I Was Married

I Was Married is the opening song on Tegan and Sara's fifth album The Con, written by Sara.

Meaning
Sara said in an interview

"The personal experience was that my girlfriend and I are common law, but she’s an American and we were doing a permanent residency application for her to stay in Canada. As part of the application process you have to go in and basically declare your common law status before notary. So we got up really early and went to this notary in Old Montreal. I didn’t want to get married and wasn’t getting married but it felt so formal, like a wedding. I was thinking about how funny it is that my life seems so simple and natural, what everyone does in life. You fall in love with someone, you make sacrifices and you do things so you can stay together. Me being in love with a girl and wanting her to be with me, doing what I need to do to make her stay with me; it affects no one yet it’s terrifying to people and they think you’re a monster."

Lyrics
I married in the sun

(Tell me where, tell me where)

Against the stone of buildings

Built before

You and I were born

(Start again, start again)

Into my heart confusion grows against

The muscles fought so long

(Fought So long)

To control against the pull of one

Magnet to another

Magnet to another

Magnet

Now we look up in

(Tell me who, tell me who)

Into the eyes of bullies

Breaking backs

They seem so very tough

(It’s a lie, it’s a lie)

They seem so very scared of us

I look into the mirror

(Look into)

For evil that just does not exist

I don’t see what they see

(Tell them that, tell them that)

Try to control

The pull of one

Magnet to another

Magnet to another

Magnet to another

Magnet to another