THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG

I lost years

A song about the moment a person realizes that life hadn't been waiting for them all along.

ZAČÁTEK

Proč vznikla

„I Lost Years“ came about when I realized how long I had actually been postponing everything.

I kept telling myself that it wasn't the right time yet. That I would finish something else, solve something else, hold on for a little longer — and then I would start living the way I truly wanted to.

But that "then" kept getting pushed back.

Years passed and I felt like I wasn't really getting anywhere. I was functioning, dealing with responsibilities, doing what needed to be done, but deep down I knew it wasn't the life I had imagined.

And then one day something quite unpleasant dawned on me: life hadn't been waiting for me all along.

That's the foundation of the entire song.

Life didn't wait for me the whole time.

OSOBNÍ ROVINA

Příběh skladby

What hit me the most was realizing that I was constantly waiting for some kind of turning point. For a moment when everything would sort itself out and I would finally have the space to start living life to the fullest.

But no such moment ever came.

Instead, one year after another disappeared.

This song is actually a confession for me. A confession that I wasted a part of my life waiting. Not by doing nothing, but by constantly waiting for when "real" life would begin.

I chased tomorrows – while today slept.

SLOVA

Jak vznikal text

I wanted the lyrics to be completely simple and direct. Without complex imagery or hiding behind metaphors.

That's why there are lines that sound almost like something one would say to themselves: "Just a little longer." "Now is not the right time." "One day I will live life to the fullest."

It's precisely these sentences that can repeat for years.

The chorus was then meant to be the moment when I finally admit what happened.

And I didn't want the ending to be just about regret. I can't change the past. But I can still change what I do today.