Lost! Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Just because I'm losin'
Doesn't mean I'm lost

Doesn't mean I'll stop
Doesn't mean I'm across

[Verse 2]
Just because I'm hurtin'
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserved
No better and no worse

[Chorus]
I just got lost
Every river that I tried to cross
Every door I ever tried was locked
Oh, and I'm just waitin' 'til the shine wears off

[Verse 3]
You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come a bigger one


[Chorus]
And you'll be lost
Every river that you tried to cross
Every gun you ever held went off
Oh, and I'm just waitin' 'til the firin' stopped
Oh, and I'm just waitin' 'til the shine wears off
[Outro]
Oh, and I'm just waitin' 'til the shine wears off
Oh, and I'm just waitin' 'til the shine wears off
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)

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About

Genius Annotation

“Lost!” is an anthemic track about perseverance. It tells how people might believe one is lost when everything is actually thriving.

Fun fact: all the versions of the track have different symbols attached to them.

  • “Lost?” is an acoustic version on piano (released as a Viva la Vida bonus track and as the B-side for the “Violet Hill” single)
  • “Lost@” is a live version recorded at the United Center in Chicago; a recording of this performance was used for the music video
  • “Lost+” is a remix featuring Jay-Z; the rapper is a friend of frontman Chris Martin
  • “Lost-” is the instrumental version of the album track

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What did Coldplay say about "Lost!"?
Genius Answer

Berryman: This was one of the first songs we worked on for the record. … We were listening to a song called “Sing” by Blur, and I think we were in America somewhere —

Martin: Detroit.

Berryman: — in Detroit, and we were listening to that song in our dressing room. And we went on stage to do a soundcheck, and we were trying to write a song like that. And it’s sort of evolved in various ways and has lots of different versions of itself.

Martin: That’s often how we write, is we listen to something and we think it’s incredible, and we feel stupid for not having anything as good as that, so we go and try to play it. And then, of course, because we don’t know how to do that, we often come up with something new.

From a 2008 interview with MTV.

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