Painting Songs
Description:
This is a song that Sara Quin wrote and that appeared on the Red Demo. Sara sings the lead vocals and Tegan sings the background vocals.
In this interview, the interviewer refers to Painting Songs as "Days and Days" and it is unknown if the song was called this before it was put onto the Red Demo or if the interviewer simply guessed what the name was. Either way, this live performance of that song has often been uploaded on the internet under the name of "Days and Days" rather than Painting Songs. The lyrics in this performance were different, so they have also been included below.
Lyrics:
Red Demo version:
Must be something in the way you walk
Must be something in the way you talk
I'm not sure just yet
Must be something in the way you dream
You just go home all the thirteen days
In between you and I
This is me before I fall apart
This is me before I come undone
I've been tired for days and days
I've been tired for days and days
What's your matter that the fortune don't
All the beauty and I say
Stop, why won't you be mine?
Must be something in the way you taste
Lips are magic sauce and I say
Stop, why won't you be mine?
This is me before I fall apart
This is me before I come undone
I've been tired for days and days
I've been tired for days and days
Well, it could have been a month or
It could have been a year
But I, I gave up long before
Long before you cared
Her art inspired me to, to do my best and
To paint my music like, like I saw it best
And she says I grew up well, well
Well I grew up strong ‘cause no one's got my back
No one's gonna write me my songs
Could have been a month or could have been a year
But I, I gave up long before
‘Cause I've been tired for days and days
Oh, I've been tired for days and days and days
Oh, I've been tired for days and days and days
Well I've been tired for days and days and days
Could have been a month or
It could have been a year
But I, I gave up long before, long before you cared
Her art inspired me to, to do my best and
To paint my music like, like I saw it best
And she says I grew up well, well
Well I grew up strong ‘cause no one's got my back
No one's gonna write me my songs
Could have been a month or
Could have been a year
But I, I gave up long before
‘Cause I've been tired for days and days
Well I've been tired for days and days and days
Well I've been tired for days and days and days
"Days and Days" version:
Must be something in the way you move
It must be something in the way you were
I'm not sure just yet
It must be something in the way you dream
You just go home and the thirteen days
In between you and I
This is me before I come undone
This is me before I fall apart
I've been tired for days and days
I've been tired for days and days
It must be something in the way you move
Innoncent like you gave in just like always know
Well must be something in the way they take
And the magic that you bring in between all you and I
Well, this is me before I come undone
This is me before I fall apart
I've been tired for days and days
I've been tired for days and days
It could have been a month or
It could have been a year
But I, I gave up long before
Long before you cared
Her art inspired me to, to do my best and
To paint my music like, like I saw it best
And she says I grew up well, well
Well I grew up strong ‘cause no one's got my back
No one's gonna write me my songs
Could have been a month or it could have been a year
But I, I gave up long before
‘Cause I've been tired for days and days
I've been tired for days and days and days
I've been tired for days and days and days
I've been tired for days and days and days
I've been tired for days and days and days
It could have been a month or
It could have been a year
But I, I gave up long before, long before you cared
Her art inspired me to, to do my best and
To paint my music like, like I saw it best
And she says I grew up well, well
Well I grew up strong ‘cause no one's got my back
No one's gonna write me my songs
Could have been a month or
Could have been a year
But I, I gave up long before
‘Cause I've been tired for days and days
I've been tired for days and days and days
I've been tired for days and days and days