past life

Tame Impala

I was picking up a suit from the dry cleaners
Which was 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 rearview
Mirror, but in its reflection
Just for a second,
I saw a figure, started to trigger
Memories of what I had learned,
Stopped me in my tracks
Who was that? It was my lover,
My 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 so I'd say,
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
A friend, 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)
For the first time
In a long time

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?)
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?