I'm not the only one who needs you like I do
I know I'm not the only one who loves you like I do
Away, but when I get lonely
Your words won't make me stronger
The luck that brought you to me
Won't hold us any longer

You'll be good to me, but you're not my dream
You'll lose me to places, places I have never been
The way we were, the way that you held my hand
For you, I would try so hard, still, I will let you down

You'll learn you're not the only one who'll need me like you do
You'll learn you're not the only one who loves me like you do
You wait, but when you get lonely
My words won't make you stronger
The luck that brought you to me
Won't hold us any longer

I know I'm not the only one
I know I'm not, I know I'm not
I know I'm not the only one
I'm dragging you down with back-flips
I'm upside down


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  • +2
    General Comment

    man. i love this song. it's so catchy and cute. my boyfriend at the time would always sing me the part that goes "stick your hands inside of my pockets, keep them warm while i'm still here" everytime he had to go. (we had that whole long distance relationship going on). this song is definately about always having to be separate from that special person but that love is what holds you guys together no matter how far you're away and how long you're gone

    hewwokatieon October 08, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    i would agree with xlovecatx, i think its about two lovers who just cant get it to work... but even though they know how its going to turn out they still wanna keep trying.. hmm sounds like me and my boyfriend..

    xXxThink_EmoxXxon June 03, 2005   Link
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    This may very well be my favorite Tegan & Sara song.

    kaleidoscopeeyes8on June 02, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    damn i love this song so much...

    astrochik41on December 31, 2006   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    I think this song is looking at a couple that has been together for a while, and the romance is starting to dwindle. They still love each other and want to provide for each other, but the twitterpatedness is gone. I think the line, "you're one room right over, stressing and loving me," is her in one room and she can here him in the other working late to take care of her, even though they don't have the flame they used to. They fight, struggle, and wonder if it's still worth it. But because they've been together and genuinely want good for each other, they can't decide whether they should break up.

    Superficial love is fleeting. Love that is a choice lasts. It may be hard at times, but after you've stuck it out for years you'll feel a closeness you haven't experienced.

    rcfunk94on April 11, 2011   Link
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    General Comment

    i think its about two young lovers, one moves away. they try the long distance thing but it really just prolongs the pain.

    sleepingbagon January 07, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    quickly becoming one of my favorites

    SiLeNtxStrydeRon March 31, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    i love this song. right now it describes how im feeling. to me its about people who wanna be together but theres so much stopping them but they still love each other no matter what n know that they will be back together again soon cos nothing else makes sense. or i could be soo wrong lol x

    xlovecatxon April 05, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    this song hits me hard.

    dotXcoreon July 13, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    really catchy.

    cpj1607on July 14, 2005   Link

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