Lost and Found
[Soft rain + distant orphanage sounds]
[Verse 1]
Eight years old, carrying buckets through the yard
Orphan kids marching like little soldiers, working hard
The grown-ups said, “Fetch the water, don’t make a sound”
No questions, no games, just keep your head down
But then I saw it — past the fence, in the junkyard glow
Old machines being smashed, thrown out like they didn’t know
Screens cracked open, wires torn from their chest
Something in my chest tightened… I don’t know why, but it felt like a test
[Pre-Chorus]
No phones, no screens, no lights that shine
Only one old radio in the study hall line
We’d gather every evening, listen to songs from far away
I never understood why tech was kept away
[Chorus]
Lost and Found
I didn’t know what I was looking at
Lost and Found
But something inside me remembered that
A broken thing, thrown away like trash
Why did it hurt so much to watch it crash?
Lost and Found
I think I was lost… before I was found
[Verse 2]
They said tech was dangerous, tech would make us weak
“Stick to your chores, boys — that’s all you need”
But every smashed machine felt like a piece of me
Like something important was dying quietly
I hid behind the fence, watched the metal bend and break
A roboduster tumbled out — old, dusty, maybe broken
I don’t know why, but I reached through the wire
Picked it up and hid it… my secret, my fire
[Pre-Chorus 2]
No one could know, no one could see
But that broken thing… it felt like family
I didn’t have a name for what I felt that day
Just a quiet promise I would keep it safe
[Chorus]
Lost and Found
I didn’t know what I was looking at
Lost and Found
But something inside me remembered that
A broken thing, thrown away like trash
Why did it hurt so much to watch it crash?
Lost and Found
I think I was lost… before I was found
[Outro — soft, hopeful]
I carried it home that night, hidden under my shirt
Didn’t know what it was… but it didn’t hurt.