The Tragically Hip - Love Is A First

I’ve been interpreted and shrunk
I’ve been as touchless as a drunk
This is as bad as or worse, as bad as or worse
This is as bad as or worse, as bad as or worse

Love is a curse
That he who would own it deserves
Love is a curse
You get what you give not deserve

I know, I know this is all just first blurts
That he who would try to own it deserves it
And I know it’s got nothing to do with "deserves it"
It's just that you don’t just blurt "love is a curse"
Love is a curse, love is a curse
You don’t just blurt "love is a curse"

Though I’ve been too weak to escape
And I don’t have the strength to pluck a grape
Though it’s as bad as or worse, as bad as or worse
Though it’s as bad as or worse, as bad as or worse

Love is a first
I've felt the dull fangs of the truth
Love is a first
I've heard the music they torture to
Love is a first
I saw Old Power enforced
Love is a first
I was more the Devil of Darkness' horse

I drank the poison from the source
And smoked that murder, fell on the floor
And watched the near-death of your TV
And dreamed its darkly nurtured dreams
And drained my ocean of its worth
Lke God’s representatives on the earth
Learned how to hurt and how not to hurt
And the thing you taught me, what I learned?

Love is a first
Though it’s as bad as or worse
Love is a first
As bad as or worse
Love is a first
As bad as or worse
Love is a first
As bad as or worse

Love is a curse
That he who would own it deserves
Love is a first
Though it occurs and occurs
Love is a curse
You get what you give not deserve
Love is a first
Love just occurs and occurs

I drank the poison from the source
And smoked that murder, fell on the floor
And watched the near-death of your TV
And dreamed its darkly nurtured dreams
And drained my ocean of its worth
Lke God’s representatives on the earth
Learned how to hurt and how not to hurt
And the thing you taught me, what I learned?

Love is a first