Matt Nathanson - First Time lyrics

I'm ready to embrace this I am
I'm ready for repair
I've got so many layers left by amateur
Painters who covered over what was there

I stuffed myself sick on your memory
A beautiful mess that we made
But, I'm so tired of being inspired
Only when things slip away'

You told me time would strip it all
Free and leave me bone dry
You told me time would strip it all free
But, I'm no better then when I
Left here the first time

I'm ready to erase this I am
I'm ready to begin
Spent myself trying to change all
Of the beauty we made
Just to want it all back again



And with clouds moving in
Well this hardly looks like the same moon
And with the leaves all gone the
Trees that once stood strong
Now look pinched and cruel

You told me time would strip it all
Free and leave me bone dry
You told me time would strip it all free
But, I'm no better then when I
Left here the first time
But, I'm no better then when
I left here the first first time
First time'

You told me time would strip it all
Free and leave me bone dry
You told me time would strip it all free
But, I'm no better then when I
Left here the first time
Well I'm no better then when I
Left here the first time
Well I'm no better then when I
Left here the first time time, time, time