I took the train back
Back to where I came from
I took it all alone it's been so long I know
Imagine me there my heart asleep with no air
Begging ocean please, help me drown these memories

All I need to hear is that you're not mine you're not mine

I'm moving east there's somewhere far away from
The sight of my hands the sight of me not moving
You can't just hop a plane and come and visit me again
I claim it's in my head and I regret offering

All I need to hear is that you're not mine you're not mine
All I want to hear is that you're not mine you're not mine

You take a second take a second take a year take a year
You took me out and took me in and told me all of this
And then you take a moment take a moment take a year take a year
You help me out I listen in you taught me all of this and then

All I want to hear is that you're not mine you're not mine
All I want to hear is that you're not mine you're not mine
All I need to hear is that you're not mine you're not mine
All I want to hear is that you're not mine you're not mine



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"Hop a Plane" as written by Tegan Quin Sara Quin

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    General Comment:short, sweet, and to the point :]
    Flag morethanmistakeson October 07, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Zujehy, thankyou for posting that interview! loved it!

    i love the backing vocals towards the end of this song - if you have watched the Hop A Plane video chapter on youtube you will know what i'm talking about - the 'take a moment, take a YEA-eeear' type-bit. love it, just wish it was more audible!

    T&S are amazing.
    Flag lanuitsansfinon February 26, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Aww this is tegans rejection song. When I got rejected which wasn't very usual for me I related a lot to this song I would listen to it on repeat for ages.
    Flag thesmallestbirddon August 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:"Take a moment, take a year."
    I still freaking love this song!
    Flag LovexMovementon June 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:...from in interview in 07 :]

    Tegan on "Hop A Plane"
    It was the last song that I wrote, that I submitted for this record and actually, initially, no one really liked it all that much but I think it grew on all of us. And for me, I really like this song, cause it was the end of this like sort of emotional journey I had gone on. It was like, basically I had fallen in love with someone and was trying to woo them. And it finally came down to the fact that like.. "Just tell me if you want me. And if you don't, then get away from me."
    Interviewer: Yeah, what are the lyrics in the chorus?
    Tegan: All I need to know is that you're not mine.
    Interviewer: Yeah what's that...
    Tegan: Well we'd been having a very like passive-agressive sort of you know like... I was having an emotional relationship but we never really talked about how we felt about each other, we'd talk like hours and hours and hours everyday and like...
    Sara: They didn't hit that shit.
    Tegan: Yeah I don't think you can say "shit" on CBC radio, can you?
    Sara: Can't you bleep it out or whatever.
    Interviewer: I think you can now.
    Tegan: Yeah? Yeah basically we never hooked up. And we were basically dating and we talked hours and hours everyday and then I finally was like "What is going on between us?" you know. And I had written like all these pining, "come and get me", "save me from myself", "love me, why don't you love me" songs and finally I just like sent this song [Hop A Plane] to her and was like "what the fuck?"
    Interviewer: You sent the song to this person?
    Tegan: Yeah I sent all the songs to the person. I mean I was making it very clear that I was attempting to woo her through music because I had a hard time talking about my feelings in general conversation. So I would send each song as I went along and you know we had a rough patch, I sent "Call It Off" and you know like each song represented a chapter in the journey that we were taking together. And then "Hop A Plane" was the last song and it was sort of my way of saying like "if this isn't happening, you just need to let me know". Which, that did not happen.
    Interviewer: And so how did it end?
    Tegan: I mean it's over, I mean... never happened.
    Sara: They didn't hit that shit.
    Tegan: I didn't...
    Sara: Say it, it's okay, it's part of the therapy.
    Tegan: No it really wasn't about "hitting that shit" I really wanted to like marry the person. I was in a very desperate state.
    Sara: You wanted to hit that shit and get married.
    Tegan: Yeah.
    Interviewer: Well it's created art.
    Tegan: I got rejected. I had never been rejected before. This is my rejection record.
    Interviewer: Ok well it's a great song.
    Tegan: Thank you!
    Flag zujehyon October 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think everyone here has said basically anything I would have thought of, but I also thought that it could be that the person she is singing about has become a friend, which happens quite often, and she feels like the line between friendship and love is very blurred and she just wants her to make a statement, so she can move on.
    Flag kisanon September 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think this is a song about tegan and a girl and i think they both liked each other but wouldnt say and they hit a wall

    'all i need to hear is your not mine'

    and tegan wanted her to say your not mine so she could get on with her own life instead of wait for them to admitt there feelings
    Flag ROCKBABE77on August 15, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think this is a song about tegan and a girl and i think they both liked each other but wouldnt say and they hit a wall

    'all i need to hear is your not mine'

    and tegan wanted her to say your not mine so she could get on with her own life instead of wait for them to admitt there feelings
    Flag ROCKBABE77on August 15, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:its about holding on, and not being able to let go b/c your partner keeps you hanging onto something that may or may not go forward.

    its about tegans ex girlfriend, it was a long distance relationship and she found it hard to let go of her because everytime she got close to getting over her, her ex would 'hop a plane' and come visit her and all the feelings would come back.
    Flag Jewwy.on June 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This may be my favorite Tegan And Sara song. i have the cd with the video chapters and all i see when i listen to this song is Tegan belting out the word "year" while she pulls her headphone off. idk. i just love it. its very catchy and unlike other music their songs have real meaning.
    Flag its me againon January 28, 2008   Link

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