Veirs, Laura - Don't Lose Yourself Lyrics






I felt my vocal chords weakening
I felt my concave thoughts
I felt my voluntary blindness
For staring straight into the sun
The romantic air of your eye patch
Called me across the room
I clung there and I danced with you, silent
Admired your divine tattoos

We slept in the shadow of a cedar tree
We made love on the rising tide
We smelled the perfume of the waxing moon
We dreamt of all friendships kind
We touched the blood of the black cat
We pet the mammoth dog of tears
In the flickering light, we were laughing
"Necessity conquers fear!"

Don't lose yourself
Don't let yourself be lost
Don't lose yourself
Don't let yourself be lost

Dreaming we were stones in black stillness
Dreaming of the death of the sun
Waking to a world of white blindness
Painted eyes of the holy ones
The death of the word was upon us
And the discipline of the wind
We see less and less all the time, dear
Just look at this mess we are in

Don't lose yourself
Don't let yourself be lost
Don't lose yourself
Don't let yourself be lost

Staring at the entrance to the mine
I prayed for your wounds to close
Tiger ointment and a cosmic collision
And the crucifixion of the rose

Don't lose yourself, don't lose yourself...

Don't lose yourself
Don't let yourself be lost
Don't lose yourself
Don't let yourself be lost...





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  1. i.... ....

    I have two Laura Veirs memories.


    Number one, I heard this song on the radio after an awful day at an awful job, and it calmed me down in a big way.


    Number two, I dated a girl for like 5 years because she gave me a ride home and I recognized that she was playing a Laura Veirs cd.


    The girlfriend and I eventually went to see Laura Veirs and got to talk to her. She seemed to appreciate my little stories. (Might have just been humoring me. I had a few drinks in me.)

  2. s.... ....

    This isn't in iTunes! Wtf

  3. p.... ....

    2018 already, what bad years... Miss the good old time. Things nowadays are not good on many level. Just realised again after watching this beautiful piece of art

  4. C.... K....

    Loved this song for a decade. Never realized this was only an entry for the music video. For me, this has always been the official video to accompany this song. It is fantastic. Great job, excellent.

  5. m.... H....

    i'l listening Laura since 2004. One of my favourite artist. Really like all their melodies. Don't know why she is not famous....

  6. D.... K....

    scary to think that these people in this video are 10 years older and are missing the time and lives that they were living in

  7. G.... C....

    This can be mixed with When you were young by The Killers

  8. U.... B....

    The music, and your video are amazing

  9. W.... A....

    I probably watched this video more than 200 times since 2007. Love it.

  10. P.... M....

    What a beautiful song.

  11. o.... ....

    Such a great voice...

  12. J.... ....

    ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES!! from Laura Veirs, ONE OF MY NEW FAVORITE ARTISTS, the dj

  13. M.... E....

    These kids are probably quite attractive but this video makes them look dumb and ugly.

    M.... E....

    Maybe because is kind of a very sad story.

  14. F.... M....

    But... Eminem told me to lose myself... :)

    F.... M....

    +Forest MG Facking hilarious dude! :)

  15. E.... G....

    So outstanding! Magical!

    E.... G....

    Menroute

  16. K.... ....

    Wait, what? You didn't win?! o.O

  17. K.... ....

    I just love this song

  18. s.... ....

    I love this, and the bath shot certainly woke me up from my half-slumber

  19. j.... w....

    this song will always be there for me

  20. s.... ....

    so sweet

  21. a.... ....

    wonderful and creative music video! great great :> regards from Germany,Leipzig:>

  22. e.... ....

    This one hits a little too close to home.

  23. N.... ....

    I got a Westlife advert before this... sod off YouTube.

  24. O.... ....

    This is better than half the music videos I've seen and even those were professional.

  25. c.... ....

    Although it's all brilliant, 1:51 was my favourite.

  26. a.... ....

    this made me cry

  27. J.... ....

    Amazing video. You took a song and made a story.

  28. z.... ....

    I like it

  29. K.... ....

    Wait, that was awesome! for the past couple years i was in love with this song, i actually thought this was the official music video for it!.. my bad. haha but GREAT JOB (:

  30. T.... B....

    Truly, an amazing video. It has an amateur feel to it, but definitely would easily pass as professional. Creative, well-made, relatable. Seeing that you did NOT win the contest, I'm insanely interested in seeing the video that did! That's a compliment :)

  31. S.... ....

    i paid £17 when this album first came oot. no idea why it were so expensive at the Virgin store (R.I.P) but it were worth every bloody penny.

  32. v.... ....

    wow, how this did not win i do not know. amazing work.

  33. R.... ....

    prefer this to the winner.

  34. a.... ....

    c'est vraiment génial, dommage que vous n'ayez pas gagné

  35. S.... E....

    @bejeproductions Wow. That is ridiculous that you didn't win. It is clearly amazing.

  36. e.... ....

    wow, I thought this was the actual video.. this is incredible

  37. m.... ....

    I cant stop watching this video.
    I cant stop listening to this song.
    Good job. :)

  38. d.... ....

    Very well made vid. Giving all those big name vids a run for their money.

  39. i.... ....

    You didnt win!??! that was fucking brilliant!

  40. c.... ....

    OMG this was FANTANA-STONISHING! Great work!

