If I Lose Myself

"If I Lose Myself" is a pop rock, dance-pop, and house song that runs for 4:01. It has a tempo of 140 beats per minute. Tedder put it like this in an MTV interview: "Even though ["If I Lose Myself"] sounds like this euphoric, 'let's go crazy tonight' song, it's a bit morbid; it's about going down in an airplane. Waking up on an airplane and finding out you're going down, having that moment of sheer panic, looking out the window, seeing your life pass before you, [but] looking over to your right and seeing the person you love sitting next to you, and realizing 'It could be worse ... the next 90 seconds are going to be pretty thrilling, and this person is with me, so I'm OK.'"

[Verse 1] I stared up at the sun Thought of all of the people, places and things I've loved I stared up just to see With all of the faces, you were the one next to me [Pre Chorus] You can feel the light start to tremble Washing what you know out to sea, yeah You can see your life out of the window tonight [Chorus] If I lose myself tonight It'll be by your side I lose myself tonight Whoa, yeah, yeah If I lose myself tonight It'll be you and I Lose myself tonight [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] I woke up with the sun Thought of all of the people, places and things I've loved I woke up just to see With all of the faces, you were the one next to me [Pre Chorus] You can feel the light start to tremble Washing what you know out to sea, yeah You can see your life out of the window tonight [Chorus] If I lose myself tonight It'll be by your side I lose myself tonight Whoa, yeah, yeah If I lose myself tonight It'll be you and I Lose myself tonight, ooh [Instrumental Break] Ooh, ah-ooh [Outro] Take us down and we keep trying Forty thousand feet, keep flying Take us down and we keep trying Forty thousand feet, keep flying Take us down and we keep trying Forty thousand feet, keep flying Take us down and we keep trying Forty thousand feet, keep flying (Ooh, myself) I lose myself tonight Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh