'Cause once upon a time, it was you I adored.
I could smile.
'Cause once upon a time, it was you I adored.

You look different.


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  • +9
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    I remember reading an interview with Burial where he mentions he spends many of his nights/early mornings sitting in a 24 hour McDonalds by himself, not answering his cellphone...

    timothyrealon January 20, 2009   Link
  • +5
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    I agree with TimothyReal and just for clarification, the woman in this song is Aaliyah. The line is sampled from her song "I Refuse." Got goosebumps when I heard her voice out of nowhere.

    AutomaticTLCon May 03, 2009   Link
  • +3
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    Beautiful song. That's basically all I ever say on this website, haha. But I guess that's most of what I appreciate in music: Beauty. It's soooo present on this album.

    Technophobiaon June 19, 2008   Link
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    any additional lyrics would be great, but you gotta have some kind of super hearing to make them out.

    da77ynon June 23, 2008   Link
  • -4
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    Oh, please. Who y'all bullshitting. It's an insulting song. They are both sitting in a Mickey D's after not having seen each other for a very long time. The years have passed (perhaps) and they've grown older, larger, etc. She, like a typical woman, still sees his beauty (his insides) while he, like a typical man (yes, it's a stereotype, but a darn good one as stereotypes go) only notices that she's gotten larger and older. This is NOT a happy song about reminicising about the past, etc. Y'all need to give it a rest, please.

    IllToast2Thaton January 16, 2013   Link

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