Lost For Words
Silent Echoes: Unveiling the Unspoken in Finger Eleven's 'Lost For Words'
Lyrics
Impossible loves to sing in the same place
Expressing the difficulty of impossible or challenging loves existing in the same space or situation.
But that's where I was with me and my mind games
Describing the speaker's past involvement in mental games or struggles within their own thoughts.
The progress reports all say the same thing
Indicates that progress reports consistently relay similar information.
But no news was good just not in my case, my case
The absence of news being positive, although not applying to the speaker's circumstances.
Maybe there's something I should've known
The speaker contemplates whether there's information they should have been aware of.
But if I start to speak, my cover's blown
Fear of revealing too much about oneself if they were to speak.
I'll answer you now, but I'm guessing I'm wrong
The speaker responds but doubts the accuracy of their answer.
The times that are back seems like it's all gone, long gone
A sense of nostalgia for times that have passed and cannot be reclaimed.
Lost for words so back I turn
The speaker feels unable to articulate their thoughts or feelings, leading them to turn away.
The trouble began with timing and pacing
The problems began due to issues with timing and pacing.
But my body slows my mind is racing
Despite mental agitation, the physical self slows down.
The cinema shows reflections of others
Observing others' experiences through a cinematic lens where they seem to find escape and glory.
They safely escape, glory is all days, all days
Others' successful escapades contrast with the speaker's own experiences.
Maybe there's something I should've known
Similar contemplation as in line 5 about potential missed information or knowledge.
But if I start to speak, my cover's blown
Fear of divulging too much if the speaker were to start speaking.
I'll answer you now, but I'm guessing I'm wrong
Responding with uncertainty, doubting the accuracy of their response.
The times that are back seems like it's all gone, long gone
Reflecting on times past that feel distant and irretrievable.
Lost for words, so back I turn
The inability to express oneself leading to turning away once more.
It's never now, it's always too little too late
Emphasizing a perpetual sense of missed opportunities, always arriving too late.
It's never now, I'm always over and in delay
Continuing the theme of always feeling behind or delayed in actions.
It's never now, it's always too little too late
Reiterating the perpetual feeling of being too late in situations.
It's never now and I say what you want
The speaker asserting control by saying what others want to hear.
So say what you want me to say
Repetition emphasizing the idea of complying with others' desires in speech.
So say what you want me to say
-So say what you want me to say
-So say what you want me to say
-Lost for words so back I turn
Returning to the feeling of being unable to express oneself verbally.
It's never now, it's always too little too late
Reiteration of always being late or delayed, unable to act in the present moment.
It's never now, it's never now
-It's never now, it's always too little too late
-It's never now, I'm always over and in delay
-It's never now, it's always too little too late
-It's never now, now say what you want
Challenging others to dictate what the speaker should say.
To say what you want me to say
Emphasizing the pressure to conform to others' desires in speech.
To say what you want me to say
-To say what you want me to say
-(To say what you want me to say)
Repetition of the pressure to conform and say what others want.
(To say what you want me to say)
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