First Love, Still Mine

[Verse 1] You were laughing in that thrift-store coat Coffee steam on your cold red nose You traced hearts in the fogged-up glass Said "Promise me this moment lasts" Your glove in my bare Shaking hand First time I ever changed a plan For someone else's favorite song You sang too loud I sang along [Chorus] You are my first love The one I grew my heart around Every goodbye Echoes with your name somehow I learned how to break The day I had to let you go But you are my first love You’re the home in every road [Verse 2] Years passed by in cardboard rooms New city with the same old moons I still find you in the strangest things That mint you liked That line you’d sing We don’t talk like we did back then Life got loud We lost some friends Yet there you are in my quiet street In every stranger I half expect to meet [Chorus] You are my first love The one I grew my heart around Every goodbye Echoes with your name somehow I learned how to break The day I had to let you go But you are my first love You’re the home in every road [Bridge] If I see you someday Older eyes Soft grin Will you recognize the boy you let in? I’ll thank you for the courage The truth The pain For teaching me how to love again [Final Chorus] You are my first love Not a place that I can stay But you lit the dark Showed me there could be a way I’m stronger now I’m braver now Because I had to lose you so But you are my first love You’re the seed of all I know [Outro] So if you think of me on some quiet night I hope your heart feels warm and light We were just kids We did our best You’re my first love And I wish you all the rest