Fade Out
Description:
This is a song written by Sara Quin for the soundtrack of the film The Intervention.
Sara created the song before being asked to create music for The Intervention, but changed the lyrics for the film.
Video:
Lyrics:
There's an echo on the phone line
There's a shadow over my mind
Bad luck in a bad room
I always knew that I would lose you
Every single thing I ever touch is yours
You've been counting but I'm keeping score
Every single thing I ever lost was mine
You were counting, I was keeping time
Every single word, every single word's another lie
You were waiting, waiting on a goodbye
Every single time, every single time I went without
You were waiting, waiting on a fade out
There's a coldness and I know that it's soulless
It hurts you bad, hurts you bad every time
It feels hopeless and I know that you notice
I break your heart, break your heart every time
Every single word, every single word's another lie
You were waiting, waiting on a goodbye
Every single time, every single time I went without
You were waiting, waiting on a fade out
Every single word, every single word's another lie
You were waiting, waiting on a goodbye
Every single time, every single time I went without
You were waiting, waiting on a fade out
(Everything) Waiting on a fade out
(Everything) Waiting on a fade out
(Everything, everything) Waiting on a fade out
Trivia and Quotes:
Sara Quin already had the song, which was written along with the duo’s recent Love You to Death, but she adjusted its lyrics to fit the film.
“I played a rough idea of it for Clea [DuVall, filmmaker, actress] and she really liked it,” she tells Rolling Stone. “So I tried to imagine Melanie Lynskey’s character and the misguided attempt to fix other people’s lives when she herself was headed for a fadeout in her own relationship and rewrote the lyrics.” The sisters cut it in a quick session they had to end early because Tegan had a severe allergic reaction and needed to go to an urgent-care clinic. “We were hoping we’d recorded enough for the engineer to work with,” Sara says.
“‘Fade Out’ captures the emotional complexity of the film,” DuVall says. “I love the duality of the dreamy melody with the somewhat bittersweet lyrics. When Sara first played me the finished song, all of my anxiety disappeared. The more I hear it, the more I fall in love with it.”
Credits:
Written by Tegan Quin and Sara Quin
Performed by Tegan and Sara
Published by Sony/ATV Allegro (ASCAP) / Naked In A Snowsuit Publishing (SOCAN).
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Produced by Jasper Leak and Sara Quin
Engineered and programmed by Jasper Leak
Additional engineering and editing by Travis Ference
Mixed by Mike Crossey
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, assisted by Chris Allgood
Live Performances:
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