[MUSIC] Tegan and Sara, "Closer"

[rfmcdonald]

The lead single off of Tegan and Sara's seventh album Heartthrob, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 charts to critical acclaim, is "Closer".

"Closer" is a deliriously happy and occasionally raunchy synthpop song about love and its consummation. I'm rather fond of it, and pleased that the duo is doing so well. (The facts that Tegan and Sara, both out lesbians, are doing so well, and that a video featuring love and attraction in its many orientations hasn't attracted controversy, are also pleasing.)

All I want to get is a little bit closer
All I want to know is, can you come a little closer?
Here comes the breath before we get a little bit closer
Here comes the rush before we touch, come a little closer

The doors are open, the wind is really blowing
The night sky is changing overhead

It’s not just all physical
I’m the type who will get oh so critical
So let’s make things physical
I won’t treat you like you’re oh so typical
I won’t treat you like you’re oh so typical

All you think of lately is getting underneath me
All I’m dreaming lately is how to get you underneath me
Here comes the heat before we meet a little bit closer
Here comes the spark before the dark, come a little closer