Wonder Years Lyrics

Lyric discussion by neurotic_panda 

Cover art for Wonder Years lyrics by Real Estate

The song is about running into a girl you used to date and the feelings the encounter provokes. The first half of the song makes it sound like the meeting starts off a little rocky: the girl accuses him of trying to play it cool around her, and he backtracks a bit, though he also points out that they no longer have mutual ownership and he doesn't owe her anything. The rest of the song sounds like he's reminiscing after the run-in, and although he's mostly reconciled that things didn't work out, he can't let go of the nostalgia attached to the period in his life when he was with her.

A really great, subdued song. It's a great track and it's cool that the Alex Bleeker, the bassist, took over the vocals for this one.

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