Nostalgia by Tate McRae

Artist: Tate McRae

Genre: Pop

Length: 3:03

The idea for “Nostalgia” was sparked through a conversation Tate had with her dad during the Barcelona stop of the Think Later World Tour in 2024. As discussed during Spotify’s So Close To What album listening party: I remember just thinking, I’m like, “Oh, wow, like, we really can like go through our lives and like sometimes miss out on, you know, the moments what we’re in or make decisions just because we think it’s right or we think it’s, like, the right thing to do and never really follo...

Nostalgia lyrics

Daddy went to law school and
Could've been an architect
Now he's turned 60 and
Wonders where the big dream went
Tucker never said a lot
Two eyes down, a little luck
Took it to the Ivy's and
Never really knew for what
And I
I bite my tongue ten times a day
Half swear to god, I might just pray
And I got a lot to lose
So I might as well lose it anyway
And I
I manifested you would leave
So the day you did, I had you beat
Three steps ahead of everything
Lately, I wake up feelin' like
"Oh," where's does the time go?
You never really know
'Til you're standing in the bathroom mirror
Like, "No," shit, we got so close
Hit me fast and slow
Funny thing about nostalgia
Didn't show up 'til I lost ya, ooh
Didn't show up 'til I lost ya, ooh
My ma wasn't raised right, oh, no
All she ever knew was guilt
Little did she know that's all her
Kids would ever grow to feel
And every choice leads back to the trade
Every time that I drink, any heart that I break
It's a truckload of regret and stupid mistakes
And, man, lately I wake up feelin' like
"Oh," where's does the time go?
You never really know
'Til you're standing in the bathroom mirror
Like, "No," shit, we got so close
Hit me fast and slow
Funny thing about nostalgia
Didn't show up 'til I lost ya, ooh (when I lost ya)
Didn't show up 'til I lost ya, ooh (when I lost ya, no)
Didn't show up 'til I lost ya (ooh)
It didn't show up 'til I lost ya, ooh
And now
I bite my tongue ten times a day
Half swear to god, I might just pray
And I got a lot to lose
So I might as well lose it anyway
And I
I manifested you would leave
So the day you did, I had you beat
Three steps ahead of everything

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