First Impression

By DeFord

On Heretic

Released on October 13, 2023

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[Verse]

I almost just walked off and left you

Almost locked myself outside

And I wish that I never met you

I wish you’d just pretend I died

And we could move on from the issue

We wouldn’t even have to fight

But I shouldn’t hold it against you

‘cause those were the best days of my life

But I can feel the


[Pre-Chorus]

Great Depression slowly creeping in

The love fades away and turns to lust again

Can’t brush off the Dust; act like I’m Bowlder than

I was

It’s not okay because if I


[Chorus]

I have to wait another second on you

Simply won’t do ‘cause I

I’vе spent my whole life runnin’ circlеs ‘round you

Wish I knew how to make a

First impression for the hundredth time

To curb my obsession with the paradigm

Just don’t pay attention, it’ll all be fine

I hope

(Wait, wait, wait, we can do better than that)


[Verse]

I almost just told you a secret

Sorry I trusted you so much

But maybe at least now we’re even

I didn’t ask to keep in touch

But I’m not opposed to the notion

That there’s a bridge we left unburned

And we could go through the motions

Until we can’t explain with words

Just how much we


[Pre-Chorus]

Hate the way we’ll never have enough

Of things we don’t want to make a habit of

We’ll make up and say it doesn’t matter but

It does

It’s not okay because I


[Chorus]

I’ll blame all my anticipation on you

Waiting on you to come alive

And I’ll forget all of the methods I knew

Sifting through how to make a

First impression for the hundredth time

With no pressure falling in and out of line

Just don’t pay attention it’ll all be fine

I know

Well, I guess I’m desperate for an antidote