Twinkle in your eye offers everything

Caught up in the game we’ve been living in

At the faintest whisper, I can cover my ears

Closing my eyes only helps with the tears

Sometimes I wonder what’s the point of it all

Each time you catch me only to let me fall

The true meaning is always lost

And the best I can do is keep my fingers crossed

But there’s really no reason to gloat

My intuitive gut makes me want to choke

’Cause there’s this sour taste at the back of my throat

Wherever I am, wherever you go

It’s sure to follow ever since I awoke

She couldn’t love you, not the way I do

But you fall for her, as I fall for you

Sometimes I wonder what I am doing here

Each time I turn around, you might disappear

And it burns like a bar of soap

And it burns like cigars I smoke

And it burns away all my hope

And it burns like the heart you broke

Facts we can’t escape, truth can’t be erased

The first love’s a kind that can’t be replaced

Sometimes I wonder why you pretend to care

Each time you say you love me, you’re just not there

But there’s really no reason to gloat

My intuitive gut makes me want to choke

’Cause there’s this sour taste at the back of my throat

Wherever I am, whenever you show

It’s sure to follow ever since I awoke

And it burns like strong peppermint

And it burns like whiskey and gin

And it burns the first love’s imprint

And it burns taking it on the chin

I’m staring at you, you’re staring at her

She’s staring at herself in the mirror

It’s getting hard to pay love’s cost

With a sour taste and my fingers crossed

Somewhere out there is someone she could love

And I’m sorry to say it, but you lost

I’m forfeiting this game and rising above

You can wait here with your fingers crossed

And it burns, but I’ll let you go

Yeah, it burns, but I finally know

First love fades to a sour echo