Instrumentation: Electric Guitar, Electric piano, drums, synth pad, bass, and vocals are edited to sound very electronic. The song is very much defined by the interplay between vocals and piano on the chorus. Besides the piano's part in contributing to the chorus, the rest of the instruments and sounds made by the synth pad are kept in the background of the song, and emerge at 2:20 for the section sung, "RUN RUN RUN." Right after this part, the song loses a lot of the instruments and almost becomes A Capella. This added to the novelty of that verse and gave the finale excitement. The ending was very punctual because when they stopped singing, everything stopped and slowly faded out. The volume of the vocals and the instruments mainly remains low, and then builds leading up to the chorus and the finale when the volume greatly increases adding to the songs urgency and catchiness.
Lyrics and Performance: This is a song about getting back into a relationship. I feel that the lyrics and the instrumentation seem fitting, because like their troubled relationship, the songs tone is edgy and fits the message. The song has a lot of repetition. For example the last ten seconds of the song are filled with Tegan and Sara repeating, "I'm not unfaithful but i'll stray" The acknowledgement by the audience of their message is clearly important to this band, and thus they repeat it and enforce its message.
Texture: While the singers demand the focus of this song, the instruments clearly add support and emphasis to the song. Especially the instrument that provided the beat of the song played a consistent part in this song and added texture to the song single movement together.
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