Lost
Rediscovering Lost Identity: Local Natives' Soulful Reflection
Lyrics
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
The repetition of "Ooh-ooh" suggests a melodic and emotive introduction without specific lyrical content.
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
-Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
-Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
-We'd run around
Describes a past experience of running around with a carefree attitude.
Night sky, heads in the clouds
References a night sky and having heads in the clouds, indicating a dreamlike or imaginative state.
All filled up, no trying
Suggests a time when everything was full and complete, with no need for effort.
Catch pillows, all fine
Mentions catching pillows, possibly symbolizing an easygoing and comfortable existence.
Now you wonder where you are
Reflection on the current state, feeling lost and disoriented with dimly lit eyes upon waking up.
Skull drifting through the fog
-Just barely lit eyes
-Just woke up to find
-Are you the one you lost?
Ponders the question of self-identity and whether the person has lost themselves.
Are you the one you lost?
-We tell yourselves
Expresses a commitment to independence and not being tied down in a relationship, possibly leading to self-discovery.
We'd never been with somebody else
-I can't be tied down
-I can never be slowed down
-Now you wonder where you are
Describes a situation of being confined or restricted at someone else's place with sleeping pills hidden in a glasses case.
Entombed at your mother's house
-You got your sleeping pills
-Inside a glasses case
-You can't remember the last time you had a say
Highlights a loss of agency or control, not remembering the last time the person had a say.
And how much of that you need? (Need)
Presents a repeated questioning of needs, possibly addressing substance dependence or searching for fulfillment.
And how much of that you need? (Need)
-And how much of that you need? (Need)
-And how much of that you need? (Need)
-Are you the one you lost?
Reiterates the theme of questioning one's identity and whether the person has become the one they lost.
Are you the one you lost?
-Are you the one you lost?
-Are you the one you lost? (Lost)
-Now you seem to clear
Describes a sense of clarity but with the inability to return to the past or stay in the current state.
Can't go back and you can't stay here
-Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Repeats the melodic element, possibly emphasizing the emotional tone of the song.
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
-Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
-Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
-And how much of that you need?
Reiterates the questioning of needs, with an additional melodic element.
And how much of that you need?
-And how much of that you need?
-And how much of that you need? (Ooh)
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