Cover art for First Time by Cavetown

First Time

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Jan. 16, 20261 viewer

First Time Lyrics

[Verse]
There's a first time for everything
And "everything" is getting pulled over
On a highway in Albany
In a rental car on a Wednesday
I apologized and he let me go
Told me "Next time
Move away or go slow"

Kinda crossed a line for my ego
Nearly lost my spine, I just wanna go home

[Chorus]
I just wanna go home
Beat myself up nice and slow
Punch the line in the throat
I don't get the fucking joke

[Bridge]
(It's not over 'til they meet the quota)
I don't get the fucking joke
(State trooper, uh, I hardly know her)

I don't get the fucking joke

[Chorus]
I just wanna go home
Beat myself up nice and slow
Punch the line in the throat
I don't get the fucking joke
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Song Bio

Debuted live at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland on September 20, 2025.

Cavetown spoke about the nature of his song on an AMA done on Reddit:

“i was driving in albany NY, in a rental car, on a wednesday. albany has some weird highways which loop around each other, and i came up to a "hill” on one where i couldn’t really see the road ahead of me til i passed over the top. i was in the far right lane going like 50 and as i came over the hill there was a state trooper pulling someone over on the shoulder to my right. the lane to my left was full and i had like 2 seconds to slow down before i passed them. i tried to slow down a bit but i saw the trooper look at me and shake his head as i passed and i was like uh oh…. drove for a bit and sure enough i got pulled over for going too fast past him. i was mostly hoping i pulled over correctly because it had never happened to me before !! he was cold and weird but let me go without a ticket. really uneventful story honestly but i struggled to keep it together on my way home. I was kicking myself for making a mistake !! learned tho" – Cavetown

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turntech_inhuman

this one is cool i like it