02 October 2012

Track on Tuesday: My First Love


Album: The Day We Ran Into The Sea
Artist: Paper Aeroplanes
Genre: Indie
Label: Red General Catalog
Released: 25 October 2010
My Review: This song came up on my internet radio a little while ago and I immediately went and downloaded it from Amazon.  I haven't heard a fun song like this in ages, and it was such a pleasant surprise!  I love the lyrics to this song, bright, fun, happy. Incredible end of fall tune from a band out of Wales.  I can't believe I haven't heard of these guys yet, but discovering them was like musical gold.  They already have a few albums out, and I haven't been able to really listen in depth to their stuff, but what I have listened to, so far, I'm loving.


Woke up in the garden shed
Curled up on a makeshift bed
Our fingers and toes entwined
Three drinks and we lost track of the time

You said you would never leave
Carved promises into apple trees
For me

But I'm ruthless
I'm a fool
I think I left my heart at school

My first love would have saved the people
My first would have parted seas
My first love would have sailed to China
And back again for me
My first love was a fearless soldier
My first love would have won hands down
But he's back there with a wife and children
Back in my home town

We'd wander about for hours
Brave winter and April showers
Broke curfews and household rules
I'd climb walls in a party dress for you

I knew you would never leave
You wore crosses and hearts upon your sleeve
For me

But I am ruthless
I'm a fool
I left you standing there at school

My first love would have saved the people
My first would have parted seas
My first love would have sailed to China
And back again for me
My first love was a fearless soldier
My first love would have hunted you down
But he's there with a wife and children
Back in my home town

And he would call three times a day
When there were no more words
And nothing left to say

But I am ruthless
I'm a fool
I think I lost my heart at school

And my first love would have saved the people
My first would have parted seas
And my first love would have sailed to China
And back again for me
My first love had a bow and arrow
My first love would have hunted you down
But he's there, a forgotten stranger
Back in my home town

My first love
I'll see you around
In my home town
I'll see you around
My first love
I'll see you around
In my home town
I'll see you around

 

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