Name: Love Is Lost [Lost Is Love] by The Psychonauts in Slow
Duration: 3 min
Description: Love Is Lost [Lost Is Love]

Slow

Why cover this song? 

From David Bowie's 1974 album Diamond Dogs, one of my favourite Bowie albums. Diamond Dogs divided critical opinion at the time of its release but has been favourably re-evaluated in recent years.

I realised recently that Diamond Dogs is actually a gateway to William Burroughs, covering themes found in Burroughs' work and George Orwell's 1984. We are the Dead (title from 1984) sung by Bowie with an alternating tenderness and dread is, for me, amongst his greatest vocal performances.

Original - https://youtu.be/4QEs1sjlLYA?si=IH0_dFyq9RYJ9fHG

Another cover of this song on Soundcloud - Enrique Seknadje https://on.soundcloud.com/PnoRj79t8fHGn5wyi0

We are the dead (David Bowie cover)

Slow – From the album "The Uncanny Valley"

Snow

Cast Aside

[Verse]
I trace the outlines of what I’ve lost,
A shattered bond, at such a cost.
The books we read, the laughter shared,
A fragile trust, she couldn’t bear.
Each café table, every fairground ride,
A love so pure, stolen by pride.

[Pre-Chorus]
And now I’m left with memories thin,
A fragile shell, breaking within.

[Chorus, choir]
When you stand on tiptoes, you can almost see it,
When you search every drawer, you can almost feel it.
A life I should have known, a heart that could have grown,
But every step I take, it slips further away.

[Verse]
I tried to live, to take a bite,
But life bites back, with teeth of spite.
Every triumph’s met with pain,
Each piece I build, gets crushed again.
The dreams I had, the love I knew,
Lost to battles I never chose to pursue.

[Pre-Chorus]
And now I’m left with scars to show,
A broken map to where I’d go.

[Chorus]
When you stand on tiptoes, you can almost see it,
When you search every drawer, you can almost feel it.
A life I should have known, a heart that could have grown,
But every step I take, it slips further away.

When You Stand On Tiptoes [You Can Almost See It]

Love Is Lost [Lost Is Love]

The Earth Love

The Forgotten Hat (Remix)

Fire (AcouChristo Remix)

My Turn

disguised (change your mind)

Love Shines Bright

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Keep on Walking

Lilac in the Desert

[Verse 1]
This age has melted me down
but left my breath behind—
youth did not kill me
yet its death stayed inside

Lilac I drifted far
shadow on a page of sky—
if love had its time
why did it wait to arrive

[Pre-Chorus]
I carried sparks in the soil
cried to the heavens above—
Every wound in my palm
was a prayer was a love

[Chorus]
Lilac in the desert
calling out my name—
restless urge of rivers
pulling through the flames

I was young unbroken
yet broken just the same
Lilac in the desert
you led me where I came

[Verse 2]
I would not speak too soon
my tongue rusted with grief—
the chance of mistakes
the inheritance of belief
Adam's fate was in me
trembling body set alight
thousands of sparks
plunged deep into the night

[Pre-Chorus]
I drank the cloud's essence
without breaking its skin—
Sweat and questions poured
where has it carried man in

[Chorus]
Lilac in the desert
calling out my name—
restless urge of rivers
pulling through the flames

I was young unbroken
yet broken just the same
Lilac in the desert
you led me where I came

[Bridge]
There is a fountain soiled and scarred
my reflection in my hand
I said 'it doesn't matter'
yet I was searching for a stand

The city's fire still burning
its wound still speaks in me
I walked on face bent forward
toward a summer I can't see

[Final Chorus]
Lilac in the desert
calling out my name—
restless urge of rivers
pulling through the flames

I was young unbroken
yet broken just the same
Lilac in the desert
I walk and still I came

[Outro]
Lilac oh lilac
I walk on

Lilac in the Desert

Arrangement and guitars (Yamaha SG) by Neno J., october 2025.

Smile (Charlie Chaplin cover)

Back

Note: In light of the recent AI breakthroughs, we feel it's important to clarify that we've been working with voice modulation since the mid-1990s – originally inspired by David Bowie's album Outside. Our approach predates AI-driven tools and is rooted in treating the voice as an instrument, shaped and sculpted through earlier technologies.

We fully understand that questioning authenticity may not be the intention – but it's worth remembering that all electronic music is, by nature, mediated and transformed. Even Nietzsche pointed out how modern tools shape us: inserting paper into a typewriter already creates a distance that handwriting does not. Perhaps birdsong is the only truly authentic sound. 🐦

Writes original song lyrics and takes custom lyric requests under the artist name La Wi. This platform is also home to the creative collaborations of the Psychonaut Collective (The Psychonauts). Thank you for your support and appreciation.

Love Is Lost [Lost Is Love]

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