LOST LOVE
Jeff Tweedy Lyrics
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Lost love on the sea
If you can put it behind you
But it's still beyond me
'Cause hearts break in the summer
And they meet me in the spring
Broken hearts all around me
Lost love on the highway
Lost love on the phone
Lost love with a suitcase
Heading back home
Where hearts break in the summer
When they meet in the spring
Mines still wrapped inside me
But I don't feel a thing
You're my lost love, I can't see
That you're coming back for me
You're the travel I can't find
And it's only a matter of time
Should've taken it all so hard
Should've taken it all so hard
You My lost love ...
The lyrics of Jeff Tweedy's song Lost Love evoke a sense of longing and confusion regarding love. The repeated phrase "lost love" creates a feeling of hopelessness and sadness, as if the singer has lost love multiple times and cannot shake the feeling of loss. The use of different settings—desert, sea, highway—emphasizes the universality of this feeling, as if people lose love in all sorts of places and in all sorts of ways. The line "If you can put it behind you, but it's still beyond me" highlights the singer's inability to move on from lost love, even though others seem to be able to.
The song also touches on the idea of broken hearts and how they are all around the singer, but they don't feel anything. This could suggest numbness or a sense of detachment from emotions. The line "You're my lost love, I can't see that you're coming back for me" shows the singer's desire for a lost love to return, but they cannot see that it is possible. The final line, "Should've taken it all so hard," indicates some sort of regret or guilt, as if the singer did not handle the loss of love in the best way possible.
Line by Line Meaning
Lost love in the desert
Talking about how someone has lost their love in the middle of nowhere
Lost love on the sea
Talking about how someone has lost their love while traveling on the sea
If you can put it behind you
Suggesting that someone can easily move on after losing love
But it's still beyond me
Admitting that the singer is struggling to move on after losing love
'Cause hearts break in the summer
Explaining how love can end and hearts can break even in the summer season
And they meet me in the spring
Talking about how broken-hearted people approach the singer for comfort in the spring
Broken hearts all around me
The singer acknowledges the number of people dealing with heartbreak around him
But I don't feel a thing
Despite being surrounded by heartbreak, the singer has become numb to it and doesn't feel anything
Lost love on the highway
Talking about how someone has lost their love while driving on the highway
Lost love on the phone
Talking about how someone has lost love over a phone call or text message
Lost love with a suitcase
Talking about how someone has lost their love while traveling with a suitcase
Heading back home
The person who lost love is returning home, possibly to heal or recover
Where hearts break in the summer
Referring to a place where broken hearts are a common occurrence even in the summertime
When they meet in the spring
Reiterating how people dealing with heartbreak come to the singer for comfort in the spring
Mines still wrapped inside me
The singer's own broken heart is still inside of them, causing them pain
But I don't feel a thing
Despite the pain of their own broken heart, the singer remains numb to their emotions
You're my lost love, I can't see
Admitting that the singer is in love with someone they have lost and can't move on from
That you're coming back for me
Holding onto the hope that the lost love will return
You're the travel I can't find
Metaphorically comparing the lost love to a lost trip or destination that can't be found
And it's only a matter of time
Believing that eventually, the lost love will be found
Should've taken it all so hard
Regretting not being more affected by the pain of the lost love at the time it happened
Should've taken it all so hard
Repeating the regret of not fully feeling the pain of the lost love
Writer(s): Gary Louris, Jeff Tweedy
Contributed by Aaron R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
MegaZelenizub
Go Jeff, go!
Nate Philips
the best.