Tate McRae
Nostalgia lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:04
Daddy went to law school and
Could've been an architect
Now he's turning 60 and
Wonders where the big dream went
Tucker never said a lot
Two eyes down, a little luck
Took it to the Ivies 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 feeling like
"Oh, where 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 that trait
Every time that I drink, and heart that I break
It's a truckload of regret and stupid mistakes
And, man, lately I wake up feeling like
"Oh, where 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 (when I lost ya, ooh)
Didn't show up 'til I lost ya (when I lost ya, ooh, no)
Didn't show up 'til I lost ya (ooh)
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
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Key vocabulary
- school
- place to learnA1
- turning
- becoming different directionA1
- anyway
- in any caseA2
- beat
- hit; strikeA2
- law
- rules made by governmentA2
- wake
- stop sleeping; wake upA1
- ivies
- elite universities
- knew
- past of knowA2
- bite
- take a chunk of foodB1
- swear
- promise or use bad wordsB2
Test yourself
How much of Nostalgia did you catch?
A quick quiz on the key words from this song.
About this song
Tate McRae is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence via teen dance competitions and later became known for style-shifting releases that blend pop with trap, alt-rock, and R&B.