Lyric discussion by Kima 

Cover art for Red Belt lyrics by Tegan and Sara

Does anybody wish to share what they think this song is about?

The first time I listened to it, I guess I jumped to the obvious dirty-minded answer. At first she says "I kneel to condition all the feelings that I feel" which I interpretated as her giving into sex (or even head jobs, "kneeling") but then she starts talking about the other person involved "you have a tendancy to rush into your past" / "you kneel to condition all the feeling that you feel" / "my ear fill with the sound of you kneeling/ sound of descent/ sound of you arching", feels to me as though when things get bad with the relationship (with the other person) that they resort to their past, which may be sleeping around/with other people.

Someone told me yesterday that Red Belt is actually a movie, released in 2008/9, which the song relates to. Anybody have any thoughts?

My Interpretation

the movie was what caused her to write a song called red belt, but has no relation to the meaning. she said so in the recording of their rifflandia performance of it =)

I'm at a loss of what the meaning could be though..especially with the kneeling, that throws me off. what comes to mind is prayer??

I highly believe it's very influenced by the movie. It's comes from the relationship of the instructor and this one laywer lady who comes into his do jan scared of anything due to the fact of her rape. The guy in the beginning has her kneel in front of her to due the hardest part of Martial arts...to put everything in life out and to focus on what to do in class.

I don't think Sara is becoming a martial artist which everyone could be (martial arts is not about fighting it's mentality). The idea that Sara says she...

this is definitely one of my favorites. you've given me some interesting ways to perceive some things in the song, thecheatedband2003. i need to give it more consideration.