LOST//YOUTH
Alt/Rock Band
FIRST LIGHT
Our journey with this project began in 2021, while working on our first EP, Chasing Shadows. The songs we had written for Chasing Shadows were darker and full of heartache but as we reached the final stages of the project, the songs we were writing began to feel lighter and more hopeful. We were coming out of the slumber of Covid and there was hope that began to shine through in our art.
We were compelled to create a piece of work that reflects both the darkness that life can bring, but also the light - and the process of finding that light.
This second chapter is not the end of the story. It is not the happy ending, but rather the beginning of finding hope in the hardship, healing from the heartbreak and seeing light in the darkness. We hope these songs bring you catharsis as they have done for us.
I can’t seem to say what’s on my mind
A thousand things bury me all the time
Do you think you can help me carry
The weight of the world,
I can’t seem to manage it on my own
When did I start caring what everybody thinks
When did I start to sink in the quicksand
Of a thousand thoughts a minute
Do you think they can hear it?
The buzzing in my brain
Well I have a thousand things that I wish I could say
But it probably wouldn't make a difference anyway
Cos even if the people ever stopped to listen
I doubt my wishful thinking
Could ever make a difference
When did I start caring what everybody thinks
When did I start to sink in the quicksand
Of a thousand thoughts a minute
Do you think they can hear it?
The buzzing in my brain
But I won't grow so cold again
So cold again
And I won’t grow so old again
So old again
I always thought myself the hero of the story
And I feared nothing more
than being thought of as ordinary
I won't grow so cold again
So cold again
And I won’t grow so old again
So old again
Oh I will never, I will never grow so cold
again
I will never, I will never grow so old again
When did I start caring what everybody thinks
When did I start to sink in the quicksand
Of a thousand thoughts a minute
Do you think they can hear it?
The buzzing in my brain
COLD
BITTERSWEET
Hold me close, hold me close
Like the little things we can’t let go
Or the secrets only we may know
Let it roll away, roll away
Like a tear on my cheek
Or the way you do when you think I’m asleep
We’re not far from a fight or a kiss
I guess it depends on how we handle this
Shall I smile while I sing your name
Or scowl and lay the words with blame
Promise me baby that we’ll never be bitter
Like the rest of them
Cos I don’t wanna lose my best friend
Promise me baby that we’ll do it better
Never grow apart like them
Cos I don’t wanna,
I don’t wanna lose my best friend
So hold me close, hold me close
Like the little things we can’t let go
Or the secrets only we may know
Let it roll away, roll away
Like a tear on my cheek
Or the way you do when you think I’m asleep
You’ll keep picking up after me
And I’ll keep our heads above water
And we’ll work on the people we wanna be
Cos I don’t wanna be like father like daughter
So promise me baby that we’ll never be bitter
Like the rest of them
Cos I don’t wanna lose my best friend
And promise me baby that we’ll do it better
Never grow apart like them
Cos I don’t wanna,
I don’t wanna lose my best friend
So hold me close, hold me close
Like the little things we can’t let go
Or the secrets only we may know
Let it roll away, roll away
Like a tear on my cheek
Or the way you do when you think I’m asleep
Bitter, Bitter, Bitter Sweet
Bitter, bitter, bitter sweet
Forgive me when I forget
Even though you asked a thousand times
And I’ll try to not get so upset
When you walk away and say you’re fine
We’ve both made our mistakes
And we’ll probably make many more
But when I’m lying awake
It’s you that I’m thankful for
So hold me close, hold me close
Like the little things we can’t let go
Or the secrets only we may know
Let it roll away, roll away
Like a tear on my cheek
Or the way you do when you think I’m
asleep
Bitter, Bitter, Bitter Sweet
It's just a little rain she said
Soaking in the moment
It's just a little pain she said
Tears in her eyes growing
She wipes them away
'Cos nothing ever really stays the same
Rain clouds turn to better days
And even the eyes of the faithful sometimes stray
So she rolls with the punches
Staying's always been her curse
But who does your anger really punish?
Every thoughtless word
She wipes them away
'Cos nothing ever really stays the same
Rain clouds turn to better days
And even the eyes of the faithful sometimes stray
Stray
Sometimes stray
Stray
She's a force to be reckoned with
But she's afraid to be alone
She's got everybody else's answers
But cannot find her own
She'll give you a thousand chances
Even if you don't deserve them
But careful not to waste her time
Even the eyes of the faithful
Sometimes stray
Stray
Sometimes Stray
Stray
Good intentions paved the way
I'm sure you never meant her harm
You only did it to make her stay
'Cos your life's a living hell without her
She'll run away
'Cos nothing ever really stays the same
Rain clouds turn to better days
And even the eyes of the faithful sometimes stray
STRAY
BLOOM
Tonight I thought of how many stories
You never got to tell
How many lullabies
I never got to hear
Oh how the times has flown
I wonder, would you recognise me
In a crowded room
Oh how I have grown
And it breaks my heart
You never got to watch me
Bloom, Bloom
You'll never watch me
Bloom, Bloom
Today I thought of
How many good mornings I never got to say
How many half remembered dreams
You never got to hear
Oh how the time has flown
I wonder, would you recognise me
In a crowded room
Oh how I have grown
And it breaks my heart
You never got to watch me
Bloom, Bloom
You'll never watch me
Bloom, Bloom
I forgive you for leaving me alone
I forgive you for never coming home
I forgive you for wasting precious time
But I promise never to waste
A second more of mine
Bloom, watch me bloom
Bloom
Bloom, watch me bloom
Bloom
I've grown through every heartache
Every Mistake
But I wish you coulda stayed to watch me
Bloom
And it breaks my heart
You never got to watch me
Thank you for taking this journey with us 🤍
