I won't regret saying this
This thing that I'm saying
Is it better than keeping my mouth shut
That goes without saying

Call, break it off
Call, break my own heart
Maybe I would have been something you'd be good at
Maybe you would have been something I'd be good at

But now we'll never know
I won't be sad
But in case I 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

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

Call, break it off
Call, break my own heart
Maybe I would have been something you would be good at
Maybe you would have been something I would be good at

But now we'll never know
I won't be sad
But in case I 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
I'll start to wonder if this was the thing to do



Lyrics submitted by delial, edited by Mellow_Harsher

Track duration: 02:21

"Call It Off" as written by Tegan Quin Sara Quin

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    General Comment:this is such a beautiful song and means so much to me...

    Two old crushes still link to this... One male the other female still see them once a week or everyday and i still sometimes feel bad because if it, the betrale i feel for myself...

    A more recent crush, one i still hold, on a girl, I've been triyng to decided wether to just forget about it, call off all the feelings while breaking my heart, or to tell her how i feel, i dont want to make it hard as i see her everyweek and we have to work togther (drama, last week we were lovers - how ironic)

    "But I still think it better if
    You take your time coming over here
    I think that's for the best"

    ^^ is the thing that links to her the most, she only talks if i talk to herm she never makes the first move... i always have to do something, edit photos of her...
    Flag LilMizCMFon May 03, 2013   Link
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    Link(s):youtube.com/…

    Tegan talks about it and quite describes it a bit ;)
    Flag Unicorn94on January 02, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I think this is about when she's in the closet, and she really like another girl but she doesn't know if she's also lesbian and now it's too late to do anything so she hurt herself, "maybe you would've been something i'd be good at" means, well maybe you were just like me. "I won't be sad but incase i go there everyday, to make myself fell bad" is sort of the idea of wanting to say something but not doing so, and instead just watching them or looking at their Facebook profile and now she's regretting it all
    Flag tsfanon November 07, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation: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.

    Flag whatabeautifulmessthisison October 13, 2011   Link
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    Lyric Correction:I think this was the first Tegan and Sara song I actually sat down and listened to fully, it was a couple years back and I remember I had heard them before but this was the first time I had really wanted to try it out and see if I liked their style, and it is still my favorite.

    On The Con: The Movie, Tegan says with laughter "...This song is about MySpace stalking, but you can see the big picture!", and I don't know why but that makes it have more meaning for me. My exgirlfriend was my bestfriend but we got off on the absolute worst foot, it wasn't even the wrong foot it was like someone chopped off the metaphorical foot and we just fell onto the concrete and got all scratched up with broken bones, then we both tried standing back up and limping in different directions. It was terrible.

    I still look at her tumblr. All the time. Every night. I just look at it and what she says and her new boyfriend and everything just comes back to me and I think "we could have been this" and it hurts so much. It hurts more than I can describe and I just have this feeling in my gut like "I know this was better for us, but..."

    It brings back old memories and old pains. I connect to this song a lot more than I can describe. It will forever be my favorite Tegan and Sara song.
    Flag ahoydaveon September 22, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Im actually thinking that this song could be about abortion and how it messes with her head and her relationship with the father of the baby.. Read the lyrics, it makes sense
    Flag MikadoThePirateon July 05, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Sooo.... I am pretty sure this song influenced my boyfriend to break up with me... :/ FML
    Flag HelpMeNowon March 25, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's safe to say that anyone who listens to this song has that one person they can't help but think about when it comes on. It's so full of truth
    Flag respektologyon July 26, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song reminds me of my exgirlfriend and what could have been if we didn't break up... "but now we'll never know."
    Flag seaChelon May 31, 2010   Link
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    Memory:i love this song so much. definetly agree with most peoples meanings.

    i really feel like i can relate to the lyrics.
    i've recently started liking my best friend, who i know has liked me on and off.
    he just can't see that i'm not going to wait around because i know thats just a bad way to go about the whole situation.

    such an amazing song
    Flag tigerlllilyon April 27, 2010   Link

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