Lost

This article is about "Lost" from the Linkin Park album Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition). For "Lost" from the Linkin Park project LP Recharge - Wastelands, see LP Recharge - Wastelands.

Template:Infobox song "Lost" is a song from the Meteora recording sessions was officially released on January XX, 2023 as the first pre-release song from the 20th Anniversary Edition of Meteora.

Background

"Lost" is a song that became popular in the Linkin Park fan community when the DVD of their second album Meteora was released in 2003. On the Making Of Meteora DVD, fans noticed a demo that wasn't on the album which had vocals recorded for it. In this case, a five second clip of Chester singing "thoughts that take away my pride, trapped in places deep inside" over an instrumental has almost become legendary in the Linkin Park community and has appeared on fans' Linkin Park Underground CD wish lists for years.

Lyric sheet as shown on a Virgin 17 special.

A lyric sheet of the song can be seen during Frat Party At The Pankake Festival, meaning it dates back to at least 2001 in some form. The words were also scribbled on the Meteora art wall at one point when Linkin Park, Delta, and Frank Maddocks were making it, meaning work on it continued through at least the summer of 2002 when the band was at NRG Studios recording Meteora.

The song continued to make small appearances over time, but was never released in full until 2023. In 2007, the second LPTV series was released and the episode about the Summer Sanitarium 2003 Tour features an instrumental clip of the song. Additionally, another instrumental clip was shown in an episode of LPUTV for the Linkin Park Underground titled "Mike's Shirt" from 2007.

With only around fifteen songs recorded for Meteora and a growing list of Meteora-era demos appearing on the LPU CDs, was a surprise that this song hadn't been released in some form until 2023. Until the release, its true title remained unknown and fans called it "Thoughts That Take Away My Pride" for twenty years due to the small clip of Chester in the DVD.

Release

On January 27, 2023, Linkin Park began teasing the Meteora release on their social media and website, and a countdown was placed on their website to end on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Lost	Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition)	0:00	2002	January XX, 2023 Released as a pre-release song with the 20th Anniversary Edition announcement.

External Links

• Lost (Official Audio): YouTube