  41. B.... E....

    @firstecarag Thanks!! We did not win :)

  42. m.... ....

    this video brings back old memories of when i had a bad break up...ahhhh

  43. T.... W....

    I love the part with the fingers when they're in the tub. How cute! :D

  44. c.... ....

    Yeah this is really nice work. I though it was the pro video that went with the song - and if you want to donate the HVX to me i'll be willing to let that happen!

  45. R.... ....

    view over Barcelona? :)

  46. f.... ....

    i'm just beggining to know laura veirs, so far i've only seen one of her videos and randomly clicking this one i thought it's an official video...so i guess you guys made a good job : )

  47. B.... ....

    @chailove19
    sometimes, it's not within our power..
    sometimes, life happens !!

  48. B.... P....

    i won't lose myself, or let myself get lost ....

  49. f.... ....

    this is a stupid question, but did you win? of course you did. wonderful video. do me a favor: let me hire you someday. you guys are awesome.

  50. p.... m....

    cool video!

  51. J.... ....

    I love this song but I really like video. Its very literal but it doesn't take away from the song.

  52. B.... ....

    jeune amour, impressionnant

  53. s.... ....

    Had this title written down on a piece of paper for 2 years. Nice to come back and find this tune!
    fab video!

  54. o.... ....

    Way better than "Aha" in my humble opinion...thanks for sharing....

  55. M.... ....

    video kinda looks like aha's "take on me".

  56. J.... D....

    Good work!

  57. D.... l....

    wow so lovely. good work

  58. m.... ....

    I like 'pink light', but some other people have suggested 'magnetized', 'spelunking', 'cast a hook in me', and 'where gravity is dead' (i suggest the video posted by studiougo for the last one)

  59. e.... ....

    really cool song. and the video fits so very well, i think. in fact, it was here i came across the song at first. played it a few times, and then i actually just left the house and bought the album. doesn't happen so often. beautiful song.

  60. D.... F....

    how about where gravity is dead?

  61. l.... ....

    'galaxies', 'secret someones', 'magnetized' and 'cast a hook in me' are all great tracks so check 'em out.

  62. t.... ....

    so i hate to be one of "those" people but ... i kind of only like this song and "saltbreakers" (which I was bummed she didn't play at a recent show)

    any other song suggestions from fans that my turn my opinion around?

  63. W.... ....

    Laura Veirs just visited us! She played all brand new stuff from her upcoming album July Flame. Check out the videos at my page.

  64. a.... ....

    omg lovely lovely lovely <3

  65. j.... ....

    how do we get teenage boys to watch our video... hm... let me think..... lets put a girl in a bath tub? THATS BRILLIANT!

  66. H.... ....

    reminds me so much of tegan & sara

  67. S.... ....

    That was a amazing music video! I loved the animated sequence! Beautiful video for a beautiful song.

  68. R.... D....

    kra, q video massa! mto bem produzido , faz a musika parecer ainda melhor do q eh!

    man, what a great video. Very well produced, makes the music sounds even better than it is.

  69. P.... T....

    Beber menos, sair das confusas cidades e consumismos e encontrar a alma gémea para cooperar na harmonia do cosmos, eis um ideal bem partilhado ou demandado por alguns...

  70. a.... ....

    this is beautiful. i love when they're caressing each others' hands. true and sweet. nice work.

  71. C.... B....

    Did such an AMAZING job! I loved this video!

  72. v.... ....

    Das habt ihr sehr gut gemacht.

  73. b.... ....

    this is good

  74. I.... ....

    aww this makes me really sad and happy at the same time.

  75. T.... ....

    so cute.

  76. M.... ....

    where is that spot at 0:22??? such an amazing view

  77. N.... B....

    awesome video

  78. D.... H....

    hogwash

  79. t.... ....

    so cute :)

  80. O.... G....

    i commented on this song 11 months ago.
    i still love this song,
    and i heard it once on radio 1
    i was dead pleased for her!

  81. W.... o....

    i absolutely love this video...its on My Myspace!

  82. B.... E....

    Thank you! Animation is Rotoscope, we used Panasonic HVX and bounce card to eliminate harsh shadows. And the run scene was shot from car.

  83. a.... b....

    that is such a beautiful video
    it made me think about future&past
    just WOW/

  84. B.... L....

    I love it, but the girl is wearing way to much lipstick.

  85. c.... ....

    makes me think of the kind of relationship and interaction that i want to have with someone

  86. k.... ....

    so cool.

  87. R.... ....

    amazing.

  88. C.... W....

    Great work...this really captured the song well.

  89. N.... ....

    terrific job!!

  90. C.... M....

    Nothing better than love. I want to lose myself... Thanks for sharing this. Love.

  91. C.... K....

    that's so adorable.
    i actually cried, i'm such a sap!

  92. R.... M....

    Did you win. I can't imagine why you wouldn't.

  93. C.... ....

    so much fun working with you guys

  94. v.... ....

    What a great work!

  95. j.... ....

    basak--
    you are so talented and amazing. I love everything you do. this is such a sweet and perfect video.
    --jessica gaynor

  96. J.... K....

    Great video and i think the couple sweetness really showed when their in the bathtub. Well, of cuz not in a dirty way!

  97. G.... C....

    great! good luck for the contest, I have my entry on you tube too :-)