Songfacts®:

• Linkin Park recorded "Lost" around 2003 during sessions of their second album, Meteora. The song didn't make the final tracklist but was present in The Making Of Meteora, a DVD released together with the album. The clip of lead singer Chester Bennington singing "thoughts that take away my pride, trapped in places deep inside" over an instrumental became a fan favorite, and the song continued to make appearances over time.
  
  While scavenging through hard drives for the 20th anniversary of Meteora, the group rediscovered the full song with Bennington's powerful vocals. In 2023, Linkin Park finally decided to release "Lost" officially, to the delight of fans worldwide. "Lost" came out on February 10, 2023 as the lead single from the 20th anniversary version of Meteora.
• "Lost" is a song about the pain of life and the difficulty of personal growth.
  
  I'm lost in these memories
  Living behind my own illusion
  Lost all my dignity
  Living inside my own confusion
  
  Bennington sings of being lost in his own memories, feeling trapped in a false reality and living in confusion. He feels like he has lost his dignity and pride.
  
  I try to keep this pain inside
  But I will never be alright
  
  Bennington wishes he could break free from his pain but finds it an impossible goal to achieve.
• Chester Bennington struggled with depression throughout his life, and on July 20th, 2017, he died by suicide at 41, leaving a shockwave through the music community. With its haunting lyrics and powerful vocals, "Lost" serves as a moving tribute to the late singer and his enduring legacy.
• "Lost" is among six unreleased songs on Meteora 20 along with demos, B-sides, live renditions, and previously unaired footage with the band.
• "Lost" debuted at #1 on Billboard's Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, only the fourth song to achieve the feat. Linkin Park were the first to do so with "The Catalyst," followed by Foo Fighters' "Rope" and Green Day's "Oh Love."
• "Lost" entered the Hot 100 at #38 on the Hot 100, marking Linkin Park's first Top 40, since "Burn It Down" reached #30 in 2012.
  
  It also arrived on the UK Singles Chart at #18, the band's first UK Top 20 since "New Divide" peaked at #19 in 2009.
• "Lost" was one of Linkin Park's favorite songs from Meteora, but they struggled to find the right spot for it in the sequence because it had a similar energy to "Numb."
  
  "We were like, 'Oh, we can't have two 'Numb's' on the album, let's save this for later,'" guitarist Brad Delson told Billboard. "And then I guess we left it on a hard drive and forgot about it!"