Said by the band itself: “It’s basically about being on acid and how you can lose control of your mind. I stopped using drugs a long time ago, but there’s this place you get if you do the right kind or the wrong kind or too much, where you really feel like you know what an insane person feels like —...
[Verse 1]
Did you hear the distant cry
Calling me back to my sins?
Like the one you knew before
Calling me back once again
[Chorus]
I nearly
I nearly lost you there
And it's taken us somewhere
I nearly lost you there
Let's try to sleep now
[Verse 2]
Drag me far enough to know
I'm blind every mile that you burn
There's a rider that's fallen and
It's clear there's no time to return
[Chorus]
I nearly
I nearly lost you there
And it's taken us somewhere
I nearly lost you there
Well, let's try to sleep now
[Verse 3]
Did you hear the distant lie
Calling me back to my sin?
Like the ones you knew before
Calling me back once again
[Chorus]
I nearly
I nearly lost you there
And it's taken us somewhere
I nearly lost you there
Well, let's try to sleep now
[Outro]
I nearly lost you there
I nearly lost you
I nearly lost you there
I nearly lost you there
I nearly lost you there
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh, I nearly lost you there
Nearly Lost You was written by Mark Lanegan & Van Conner & Gary Lee Conner.
Nearly Lost You was produced by Don Fleming.
Screaming Trees released Nearly Lost You on Tue Sep 08 1992.