Are You Ten Years Ago? (Tegan & Sara cover)

boy named bri

I’m a long time fan of Tegan & Sara. This is my cover of their song, “Are You Ten Years Ago?”

— lyrics

If you show, you show.
If you go, you go.
(I’m taken. I am yours. I am up and doing circles.)

I collapse.

I might stay out longer than I left the light on for you.
Then if you show, you show. (If you show, you show.)

When I feel like this, when I get so into myself,
I lose track of where I’m going,
Then I lose track of how to get going again.
Feel myself slowing down.
Feel myself turning around.
Is this taken?

(I feel taken.)

When I feel like this,
When I get so sick of myself..
Where are you going then, without me,
And not knowing then that we’re slowing down,
You’ve got to turn right around and tell me that I’m taken then
Tell me if I’m yours.

You collapse.

The pressure of this life is so,
You can’t be held accountable.
If you go, you go. (If you go, you go.)

When you act like this,
When you get so sick of yourself,
The whole world falls away,
And since I feel like I have only missed the feeling that I’m here again,
The feeling that I’m clear again.
I’m not taken.

When you act like this,
When you get so into yourself,
I lose sight of common goals.
I’m letting go, so I can be all alone.
I feel myself going slow.
Feel myself letting go.
I’m not taken.
Not feeling like I’m yours.

If you show, you show.
If you go, you go.
(I’m taken. I am yours. I am up and doing circles.)

I collapse.

This life looks like a sentence, though,
A constant game of falling short.
If you know, you know. (If you know, you know.)

When I feel like this,
When I’m just so sick of feeling less than perfect,
Is it right for me?
I never fight to see if coming clean would get to me.
I feel myself holding back,
Feel the pressure, it’s finally back.
I’m taken.

When you felt like this,
When you saw it all come crashing down,
Subtle but not underground.
I was there, I saw the signs,
I saw unfair.
And so I write to you through other means,
I let myself finally feel taken,
Like I was yours.

I am taken. I am yours. I am up and doing circles.
(I feel taken. I feel…)
(If you show, you show. If you go, you go.)

I collapse, I collapse, I collapse…