Call It Off

tegan and sara are so therapeutic for me. the whole frustrating relationship this song describes is so real. i really don't want to be done with this person, but it's for the best to just get over it. but then you still feel so uncertain. maybe if i had done something different, it wouldn't be like this, it could have been better. this song is great for me. i like that i can express myself with their songs.

i think this ends the chapter of uncertainty seen in 'hop a plane' and 'soil, soil'. tegan realizes she shouldn't hurt herself by waiting forever for someone who might never come around, so instead of waiting to be heartbroken she breaks it off with the person herself, knowing that it will be better for her in the end, even if she doubts her decision now.

Not sure if someone already posted this and my memory kind of sucks, but I think Tegan said at a concert that the song was about her breaking up with someone and then visiting her myspace page over and over again, sort of like haunting herself about the decision she wasn't completely sure of.

Okay, so we all know this is about Myspace stalking but I'll kind of break down my interpretation of it.

"I wont regret saying this This thing that I'm saying Is it better than keeping my mouth shut? That goes without saying" Tegan isn't going to regret ending this "kind of" relationship, she knows that ending it is better than sticking around.

"Call, break it off Call, break my own heart" She is calling the person to end the relationship because she knows it will be better for her in the long run but right now it's not really something she wants to do, hence, "break my own heart". Also, this song kind of, to me, seems like it goes along with Soil, Soil because of this part.

"Maybe I would've been something you'd be good at Maybe you would've been something I'd be good at" Pretty self-explanitory, I think, she feels like she messes everything up but she feels like she could have been good at this relationship.

"But now we'll never know I won't be sad But in case I'll go there Everyday, to make myself feel bad There's a chance that I'll start to wonder if this was the thing to do" This is where the Myspace stalking comes into play, she isn't going to be sad about the relationship with this person but, she goes to their page everyday and she see's that they're happy and obviously that's going to make anyone feel bad. Then she wonders if she made the right decision ending the relationship.

"I won't be out long But I still think it better if You take your time coming over here I think that's for the best" She's saying that she isn't going to be out long but she really doesn't want to see this person so she just wants them to take their time and keep putting off seeing them.

absolutely adore this song the music is textually thin, and accentuates the voices.. love it

I agree with exclusif.

She's breaking her own heart by ending it with this other person who has been stringing her along and she'll later torture herself by wondering if it was the right thing to do, because if she did ever come around maybe they would been something to behold.

Unfortunately, she does know that it's the right thing to do and breaks it off.

I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited for the new album. I CAN'T WAIT!

I agree with your guys' meanings. I think this is about her knowing that there might have been the possibility for something significant with this person, but still choosing to end whatever relationship they had. but unlike some others, i dont think she knows if shes doing the right thing or not.

oh man i love the line "maybe you would have been something i'd be good at." what a good way to say that. it's the "what-ifs" .. but you gotta let it go ("but now we'll never know.. i won't be sad") ..

i adore this song. it's light sounding but so emotionally charged all the same. A great way to end an even greater record.

She has been waiting for someone, finally decides that "ending it" is much better than doing nothing at all. She knows she won't regret her decision (says so in the beginning) but she does know she will undoubtly question it. If that other person had come around...or maybe if she herself had done the same, they would have truly been something special. But it can't happen. And she makes her decision. And breaks her own heart in the process.