First Time

## **First Time***Emotion Side B*

* Album cover
* Single cover

Emotion Remixed +

**First Time** is the first track on Carly Rae Jepsen's second extended-play Emotion Side B. It was first released on March 18th 2016 though Interscope Records exclusively in Japan.

## **Lyrics**

**Intro**

Through all the heartbreak, we'll make it feel like the first time

First time

**Verse 1**

Catching tears like raindrops here in the glass

Keep them safe in case you should ever ask

Or if you'd like, we don't need to talk about it

I don't care

I will wait right here by my windowsill

For the sun to come, if it ever will

Everyone says I can never get my fill, but I don't care

**Pre-Chorus**

We won't get too sentimental, not tonight

I could meet you in the middle, we won't fight

**Chorus**

'Cause when my heart breaks, it always feels like the first time

First time

But if you stay here, we could kiss away the goodbye

Goodbye

Through all the heartbreak, we'll make it feel like the first time

First time

And if you stay here, we could kiss away the goodbye

Goodbye

**Verse 2**

Looking back, I followed you everywhere

We were kids just playing with truth and dare

Let's be honest

No one else can take me there, but I don't care

**Pre-Chorus**

We won't get too sentimental, not tonight

I could meet you in the middle, we won't fight

**Chorus**

'Cause when my heart breaks, it always feels like the first time

First time

But if you stay here, we could kiss away the goodbye

Goodbye

Through all the heartbreak, we'll make it feel like the first time

First time

And if you stay here, we could kiss away the goodbye

Goodbye

**Bridge**

Don't you?

I hope that you want to make it up and start it over

Don't you?

I hope that you want to make it up and start it over

**Interlude**

*(I don't really think any of this is easy)*

Feels like the first time

**Outro**

'Cause when my heart breaks, it always feels like the first time

First time

But if you stay here, we could kiss away the goodbye

Goodbye *(Yeah, yeah)*

We'll make it feel like the first time *(Oh-oh-oh, feels like the first time)*

And if you stay here, we could kiss away the goodbye

Goodbye

## **Song credits**

#### **Writing and production**

* **Written by:** Carly Rae Jepsen • Rami Yacoub • Carl Falk • Wayne Hector
* **Produced by:** Rami Yacoub • Carl Falk Kinglet Productions

#### **Instrumentation**

* **Keyboards:** Rami Yacoub • Carl Falk
* **Guitar:** Carl Falk

#### **Additional credits**

* **Mixing:** Carl Falk
* **Mastering:** Gene Grimaldi
* **Backing vocals:** Marlene Strand
* **Programming:** Rami Yacoub • Carl Falk

#### **Studio info**

* **Mixed at:** Kinglet Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)

## **Writing and development**

First Time was written with Swedish songwriting/production duo Carlk Falk and Rami Yacoub, alongside songwriter Wayne Hector, during the development of Emotion likely sometime in 2014. The song is assumed to have been written alongside Your Type due to sharing production credits.

## **Release**

First Time was initially released exclusively in Japan as part of Emotion Remixed +, on March 18th 2016 - that same day, the song was released as a promotional single. It was globally released on August 26th 2016 alongside Emotion Side B.

#### **Lyric video**

As part of its release as a promotional single, an official lyric video for the song was released on March 23rd via YouTube, exclusively in Japan.

## **References**

1. ↑ Carly Rae Jepsen - First Time (Lyric Video) YouTube, March 23rd 2016