[Verse 1]
It never ends
Inside the painted egg is another egg
It all depends
Just for being here, you're knocked down a peg
[Pre-Chorus]
How could it ever be the same?
Yeah, this is weird, you're not insane
[Chorus]
Hi, hello, somebody new
Do the best that you can do
Hey, buddy, what's got into you?
You're picking up the slack
[Verse 2]
In a bottle in a hollow tree
In a field next to a creek
Won't you leave a note for me?
[Pre-Chorus]
How could it ever be the same?
But you're still here, you haven't changed
No, it'll never be the same
Yeah, this is weird, you're not insane
[Chorus]
Hi, hello, somebody new
Do the best that you can do
Hey, buddy, what's got into you?
You're picking up the slack
[Outro]
Hey, buddy, what's got into you?
Hey, buddy, what's got into you?
Hey, buddy, what's got into you?
Hey, buddy, what's got into you?
Hey, buddy, what's got into you?
Hey, buddy, what's got into you?
Somebody New was written by Martin Courtney & Alex Bleeker & Julian Lynch & Matt Kallman & Sammi Niss.
Somebody New was produced by Daniel Tashian.
Real Estate released Somebody New on Fri Feb 23 2024.
Martin Courtney:
It feels good as an opener. It thematically sets up this vibe, which runs throughout the record, about coming to terms with the fact that I’m a different person now than I was before, trying to figure out who that person is and being okay with that. It has this looping thing, which...