Tegan Rain Quin y Sara Keirsten Quin nacieron el 19 de septiembre de 1980 en Calgary, Alberta, Canadá. Desde muy temprana edad, las gemelas mostraron un interés ferviente por la música. Al crecer en una casa llena de discos y guitarras, no era raro verlas tocando o experimentando con melodías y letras desde que tenían ocho años.
Durante su adolescencia, Tegan y Sara comenzaron a escribir y grabar sus propias canciones. En 1998, con solo 18 años, ganaron una competencia de radio local cuyo premio era tiempo de estudio profesional para grabar un álbum. Este evento marcó el punto de partida de su carrera profesional y poco después, lanzaron su primer álbum "Under Feet Like Ours" de forma independiente en 1999.
En el año 2000, firmaron con el sello Vapor Records, fundado por Neil Young. Este acuerdo cimentó su camino a la fama. Su segundo álbum, "This Business of Art" (2000), fue bien recibido por la crítica y les permitió iniciar giras más extensas en Canadá y Estados Unidos, abriendo para bandas como Neil Young y The Pretenders.
Con el lanzamiento de "If It Was You" en 2002 y "So Jealous" en 2004, la dupla alcanzó una notoriedad aún mayor. "So Jealous" en particular hizo que captaran la atención del público internacional, gracias a canciones como "Walking with a Ghost", que fue versionada por la popular banda The White Stripes.
It's not far to go, it's not far at all
It's not far to go, you're not far at all
Pools out that waters so cold
There's not much said that I don't know
The differences between frozen hands and feet
You come right out and you ask me
Nobody ever asks me
Only you come and ask me
In the pool out back, water to my chest
Towel lying in the grass
Looks a lot worse than it seems
But you know, baby that's just me
Baby, baby that's just me
Baby, baby that's just
Baby, baby that's just me
It's not far to go, it's not far at all
And I want I want I want I want it
Looking for a laugh
What's that sound
When your done whining
Take things back
I'll be there as always
Feet submerged and probably frozen
We can only hope that I'll be frozen
We can only hope that I'll be
Enough of that as if I care
Like I need to know, like I was there
But if I wasn't you could just call my name
Call my name and I'll be there
If you call my name you know I'll be there
Never felt so far away
No matter what you do, no matter what you say
I wanna stop the world for a moment in the middle like a bag of something
You wanna say I is it alright, is it alright
If I hide,
Is it alright is it alright
If I hide
Is it alright, is it alright
If I hide
Is it alright, is it alright
Pools out that waters so cold
There's not much said that I don't know
The differences between frozen hands and feet
You come right out and you ask me
It's not far to go, it's not far at all
It's not far to go, it's not far at all
It's not far to go, it's not far at all
It's not far to go, it's not far at all
Is it alright, is it alright
If hide
Is it alright, is it alright
If hide
Is it alright, is it alright
If hide
Is it alright, is it alright
If hide
Is it alright, is it alright
If hide
It's not far to go, it's not far at all