There Goes My First Love

The speaker watches his first love with a former friend and feels the relationship’s loss all over again. He says the love seemed as if it would never end, but she has moved on. Because she still lives nearby and he sees her often, his heartbreak remains present rather than fading into the past. The repeated lines make the feeling sound persistent and difficult to escape.

“First love” suggests a relationship that stays emotionally important even after it ends. Seeing the woman “holding hands” with someone else is a simple, visible sign that she is now close to another person. The phrase “how it might have been” means he imagines a different outcome for their relationship, while “I wish I knew where I went wrong” shows his search for an explanation.

The song gives us only the speaker’s perspective. He remembers that she loved him, but “not for long,” and wonders whether he caused the breakup; the lyrics do not tell us why it ended or whether he did anything wrong. His pain may come from losing both a partner and a friend’s trust, though the song does not explain what happened between the two men. The focus is less on blame than on lingering attachment and regret.