The First
Description:
This is a song that Tegan Quin wrote and that appeared on the album This Business of Art. Tegan sings the lead vocals and Sara sings the background vocals.
The music video was directed by Sean Michael Turrell and was likely filmed in June 2000.
Video:
Lyrics:
Stand up, sit down baby
Gonna be a formal dress down heyday
We decide, why not go downtown?
How about you and me, we go get wasted?
(You’ll have, you’ll have to excuse me) Why don’t we get wasted?
(Please please, please excuse me) Hey let’s get wasted
(You’ll have, you’ll have to excuse me)
(This will be my first time)
By definition from grade school to English 30
We quietly become strong so early
Take it or leave it, they can’t believe it
They go from kindergarten to killing sprees
They go from heartache to inner peace
100 foot ceilings 100 percent deceit
He said, let’s leave this between you and me
(Take it or leave it) Take my cats, watch my stuff, leave my house
(I can’t believe it) Between you and me the cat burglars are
What did you see? What did you steal?
Tell me baby, how does it feel?
Yeah, how do you feel?
(Take it) It’s a top ten list of things that move me the most
(Leave it) A top ten list of things that bother me the most
(Take it) A top ten list of things that scare me the most
I’d have to say that the future
Wasting time in the fast food line, I decide to walk the fine line and
Celebrate life, celebrate death, I choose to celebrate the first
I celebrate the first
We decide to go out walking, whole time that we’re talking
Convinced that we’re living, whole time that we’re dying
We decide to go out walking, whole time that you’re talking
Convinced that you’re living, whole time that I’m dying
Keeps me on my toes, where did the time go?
You keep me on my toes (Keep me on my)
Where did the time go?
On the edge of town where the gravel’s thin
They’re gonna wear you down until you’re thin and
Tired, tired, tired of wasting time in the fast food line
I decide to walk the fine line and
Celebrate life, celebrate death, I choose to celebrate
The first to come, the first to go
The first to say yes, the first to say no
I’m gonna seize this moment
The first to come, the first to go
The first to say yes, the first to say no
We decide to go out walking, whole time that we’re talking
Convinced that we’re living, whole time that we’re dying
Keeps me on my toes, where did the time go?
Yeah, keeps me on my toes, where did the time go?
You keep me on my toes (Keeps me on my)
Where did the time go?
You keep me on my toes (Keep me)
You keep me on my toes (Keep me)
Live Performances:
October 7, 1999
March 18, 2000 (Video)
August 20, 2000 (Audio 1, Audio 2)
August 22, 2000
August 29, 2000 (Audio)
September 2, 2000
September 3, 2000
September 14, 2000 (Video)
October 19, 2000
October 21, 2000 (Audio)
October 23, 2000
October 28, 2000 (Audio)
October 29, 2000 (The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 2, Audio)
January 10, 2001 (Video)
January 16, 2001
January 23, 2001 (Audio)
January 26, 2001 (Audio)
January 27, 2001
January 29, 2001
January 30, 2001
March 8, 2001
March 9, 2001
April 25, 2001 (Audio)
May 6, 2001
May 16, 2001
July 11, 2001 (Audio)
July 14, 2001 (Audio)
July 29, 2001
August 14, 2001
August 17, 2001 (Audio)
August 25, 2001
September 30, 2008
October 3, 2008
October 4, 2008
October 11, 2008
October 16, 2008 (Audio)
October 19, 2008