When We Were Young

Album: Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea (2016)
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Songfacts®:

  • Passenger wrote this song when he was on holiday in Ibiza, looking out at a beautiful view. He explained to The Sun: "It sounds cheesy, but there was something about my surroundings that brought it out of me. It's a sentiment everyone can relate to and that's all I try to do with songs – say something that everyone feels."

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  • Ransom Nduaguba from Nigeriathe song got me reminiscing my past almost shed tears
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