Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman
Like the album’s earlier track “Maraschino Red Dress $8.99 at Goodwill,” “l Lost My Innocence” deals with the formation of the narrator’s queer identity. This track describes a homosexual encounter, whereas “Maraschino” deals with gender performance. There is a sense of freedom and excitement on thi...
[Verse 1]
Well I could feel the sections of my
Brain detaching
I could feel the fluid in my head go bad
I could see my future in his
Leather jacket
Shining in the darkness of
My schoolboy past
[Chorus]
I lost my innocence
To a boy named Vincent
Box of Girl Scout Thin Mints
And a pack of Winstons
I lost my innocence
To a boy named Vincent
In a single incident I was changed
[Verse 2]
Now I'm a little creature
In the lazy evening
I'm a little creature
And they can't catch me
Lying semi-naked on his rooftop dreaming
Dreaming of the creature
That I used to be
[Chorus]
I lost my innocence
To a boy named Vincent
Box of Girl Scout Thin Mints
And a pack of Winstons
I lost my innocence
To a boy named Vincent
And a new existence soon found me
[Verse 3]
I looked a real long time
To find the border
Of a kingdom of love, outside the
Reigning order
And I found my angel on a motorcycle
I'm a queer for life
Outlaw, outsider and uh
[Chorus]
I lost my innocence
To a boy named Vincent
In a single instance
I joined the true resistance
I lost my innocence
To a boy named Vincent
In a single instant I was set free
I Lost My Innocence was written by Ezra Furman.
I Lost My Innocence was produced by Ezra Furman & Tim Sandusky.
Ezra Furman released I Lost My Innocence on Fri Feb 09 2018.
On 27th July 2017 Ezra posted a short poem on his Instagram account, entitled “VINCENT CAN YOU REMEMBER ME”:
Remember 2002
you were there
we never spoke of it
we saw each other for a moment
mostly clothed
fully naked
In an online interview in spring 2019, Ezra said:
(The album) closes with a flashback to before the beginning, there’s a lot of artworks that end that way that I really like…ending with something that’s before the start and shows the underpinning of the whole experience. …That song is about a young...
In an online interview from November 2018, Ezra said:
I love how “I Lost My Innocence” turned out, both musically and lyrically. It began as a kind of Beatles and Beach Boys-inspired mid-’60s rock thing, but the band helped turn it into its more original-sounding self. I love the low horns and the...