last first date
The day Luke met his wife, as song: first-date nerves, sand walk, bioluminescence, basement shoegaze: you only get one first impression.
Listen: Apple Music
ISRC QZMEN2468453 (soundexchange)
Non-album standalone single (June 28, 2024 · Beformer), not on I, US, or any LP tracklist. Luke’s note: written about the day he met his wife.
It’s all first-date physics, a sheeply wave, gotta be confident on loop, small talk through family and pet peeves until finally you laugh. Then the beach: a sand walk, a bioluminescent glow, nervousness shaking off like leaves in the winter, later like sakura in summer. The detail that dates it perfectly is the high heart rate Apple Watch alert right before the kiss.
The title carries the whole idea: we can never have a first date again, never another first impression, so this could be our last first date, the only one you’ll get with this person, treat it like it matters. The cycle repeats because memory does. Same relational lane as chasing the sunset and Dancing Alone, but origin story rather than distance. See: Catalog.
Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton.
Lyrics
One look and you got me Waving to you sheeply Gotta be confident Let's go let's go Be confident Small talk about family Hopes and dreams and pet peeves Finally you laugh You laugh Oh finally Shaking off the nervousness LIke leaves in the winter Dreaming of a moment just like this Yeah just like this Let's go for a walk Out on the sand I'm not ready to stop Don't want it to end We can never have a first date again Never have another first impression Don't wanna let our first date again Let's go for a walk On the sand A bioluminescent glow You never know This could be our last first date Could be our last first date Could be our last first date You never know You never know You never know No no no no You never know oh Dancing in a basement Shoegaze shuffling awkwardly Gotta be confident Let's go let's go Be in the moment Holding hands by the water High heart rate Apple Watch alert And finally a kiss Your kiss Oh finally Shaking off the nervousness Like sakura in summer Dream of a moment just like this Yeah just like this Let's go for a walk Out on the sand I'm not ready to stop Don't want it to end We can never have a first date again Never have another first impression Don't wanna let our first date again Let's go for a walk On the sand A bioluminescent glow You never know Ooo This could be our last first date Could be our last first date Could be our last first date You never know You never know You never know No no no no You never know oh