[Verse 1]
Wait, when am I gonna lose you?
How will I let you slip through?
Careless or unkind?
Trace the curving of the coastline
The Santa Lucia cliffside
We'll stay here for the night
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I remember you said
Everything has its place
Now I lie in our bed
Wondering how to explain
[Chorus]
You
When am I gonna lose you?
When am I gonna lose you?
When am I gonna lose you?
When am I gonna lose
[Verse 2]
Take another one if you need it
Or do you already feel it?
I felt it from the start
Engrave the silhouette of you dancing
A shadow play that we're cast in
On the cabin walls
[Pre-Chorus 2]
You were floating to me
In a slow-motion fade
Could I finally see
Between belief and faith?
[Chorus]
You
When am I gonna lose you?
When am I gonna lose you?
When am I gonna lose you, you?
When am I gonna lose
[Bridge]
I remember you closing the shutters
And laying down by my side
And the light that was still slipping through
It was painting your body in stripes
I remember the trees tumbling down
Like an archangel choir
And the ocean was all we could see
And I knew that I wanted you
I remember you closing the shutters
And laying down by my side
And the light that was still slipping through
It was painting your body in stripes
I remember the trees tumbling down
Like an archangel choir
And the ocean was all we could see
And I knew that I wanted you
[Chorus]
When am I gonna lose
When am I gonna lose you
When am I gonna lose you, you
When am I gonna lose
When Am I Gonna Lose You was written by Matt Frazier & Nik Ewing & Taylor Rice & Kelcey Ayer & Ryan Hahn.
When Am I Gonna Lose You was produced by Shawn Everett.
Local Natives released When Am I Gonna Lose You on Fri Mar 08 2019.
I got married last year. I found myself in an incredible relationship that was great on so many levels, but I always felt like it was going to go away, fall apart, and crumble. This song is me diving into murky emotions of anxiety and doubt in the middle of love and joy.
–Taylor Rice, press release
Although the title sounds like a relationship near its end, that’s not really the case. The song is about the feeling of being in an amazing relationship but feeling the fear and anxiety that it can’t possibly last, whether just by twist of fate or because of your own self sabotage. It was inspired...