Gonna Lose
Mind's Maze: Unraveling the Enigma in Built to Spill's 'Gonna Lose'
Lyrics
Don't you believe what you wanna see
There's doubt about believing what one desires to perceive.
Your mind keeps playing tricks on me
The thoughts or perceptions are being manipulated or deceptive.
I wasn't sure 'cause you never know
Uncertainty prevails because certainty is elusive.
Gonna lose your mind
An impending loss of sanity or stability is anticipated.
Gonna lose your mind
Reiteration of the anticipation of losing one's mind.
What could be more disorienting
Nothing more disorienting than the combination of hallucinogenic experiences and being in a dreamlike state.
Than being on acid and in a dream
Reflecting on the disorienting effects of being on LSD while dreaming.
Thought I was done with that kind of fun
Believed to have moved past that type of enjoyment or experience.
Gonna lose your mind
Repeated anticipation of mental deterioration.
Gonna lose your mind
Reiteration of the anticipation of mental decline.
Now that you know
Confirmation or acknowledgment of newfound knowledge.
It's what you know
What one knows becomes essential or defining.
Yeah, you know it's what you know
Emphasizing the significance of what one knows.
Yeah, you know
Confirmation of the importance of personal knowledge.
It's what you know
Reiteration of the significance of personal knowledge.
I've come to realize time's all wrong
Realization that the perception of time is distorted or inaccurate.
Answers materialize then they're gone
Insights appear briefly and then vanish.
They were here but the ones like that
Things similar to insights disappear without return.
Disappear and they don't come back
Occurrences or insights similar to past ones don't reoccur.
Tell me again about this memory
Questioning the authenticity or reality of a memory.
Sure you just didn't see it on TV?
Suggesting that the memory might not be authentic but from TV.
Do I need to tell you what you're gonna lose?
Rhetorical question about the impending loss or its consequences.
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