YOU SAID:

I was a man who liked to be in the past tense, yeah

INTO JAPANESE

私は過去形にいるのが好きでした

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I liked to be in the past tense

INTO JAPANESE

私は過去形になるのが好きでした

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I liked to be in the past

INTO JAPANESE

過去にいるのが好きだった

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I liked being in the past

INTO JAPANESE

過去にいるのが好きだった

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I liked being in the past