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Another Lifetime by Nao

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Nao

Another Lifetime

Release date: 25th October 2018

From Saturn
Track 1
3:29
R&B/SoulMusic
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About This Track

'Another Lifetime' finds Nao wrestling with the end of a relationship that offered no clean break. The song moves through acceptance and regret in equal measure, her voice growing more assertive with each chorus as she imagines a future where things might have worked differently. She sings of wishing she had been good enough, of mistakes neither party learned to face, and of a love that simply couldn't survive the gap between who they were and who they needed to be. The track builds its emotional weight through repetition and restraint. Nao's delivery intensifies as the song progresses, each iteration of the chorus pushing harder against the idea that fate alone might reunite them in another lifetime. She commits fully to the performance, pouring herself into a meditation on failed love that becomes, in the process, an act of self-understanding. The refrain "I swear I won't run from you" becomes both promise and lament, a vow she cannot keep in this life but might honour in another.

"Another Lifetime" is a track by Nao, from the album Saturn, released 25th October 2018. The track is 3:29 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Nao.

About the Artist

Nao

Nao

Lyrics

Another Lifetime

I hope you find your way
Sorry, we couldn't make it
Still, I miss you anyway, yeah
I just grew and couldn't break it

How I wish perfect was enough
For my own heart
Sometimes I swear it was enough
For my own heart

I guess I'll wait another lifetime, oh, ooh-ooh
Meet us in another lifetime, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
I guess I'll wait another lifetime, ooh-ooh
'Cause there I will stay, my darling
I swear I won't run from you

I know how to make mistakes
Wasn't grown enough to fake them
Everybody makes mistakes
Do we live and learn to brave them?

How I wish I was good enough
For our own heart
Don't ever think you weren't enough
For our own heart

I guess I'll wait another lifetime, oh, ooh-ooh
Meet us in another lifetime, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
I guess I'll wait another lifetime, ooh-ooh
'Cause there I will stay, my darling
I swear I won't run from you

I swear I won't run
Won't run from you, I swear about it
I swear I won't run
In another life, I'll keep us bounded
Oh no, I swear I won't run
Won't run from you, I swear about it
I swear I won't run, run

I guess I'll wait another lifetime, oh, ooh-ooh
Meet me in another lifetime, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
I guess I'll wait another lifetime, oh-oh
'Cause there I will stay, my darling
I swear I won't run from you

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Track details

From Saturn

3:292018
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Album
Saturn
Saturn
Nao
26th October 2018
Track number
1
Release year
2018
  1. 1Another Lifetime
    3:29
  2. 2Make It Out Alive (feat. SiR)
    3:59
  3. 3If You Ever
    3:40
  4. 4When Saturn Returns (Interlude)
    0:59
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Nao — Another Lifetime

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    GRADES, Nao, STINT
    Producer
    GRADES, STINT
    Mastering Engineer
    Stuart Hawkes
    Mixing Engineer
    Lexxx
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