Lord Huron returns with this single “Nothing I Need”. It is a wistful folk song with elements of country and a tempo that evokes the open road. Written and sung by the band’s frontman Ben Schneider, the narrator is haunted by his memories of the lover he left and regrets his decision. Life seems to...
[Verse 1]
I fell asleep and when I woke up, I was old
I said goodbye to my youth and my blood ran cold
I got a feeling I just had to get away
I left it all behind on an endless road
But I see her face everywhere I go
[Refrain]
I got everything I want and I got nothing that I need
I got everything I want and I got nothing that I need
[Verse 2]
I fell asleep, and when I woke up, she was there
Oh, with her long black hair, her ice-cold stare
She made me wish that I had never let her go
I threw away our love on the goddamn road
But I see her face everywhere I go
[Chorus 1]
I fell in deep when you fell out of love with me
Now I got everything I want and I got nothing that I need
If I believe, will you fall back in love with me?
Now I got everything I want and I got nothing that I need
I got everything I want, and I got nothing that I need
[Bridge]
I threw away my life on a goddamn road
But I see her face everywhere I go
I threw away our love on the goddamn road
And I see her face everywhere I go
[Chorus 2]
I fell in deep when you fell out of love with me
Now I got everything I want and I got nothing that I need
Just say the word and I will change the life I lead
And I will push away the world just to keep you close to me
I'd give up everything I've got just to have what used to be
You're the one I'll never get and you're the one thing that I need
[Outro]
I threw away my love on a goddamn road
But I see her face everywhere I go
Nothing I Need was written by Ben Schneider.
Nothing I Need was produced by Jay Joyce.
Lord-huron released Nothing I Need on Fri Mar 28 2025.
Ben Schneider:
[The song] wonders if it’s possible — within the short time you’ve got — to ever truly know what you want, if it’s worthwhile wanting anything at all, and if there’s any point in pondering what’s down the roads you didn’t take.
— via Stereogum