Nostalgia’s Lie Lyrics – Sam Fender

Read the full Nostalgia’s Lie lyrics by Sam Fender along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Sam Fender’s music, you can also explore Chin Up and Arm’s Length, two other songs by Sam Fender.

[Verse 1]
You caught me off guard
Tears were streaming, my eyes were teeming
With all of nostalgia’s lies
You’d emptied my heart
All the weight dropped out my stomach
With all my defences down

[Chorus]
What is this place?
Can you take me back to somewhere, darling?
Where I feel safe

Down the violent path and the oak tree hollow hours
Spinning and laughing
Was it ever what I thought it truly was?
Oh

[Verse 2]
These streets break my heart
There is pain and failure, the desperate yearning
For all my friends who are gone
Those were the times where we all had nothing
Most my friends are still against it
For all I’ve gained is something lost

[Chorus]
What is this place?
Can you take me back to somewhere, darling?
These purple days
Left the violent mark on the oak tree hollow hours
Spinning and laughing
Was it ever what I thought it truly was?

[Bridge]
Before I’m pushing up daisies
Give me a long, hellish summer
With arms open wide

I won’t take this world for granted
I’ve become what I’ve been asking
I’d accept the path that lays before my eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
All my defences down

[Chorus]
What is this place?
Can you take me back to somewhere, darling?
Where I feel safe
Down the violent path and the oak tree hollow hours
I’m spinning and laughing
Was it ever what I thought it truly was?
Oh