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Charlemagne shakes in the streets
Gideon makes love to the suites
And Holly's not invincible
In fact she's in the hospital
Not far from that bar where we met
On that first night
Charlemagne pulls street corner scams
And Gideon's got a ? from a Pringles can
Holly's insatiable, she still looks incredible
But she don't look like that same girl we met
On that first night
When she was golden with ? and beer
On that first night
She slept like she'd never been scared
And then last night
She said "Words so long never could save us."
And then last night
She cried and she told us about Jesus
Holly's inconsolable
Unhinged and uncontrollable
'Cause we can't get as high as we got
On that first night
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Don't bother talking to the guys
With their ? eyes
You know they're already taking on
Don't even speak to all those sequin-surfed beach boys
When they kiss they spit white noise
When they kiss they spit white noise
When they kiss they spit white noise
When they kiss they spit white noise
Yeah, when they kiss they spit white noise
Now when they kiss they spit white noise
When they kiss they spit white noise
Gideon makes love to the suites
And Holly's not invincible
In fact she's in the hospital
Not far from that bar where we met
On that first night
Charlemagne pulls street corner scams
And Gideon's got a ? from a Pringles can
Holly's insatiable, she still looks incredible
But she don't look like that same girl we met
On that first night
When she was golden with ? and beer
On that first night
She slept like she'd never been scared
And then last night
She said "Words so long never could save us."
And then last night
She cried and she told us about Jesus
Holly's inconsolable
Unhinged and uncontrollable
'Cause we can't get as high as we got
On that first night
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Boys and girls in America
Don't bother talking to the guys
With their ? eyes
You know they're already taking on
Don't even speak to all those sequin-surfed beach boys
When they kiss they spit white noise
When they kiss they spit white noise
When they kiss they spit white noise
When they kiss they spit white noise
Yeah, when they kiss they spit white noise
Now when they kiss they spit white noise
When they kiss they spit white noise
Lyrics submitted by Nodima, edited by HowlingMad, chad56s
Track duration: 04:54
"First Night" as written by Tamara/dupri Savage, Pamela Joan Sawyer
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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I think Holly could be a personification of the word "holy" and what is holy. Religion as an institution has become misused in the modern world and when Holly says: "Words so long never could save us," she means that our actions will speak louder than whatever words people quote from the Bible. For those who have stuck with a religion for a long time, they may have gone through experiences good and bad that transformed their original beliefs. "She cried and she told us about Jesus" could be saying that people should go back to what they held onto originally instead of bending to the corruption of words and institutions.
Best. Moment. Ever.
Just like the 'moment' a memory doesn't bear any temporal significance once it has passed, so getting 'as high' as you got is a logical impossibility. What is in the past stays in the past and so to live a life chasing the feelings conjured by the fragmented sensual apparitions of memory is as futile as trying to 'feel' a concept - in the tactile sense - would be.
i think this song is when the three start to realise that they cant stay young and irresponsible forever, they gotta start growing up cause the drugs and aclohol are starting to take theyre toll. they dont look as young as they once did and they cant get as high as they used to, plus it sounds like holly being hospital has kinda made her break down and not want to be a part of that scene anymore.
the whole song is so melancholy. sorta like the end of an era or something.
and what sein 514 says about it almost almost bringing you to the point of catharsis is intentional as its at that point that the characters are going through it aswell
i love the way all three albums come together to form one big concept album...kinda
Holly is, of course, regretting how she's allowed herself to be used by so many boys who didn't truly feel anything for her.
There are a lot of lyrical touchstones from previous tracks- while Gideon's pipe may seem like a bit of debris from the party in "Same Kooks," the lines echoing from "Stuck Between Stations" give the song a haunting, sad quality that is uncommon in pop music.
There's a price to pay for everything. Gideon, Charlemagne, and Holly are learning that.
No sh*t! That's an awesome line! I was wondering what he was saying there. That makes perfect sense.
This is songwriting at its best. He's really giving his idol Springsteen a run for his money on this one. What really gets me is when the backing vocals come in on "white noise."
It's easy to get on him for being nearly unable to write a song that deals with getting drunk or high, but he makes it mean so many different things. And hey, even Springsteen relies on references to the road and driving in half his songs.