As It Was milik Harry Styles ini merupakan lagu yang populer, bahkan menjadi lagu yang banyak di putar dalam platform musik Spotify dan memenangkan Guinness World Record. Dalam liriknya terdapat baris "You know it's not the same as it was" yang ternyata memiliki makna di baliknya.
Harry Styles mengungkapkan, makna dari "You know it's not the same as it was" dalam lagu As It Was menekankan bahwa perjalanan waktu mempengaruhi banyak hal dan mengubah esensi dari hal tersebut. Suatu keadaan di masa sekarang tidak akan sama seperti keadaan di masa lalu. Bagian lirik lagu ini kerap diulang-ulang sepanjang lagu sebagai sebuah penekanan.
Seperti halnya ketika putus cinta, beberapa keadaan dapat mengubah mereka dan cara mereka bertindak satu sama lain. Sehingga mereka di masa kini tidak akan sama seperti dulu lagi.
Chord dan lirik lagu As It Was oleh Harry Styles:
[Intro] C
Am D G
Come on Harry, we wanna say Goodnight to you
[Verse 1]
C
Holdin' me back
Am
Gravity's holdin' me back
D
I want you to hold out the palm of your hand
G
Why don't we leave it at that?
C
Nothin' to say
Am
And everything gets in the way
D
Seems you cannot be replaced
G
And I'm the one who will stay, oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
C Am D
In this world, it's just us
G C
You know it's not the same as it was
Am D
In this world, it's just us
G C
You know it's not the same as it was
Am D
As it was, as it was
G
You know it's not the same
[Verse 2]
C
Answer the phone
Am
"Harry, you're no good alone
D
Why are you sitting at home on the floor?
G
What kinda pills are you on?"
C
Ringin' the bell
Am
And nobody's coming to help
D
Your daddy lives by himself
G
He just wants to know that you're well, oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
C Am D
In this world, it's just us
G C
You know it's not the same as it was
Am D
In this world, it's just us
G C
You know it's not the same as it was
Am D
As it was, as it was
G
You know it's not the same
[Bridge]
C
Go home, get ahead, light-speed internet
Am
I don't wanna talk about the way that it was
D
Leave America, two kids, follow her
G
I don't wanna talk about who's doin' it first
[Outro]
Am D
(Hey!)
G
As it was
C Am
You know it's not the same as it was
D G
As it was, as it was
