Blindsided
NYXX Lyrics

The song "Blindsided" by NYXX is a haunting ballad about the struggle to come to terms with a lost love. The song strongly displays the struggle between memory of the past and the weight of the present. The song starts with the artist’s reflection on how people learn the hard way to bury the fondest memories. They recall how it wasn't meant to end this way; how they remember vividly the times they spent together as a couple, the moments they shared when the artist felt alive and suffused with euphoria. In essence, the song is an honest portrayal of the conflict between past memories and present realities.

The song conveys a sense of betrayal and regret in its lyrics hence the recurring lines, "I never braced myself, You swore you'd catch me, Left in the dark, blindsided I can't breathe." The artist famously alerts her lover, and the world that she was blindsided; betrayed. She wasn't ready for the heartbreak that plagued her, she thought he would catch her, but instead, she was left in the dark. These lines portray the feeling of someone who believed the other party would provide support, cling emotionally to them, now being abandoned at their time of most significant need. The repeated chorus, "Blindsided I can't breathe, At the edge of the earth, I watch you leave, Air fills my lungs, and I can't breathe, Oh, you were the push I needed," creates an atmosphere of loss breath and substance, isolation and loneliness, grief and lamentation.