I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I was backstage at a festival in Germany
talking to a cute fair skinned brunette
I asked her if she wanted to have a beer and if she liked our set
I noticed that her hair was longer in the back
I figure that's cause she's Canadian
That's why I was surprised when she told me she was fully lesbian
That's when I realized it was Sara, or maybe it was Tegan
I'm pretty sure that it was Sara
Cause Johnny Sampson said she was the cooler one
I told her I was a big fan of her band
She asked me if I had a favorite song
I admitted that I'd never actually heard them, but I like k.d. lang
I told her this Jew knows about the Juno's
And how they got robbed three times in a row
And then I asked her if she knew of anyone who was selling pills or blow
That's when I creeped out Sara or maybe I just pissed her off
When I asked her if her sister and her had ever had a threesome?
Where they both ganged up one girl, a forgy or a five some?
Do they think strap-ons are groovy, and had they ever seen the movie
Bound and did they like Jennifer Tilly, did they like Jennifer Tilly?
Sara said she preferred Gina Gershon, Angelina Jolie
In the Gia movie that was on HBO
And If These Walls Could Talk made Tegan cry a lot
After that I forgot what she said
That's the problem with Diazepam, so many things I don't remember
But I've got a sinking feeling, it's not that I'm a clairvoyant
But I think that I creeped out Sara, I was creeping out on Sara
I hope it wasn't Tegan, cause Matt Skiba said she is the cooler one
talking to a cute fair skinned brunette
I asked her if she wanted to have a beer and if she liked our set
I noticed that her hair was longer in the back
I figure that's cause she's Canadian
That's why I was surprised when she told me she was fully lesbian
That's when I realized it was Sara, or maybe it was Tegan
I'm pretty sure that it was Sara
Cause Johnny Sampson said she was the cooler one
I told her I was a big fan of her band
She asked me if I had a favorite song
I admitted that I'd never actually heard them, but I like k.d. lang
I told her this Jew knows about the Juno's
And how they got robbed three times in a row
And then I asked her if she knew of anyone who was selling pills or blow
That's when I creeped out Sara or maybe I just pissed her off
When I asked her if her sister and her had ever had a threesome?
Where they both ganged up one girl, a forgy or a five some?
Do they think strap-ons are groovy, and had they ever seen the movie
Bound and did they like Jennifer Tilly, did they like Jennifer Tilly?
Sara said she preferred Gina Gershon, Angelina Jolie
In the Gia movie that was on HBO
And If These Walls Could Talk made Tegan cry a lot
After that I forgot what she said
That's the problem with Diazepam, so many things I don't remember
But I've got a sinking feeling, it's not that I'm a clairvoyant
But I think that I creeped out Sara, I was creeping out on Sara
I hope it wasn't Tegan, cause Matt Skiba said she is the cooler one
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Ok so the lyrics are fairly self explanatory, it is a true story where Fat Mike was drunk and hanging out backstage at a festival and was talking to Tegan Quin of the Canadian duo Tegan & Sara and yes he creeped her out
It turns out that it was Tegan and not Sara that he creeped out. Because Fat Mike honestly didn't know weather he was creeping out Sara or Tegan they released two versions of the song. Creeping Out Sara was released on NOFX's album Coaster however the vinyl release titled Frisbee contained the song Creeping Out Tegan. Creeping Out Sara was released as the single
The song caused a bit of a stir but from fans of T&S but as Fat Mike explained in interviews - he was not being mean to them - he's the one who looks like a creep in the end.
Tegan responded to the song on twitter saying "nofx + t/s = lots of email/texts/blogs/phone calls. i think punk in drublic is a great record. we r lesbians. sara was creeped. i AM cooler."
The song is also not anti-gay in anyway - NOFX are very supportive of the GLBT scene and as Fat Mike says thay are a very gay positive band
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Johnny Samson is the former bass player for Propagandhi and now singer & guitarist for The Weakerthans
"Skiba" is Matt Skiba - lead singer and guiratist of Alkaline Trio