Jack Johnson: Losing Keys Meaning

Losing Keys Lyrics

Don't worry
Everybody in the room notices you
Sit back and relax
The night is early
We are about to overdo it
So come and tell me something that you've already told me
Cause everybody's heard our lovely stories
I hope that some of them are...

1. anonymous

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   Mar 5th 2023 !⃝

   To talk about the title...
   
   The key is, in many ways, a pain in surfing.
   
   So let's say that like the United States, you go surfing alone in the ocean with at least four or six bundles of keys, car keys, office keys, etc.
   
   It's hard to hold it and surf it, and I think I'll drop it into the sea in a fierce movement, and if I hide it somewhere, I'll forget where it's hidden on the wide white sandy beach, or someone who's secretly looking at it will take it. If you go surfing like this, you often lose your key. I think the title of the song was made from that story.
   
   If you get into an accident while surfing, you're more likely to lose your keys for one reason or another, right? In fact, Jack Johnson was a professional surfer before he was a musician. But just as his career was about to shine, he had a big accident while surfing and retired due to injury.
   
   For the word Down in the lyrics,
   
   I think you can imagine coming down on the high waves that are the last of your career.
   
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   The injuries he encountered while climbing down the high waves, and the frustration of not being able to do professional surfing life anymore, those things were expressed in this song. I can feel it.
   
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   When I think about it like that, I understand the expression that I would rather sink, and in particular, the short versed consisting of two or three words in the second half of the song expresses the short thoughts that he had while riding the high waves.
   
2. anonymous

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   Feb 18th 2017 !⃝

   To me when I first heard this song this week it got me in the heart. I just lost my mom to alzheimers and this song reminded me of her. It says how you lose keys and the ups and downs . I was her caregiver for the last 4 years of her life. Being a caregiver takes all your strenght. Your whole life is devoted to that loved one , there is no me time and sometimes life sees overwhelmed and alone

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