“Past Lives”’s the second track on Real Estate’s third studio album, “Atlas”. It’s a nostalgia-fueled song that finds Martin contemplating is old neighborhood, realizing both similarities and differences, reflecting on how quickly things may change.
[Verse 1]
I cannot come back to this neighborhood
Without feeling my own age
I walk past these houses where we once stood
I see past lives but somehow you're still here
[Chorus]
Underneath this canopy
All lit up above us
Oh, but I can see
The sky is not the only thing that changes rapidly
[Verse 2]
This is not the same place I used to know
But it still has that same old sound
And even the lights on this yellow road
Are the same as when this was our town
[Chorus]
Underneath this canopy
All lit up above us
Oh, but I can see
The sky is not the only thing that changes rapidly
[Outro]
And even the lights on this yellow road
Are the same as when this was our town
Past Lives was written by Martin Courtney.
Past Lives was produced by Tom Schick.
Real Estate released Past Lives on Tue Mar 04 2014.