: People often wish to experience first loves, the birth of a child, or the first time they saved a life.

: The husband reflects that "time changed people," and because the machine removed the linear nature of life, they were no longer "meant to live like this".

: In country music, as seen in Jason Aldean's First Time Again , the phrase takes a darker turn. It describes the "flashback" of a breakup that feels like it is happening for the first time, every time—a heart that "re-breaks" with every mention of a name. Cinematic and Literary Contexts