Cold War Kids - First (Official Audio)

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Downtown Records | 2014

[AzurePeck]

This song has something behind it that I can't explain, but I speaks to me everytime

[zacharyyabes]

Remember that your life can begin at any time you choose.

Edit: So much love and support, keep fighting for yourself!

[sweetsnsalty]

These comments are 5 years old.... I just heard this for the first time like a month ago. Where the hell have I been? Love this so

[Coulslaww]

Same vibe as "Dont fight it" by The Panics. Timeless songs. Especially on a fragile sunday

[SnowAnayathatweirdgirl]

This is one of those songs you can repeat and never get old of it. Every listen sounds like the first listen. 

[ennem]

There is nothing more comforting than listening to bands or artists who still maintain some element of their original sound and manage to stay relevant in these ever changing times.

This is what music is made of.

[enimiiie]

Cheated and lied, broken so bad
You made a vow, never get mad
You played the game, though it's unfair
They're all the same, who can compare?
First you lose trust, then you get worried
Night after night, bar after club
Dropping like flies, who woke you up?
On the front lawn, sprinklers turn on
It's not your house, where'd you go wrong?
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one
I do not deserve to wait around forever when you were there first

First you get hurt, then you feel sorry
There comes a time in a short life
Turn it around, get a rewrite
Call it a dark night of the soul
Ticking of clocks, gravity's pull
First you get close, then you get worried
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when you were there first
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry
You're growing silent, the silent treatment
It's not inviting now, but don't deny what you meant
You get excited, you get excited
You got a feeling, oh, at least you can pretend
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
You get excited, you get excited
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?
I do not deserve to wait around forever when you were there first
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?
I do not deserve to wait around forever when you were there first
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends

[mannzer]

I heard this song since coming home for my little brothers funeral a few weeks ago; when I hear this chorus my heart breaks before I am in tears each time.

flying like a cannonball falling to the earth,
heavy as a feather when you hit the dirt.
how am I the lucky one? I did not deserve,
to wait around forever when
you were there first.

[adambarnard]

I literally listen to this song 10 times a day. I swear nothing has been able to reach me emotionally like this song. Such a brilliant display of passion and pain. God bless the Cold War Kids. 

[MarlenaWieseman]

Anyone else get goosebumps from this song every time you hear it?

[kylerseverson]

"There comes a time, in a short life,
Turn it around, get a rewrite"

One of the best lyrics I've heard!

[spaghettiyeti]

This song hits different now that I have grown up. This song was popular when I was a kid but now I can relate to the lyrics and it honestly made me start crying such a good song🥲🙏🏻

[elielandrade]

This is one the songs that are meant to be listened while looking through a car's window during a trip

[TheCaramelGangster]

Donna or no Donna, Harvey Specter still THE man!

[mghostboy]

Remember hearing this song on the radio all the time, Such an amazing and solid song even 7 years later.

[peteleveque]

This song hits me like a sledgehammer. If I hear it at work I try to drown it out, it's too much, hard to explain.

[thargor]

RIP Stevie! This always reminds me of you

[Infermy]

There comes a time, in a short life
Turn it around, get a rewrite
Call it a dark, night of the soul
Ticking of clocks, gravity's pull
First you get close, then you get worried

Life got me here

[em_birch]

I can't get this out of my head...

[benonali]

I saw this band live in Brooklyn Summer of 2018 with a girl who had a spare ticket because a guy she was suppose to go with, ghosted her. We made out that night once we got to my car cause everything felt right and were riding on good feeling. We spent that summer together and it was one of the best summers of my life, even though there was no way we could've had a serious relationship cause she was an au pair and had to move back to her home in Germany in the fall, every-time I hear this song, I think of that night and I think of her. I can't help but feel nostalgic in a good way as if the fact that we involuntarily made that night special was some great accomplishment in the history of our lives.