Album Cover Past Life

Past Life

Tame Impala

6

I was picking up a suit from the dry cleaners

Which is standard for me, Thursday, 12:30

I got a pretty solid routine these days

I don't know, it just works for me

Anyway, I was leaving, I was getting in my car

And I went to adjust the rear-view mirror

But in its reflection, just for a second

I saw a figure, started to trigger

Memories flooded back, stopped me in my tracks

Who was that? It was my lover

A lover from a past life

From a past life

Feel like I saw a ghost

From a past life

So unexpected

From a past life

I was transfixed

From a past life

Well, somewhere between a lover and a friend

It was different back then

Surreal, poetic but uncertain

Like a bizarre chick-flick with a confusing end

But I shut it down, closed it off

The sounds and smells I made myself forget

A cheap solution to block out regret, but it was real

It just feels like a past life

From a past life

Crazy

From a past life

It takes a lot to trip me out

(I always wondered if you wanted my love)

For the first time

In a long time

(I always wondered if you wanted my love)

So I go about my day as normal

But I can't seem to pass it off as just a random event

It consumes me

I thought I was moving on, but I guess I was just switching off

And now I see my life as the banal slog it instantly became

And I don't know if I can go on the same

But I don't wanna dig up old bones

I mean, I don't even know if she has the same phone number

Who knows? Maybe she does

From a past life

I guess there's no harm in trying

From a past life

What's the worst that could happen?

(I only wondered if you wanted my love)

For the first time

In a long time

(I tried to say it but it never came out right)

Past life

From a past life

(You're not a stranger if you're always on my mind)

For the first time

(I know it's late, it just didn't feel right)

In a long time

Hello?