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.
I've got to liberate first
The list of fictions
My mouth has made first
Eliminate the distance between us
I've got to implicate first
The list of lies
My mind has made fist
Eliminate the distance between us
Truth be told
You're hard to hold
You've gotta want it
You've gotta want it right now
Truth be told
You're hard to hold
You've gotta want it
You've gotta want it right now
If you don't want me
Baby, you don't deserve me
You've got to want it right now
If you don't want me
Baby, you don't deserve me
I've got to want it right now
You've got to cooperate first
List the wound
That caused me pain first
Eliminate the distance between us
You've got to illustrate first
List the damage
That caused me pain first
Eliminate the distance between us
Truth be told
You're hard to hold
You've gotta want it
You've gotta want it right now
Truth be told
You're hard to hold
You've gotta want it
You've gotta want it right now
If you don't want me
Baby, you don't deserve me
You've got to want it right now
If you don't want me
Baby, you don't deserve me
I've got to want it right now
If you don't want me
Baby, you don't deserve me
You've got to want it right now
If you don't want me
Baby, you don't deserve me
I've got to want it right now
I can feel the difference
That a little distance
In between us start to show
I can tell what you want
If you really want to know
I can take you to the top
If you really want to go
If you just say yes
If you stop say no
If you just attest
That you want me so
I can feel the difference
That a little distance
In between us start to show
I can tell what you want
If you really want to know
I can take you to the top
If you really want to go
If you just say yes
If you stop say no
If you just attest
That you want me so
If you don't want me
Baby, you don't deserve me
You've got to want it right now
If you don't want me
Baby, you don't deserve me
I've got to want it right now
If you don't want me
Baby, you don't deserve me
You've got to want it right now
If you don't want me
Baby, you don't deserve me
I've got to want it right now