Tune Tuesday: “The First One” by Boys Like Girls

Every Tuesday here at The Mortal Instruments Source is Tune Tuesday,  where we share a song that relates to The Mortal Instruments or The Infernal Devices. This week’s Tune Tuesday was inspired by Chapter 20 of Clockwork Prince.

“The First One” by Boys Like Girls

These are the lyrics of the song that really stuck out:

Even though you're gone and far away I feel you all around I think about it every single day You got away somehow I can't sleep, it's hard to breathe And I still feel you next to me Now I can see The first one is the worst one When it comes to a broken heart Your first love Yeah, you're so young And you feel like a falling star There's a fire in the city That's burning out tonight And you're breathing But you're barely alive The first one is the worst one When it comes, when it comes to a broken heart

Here is a snippet from the Clockwork Prince (spoilers after the jump!)

He lifted his head and looked at her. She saw the flame of the fire reflected in his blue eyes. “And you? Do you love me?”

Her nails dug into her palms. “Will,” she said.

He looked at her, almost through her, blindly. “Do you love me?”

“I…” She took a deep breath. It hurt. “Jem has been right about you all this time. You were better than I gave you credit for being, and for that I am sorry. Because if this is you, what you are truly like, and I think that it–then you will have no difficulty finding someone to love you, Will, someone for whom you come first in their heart. But I…”

He made a sound halfway between a choking laugh and a gasp. “‘First in your heart,'” he said. “Would you believe that is not the only time you have said that to me?”

She shook her head, bewildered. “Will, I have not–”

“You can never love me,” he said flatly, and when she did not respond, when he said nothing, he shuddered–a shudder that ran through his whole body–and pushed away from the armchair without looking at her. He stood up swiftly and crossed the room, groping for the bolt on the door; she watched with her hand across her mouth as, after what seemed like an age, he found it, fumbled it open, and went out into the corridor, slamming the door behind him.

LYRICS:

“The First One” by Boys Like Girls

Even though you’re gone and far away
I feel you all around
I think about it every single day
You got away somehow

I can’t sleep, it’s hard to breathe
And I still feel you next to me
Now I can see

The first one is the worst one
When it comes to a broken heart
Your first love
Yeah, you’re so young
And you feel like a falling star
There’s a fire in the city
That’s burning out tonight
And you’re breathing
But you’re barely alive
The first one is the worst one
When it comes, when it comes to a broken heart

Spinning like a movie in my head
I’ve seen a thousand times
I’ve learned to take it hard and fall instead
I’m sittin’ safe on the sidelines

Lost days, pictures fade
Somehow you’re still miles away
It’s safe to say

The first one is the worst one
When it comes to a broken heart
Your first love
Yeah, you’re so young
And you feel like a falling star
There’s a fire in the city
That’s burning out tonight
And you’re breathing
But you’re barely alive
The first one is the worst one
When it comes, when it comes to a broken heart

‘Cause I would walk through a thunderstorm just to kiss you,
I’m out here on my own,
Better now than I was before,
But I miss you and I want you to know

I can’t sleep, it’s hard to breathe
And I still feel you next to me
And I can see, yeah

The first one is the worst one
When it comes to a broken heart
Your first love
Yeah, you’re so young
And you feel like a falling star
There’s a fire in the city
That’s burning out tonight
And you’re breathing
But you’re barely alive
The first one is the worst one
When it comes, when it comes to a broken heart [x2]