Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Built To Spill
Canonical path: /built-to-spill/the-first-song
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The First Song
Read The First Song lyrics by Built To Spill on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The First Song
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my thoughts are commodities
my lies are me
my price is a compromise
my pay is peace
and words just make it worse
they're misunderstood
see just like there
if you can't spell it out
if it's just understood
then you think it isn't there I make my mind up
convince my brain
I lie on accident
trying to explain
but all the things that I was told
all the people that told me
how can I not believe in things that
everyone else sees
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Built To Spill performs "The First Song", and this lyric page sits inside the Built To Spill catalog on LyroVerse.
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