Story Behind The Song

the Phrase "You can't lose what you don't have" was taken from a fortune cookie. At the same time, a close friend had a sequel of misfortune, her house was robbed, her girlfriend dumped him, altogether inspiring the changes that gave birth to this song

Song Description

You can`t lose what you don`t have. The illusion of things that we own blinds us from seeing beyond

Lyrics

Agora eu preciso de uma palavra
Inevitável
Então o vento traz uma nova verdade
As coisas passam

Não se pode perder o que não se tem
O que se deu o que se foi não eram meus
O seu delírio pelas coisas vai passar
Não demora
Um dia eu vou achar o meu lugar
Será no fui das coisas que se vão
A vida faz e desfaz os mais belos nós.

Mas tem uma palavra que a noite nao conta
Inatingivel
O vento quer falar mas as paredes calam
Saudade

Não se pode perder o que não se tem
O que se deu o que se foi não eram meus
O seu delírio pelas coisas vai passar
Não demora
Um dia eu vou achar o meu lugar
Será no fui das coisas que se vão
A vida faz e desfaz os mais belos nós.

*literal translation

Now I need a word
Inevitable
Then the wind brings a new truth
Things pass by

You can't lose what you don't have
Whatever is gone, whatever was given
Were not mine
Your delirium about things will pass.
It won't last long
Someday I will find my place
It will be in the go of things that are gone.
Life ties and unties the most beautiful knots

But there is a word the night doesn't tell
Unattainable
The wind wants to say but the walls shut it.
Saudade (*no translation for this Portuguese word, it's the noun that refers to the feeling of missing someone)

You can't lose what you don't have
Whatever is gone, whatever was given
Were not mine
Your delirium about things will pass.
It won't last long
Someday I will find my place
It will be in the go of things that are gone.
Life ties and unties the most beautiful knots