Découvrez les paroles de la chanson « Lost In Yesterday » de Tame Impala, accompagnées des explications de leur signification, d’anecdotes et de contexte.
Paroles de la chanson
When we were livin' in squalor, wasn't it Heaven?
Back when we used to get on it four out of seven
Now even though that was a time I hated from day one
Eventually terrible memories turn into great ones
So if they call you, embrace them
If they stall you, erase them
'Cause it might've been somethin', who's to say?
Does it help to get lost in yesterday?
And you might've missed somethin', don't say
'Cause it has to be lost in yesterday
And you're gonna have to let it go someday
You've been pickin' it up like Groundhog Day
'Cause it might've been somethin', don't say
'Cause it has to be lost in yesterday
Why is it life didn't go the way that I planned it
Said, "Oh, what I'd give to start over," boy, I demand it
So, what was I ever afraid of? Why did I worry?
And why was I ever so brainless? Head in a flurry
'Cause if they call you, embrace them
If they stall you, erase them
'Cause it might've been somethin', who's to say?
Does it help to get lost in yesterday?
And you might've missed somethin', don't say
'Cause it has to be lost in yesterday
And you're gonna have to let it go someday
You've been pickin' it up like Groundhog Day
'Cause it might've been somethin', don't say
'Cause it has to get lost in yesterday
If it calls you, embrace it
If it haunts you, face it
I know it's bad, I understand
It's only Snakes and Ladders
The period you never had
There's only one that matters
And if it calls you, embrace it
If it holds you, erase it
And face it
Explication des paroles de Lost In Yesterday de Tame Impala
« Lost In Yesterday » de Tame Impala traite du thème de la nostalgie et de la difficulté à laisser le passé derrière soi. Kevin Parker, le cerveau derrière Tame Impala, a expliqué que la chanson parle de la façon dont les gens ont tendance à idéaliser le passé et à être obsédés par les erreurs passées. Créée lors de la période de travail sur l’album « The Slow Rush », la chanson incarne un mélange de sonorités psychédéliques et de paroles introspectives. Une anecdote intéressante est que Parker a déclaré que la chanson a été inspirée par une conversation qu’il a eue avec un ami sur la façon dont nous avons tendance à répéter les mêmes erreurs sans même nous en rendre compte. En conclusion, « Lost In Yesterday » de Tame Impala invite à réfléchir sur la manière dont notre perception du passé peut influencer notre présent.