The First Song
Built to Spill * Track #1 On Ultimate Alternative Wavers
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The First Song by Built to Spill
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This song is about an extremely unhealthy (if not outright abusive) relationship. The speaker is unable to see how bad things have become and is trapped in lies used to avoid confrontation.
The First Song Lyrics
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
My thoughts are commodities
My lies are me
My price is a compromise
My pay is peace
[Verse 2]
And words just make it worse
They're misunderstood, see just like there
If you can't spell it out, if it's just understood
Then you think it isn't there
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Verse 3]
I make my mind up
Convince my brain
I lie on accident
Trying to explain
[Verse 4]
But all the things that I was told
All the people that told me
How can I not believe in things that
Everyone else sees?