Tennis is Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, a husband/wife duo from Denver, C… Read Full Bio ↴Tennis is Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, a husband/wife duo from Denver, Colorado, who began making music together as Tennis in 2010. Their music mixes indie pop mixed with 1970s styled soul and 1980s styled new wave music, and is notable for Alaina Moore's distinctive expressive singing voice and Riley's melodic guitar playing. Tennis usually produces their own music and has their own record label called Mutually Detrimental.

The idea for the project began one day a couple of years ago when Alaina made fun of Patrick for playing tennis in college. A year later the two fled their hometown Denver to spend eight months sailing and exploring the North Atlantic coast. During their adventures they began writing music together documenting their experiences. The Longboat Pass Songfacts reports that the pair eventually recorded their songs. The resulting album, Cape Dory, is about their time on the seas, the majority of the tracks being about the difficulties they experienced during their trip.

There other artists with the same name:

2. Australian Indie band containing two brothers, two cousins and a mystery bass player. Tennis have left the halcyon days of art school behind in pursuit of the perfect musical storm. Tennis played their first gig at a strip club in Surry Hills circa ’06, simultaneously debuting in Sydney’s indie and adult entertainment scenes.
Pursuing the former rather than the latter, Tennis have since graced the stages of many more credible venues, supporting the likes of; Matt & Kim(USA), The Ruby Suns(NZ), Wolf and Cub, Children Collide, Lost Valentinos, Tame Impala and The Holidays. Their colliding beats, wild rhythms, melodic vocals and stark atmospheres meld into a festive music de force driving listeners into a sweaty rapture.

3. IDM project of Ben Edwards & Douglas Benford. Their releases:
Wooden Sweets (CD, 2000)
Duckshelf / Interview (7", Expanding 2001)
Europe On Horseback (CD, BiP_HOp 2001)
Furlines (2xCD, BiP_HOp 2003)

4. A now-defunct alternative pop/punk band from New York consisting of singer/guitarist Greg Tuohey, bassist Kris Bauman, and drummer Jochen Rueckert.

Timothy
Tennis Lyrics

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Jot some things down on a list
Under the header, "things to fix"
It's wrong, I know
But I can't let go

You were always quick to judge
Baby, you were slow to love
It hurts, I know

But I can't let go

Timothy, say something sweet to me
Say it slowly until you believe
Tell me that you find increasingly
Elements of merit within me

Seems like nature cannot help
But incriminate itself
It's hard, I know
But I can't let go

Baby, you are either-or
And I'm the other at the door
It's wrong, I know
But I can't let go

Timothy, say something sweet to me
Say it slowly until you believe
Tell me that you increasingly
Elements of merit within me

A hard heart will make a man blind
And a hard heart gets harder with time
It's wrong, I know
I can't let go

A hard heart will make a man blind
And a hard heart gets harder with time
It's wrong, I know
I can't let go

Timothy, say something sweet to me
Say it slowly until you believe
Tell me that you find increasingly
Elements of merit within me

A hard heart will make a man blind
And a hard heart gets harder with time
It's wrong, I know
I can't let go

A hard heart will make a man blind
And a hard heart gets harder with time
It's wrong, I know
I can't let go

A hard heart will make a man blind
And a hard heart gets harder with time

It's wrong, I know
I can't let go

Overall Meaning

The song "Timothy" by Tennis speaks about a person struggling to let go of a past relationship that has gone wrong. The opening lines of the song describe the singer making a list of things that need to be fixed, but unable to let go of the memories of an ex-lover. The song goes on to describe the pain of the breakup and the inability to move on, despite knowing that the relationship was not healthy.

The chorus of the song addresses the lover, Timothy, and asks him to say something sweet to the singer, to remind her of the good times in the relationship. She wants to know that Timothy still sees elements of merit and worth within her, even though the relationship has ended. The repeated lines at the end of the song talk about how a hard heart can make a person blind and how it becomes harder with time. The singer knows that she needs to let go of the past, but her heart won't let her do so.

Overall, the song is a powerful representation of the difficulty of moving on from a past relationship, even when we know that it is the right thing to do. The singer struggles with letting go, even when she knows that her heartache is only causing more pain.

Line by Line Meaning

Jot some things down on a list
Write down a list of things that need to be fixed

Under the header, 'things to fix'
Categorize the list items as 'things to fix'

It's wrong, I know
I am aware that what I am doing is not right

But I can't let go
But I am not able to stop doing it

You were always quick to judge
You used to judge me very quickly

Baby, you were slow to love
But you took a long time to love me

It hurts, I know
I understand that it hurts

But I can't let go
But I still cannot stop doing it

Timothy, say something sweet to me
Timothy, please say something nice to me

Say it slowly until you believe
Speak slowly until you truly believe in what you are saying

Tell me that you find increasingly
Let me know that you are finding more and more