Nothing is Ever Lost
(Rick Springfield/Matt Bissoneete))

Nothing is Ever Lost
We just lose sight along the way
As the sun, melts the frost
And its light will heal the day

Turning everything to hate
Is the weight that holds you down
And if you keep your fingers crossed
Your heart and hope to die someday
Burning down the castle gate
It's too late, you've paid a cost
When we find your light, then nothing's ever lost

Song Facts: This can be found on Venus in Overdrive.

Rick says: its about we never really loose anything, which we both believe.  That everything goes somewhere and it all comes back to the one in the end.- Amazon.com promo video

According to US

This song says so much in such a very short amount of time that it lasts. It feels and sounds like it belongs on this CD perfectly. Beautiful music, lyrics and vocals. Plain and simple. - Amy L

Is it just “me” or does this song have a Tao vibe to it? Maybe it’s the instruments in the beginning of the song that remind me of Tao, a bit like the song “The Tao of Heaven” with it’s short, simple message and the positive feeling throughout. In fact, the entire message itself is very much like that song to me, which is one of my all time favorite Rick songs. I’m wondering if the use of the line, “Burning down the castle gate” is what makes me think of the Tao song? Except in that song he says, “It’s a gateless gate for those who never try.“ Is that a harp in the beginning or a guitar? I can’t really put my finger on it. I especially love how he opened this song with the beach sounds in the background and of course, his beloved dog Gomer barking and playing by the ocean. It gives me a nice feeling from the start. 

To be honest, it took more than a few spins of this song for it to truly hook me in. But now I really like the song and I think it’s in a perfect spot on the ‘album,’ coming in just before Saint Sahara, almost setting the stage for that song. I think it’s pretty obvious this song stems from the loss of Sahara and also the loss of Matt’s mother. I have to agree with what Rick says about this song, that nothing is ever really “lost,” and that it does come back to us in the end, somehow (even if we don’t see it right then). With each loss, there seems to be a gain, or something good that comes out of that loss. I think many of us have seen that in our own lives in various ways, whether it’s through a death or something entirely different. 

I really like the line that says, “Turning everything to hate is the weight that holds you down.” I couldn’t agree more! Hate is that ugly emotion/demon that brews within us and builds up, holding us back from growing and learning and becoming better people along our journey. It’s a real waste of time in my opinion. That’s not to say we shouldn’t feel anger, but I think it’s how we handle it that’s important, what we learn from it, and how we proceed forward once that emotion has passed, or should have passed. 

I’m really not sure what is meant by the line, “And if you keep your fingers crossed, your heart and hope to die someday.” That sounds almost like a grammatical error to me the way it’s written! Maybe I’m just not hearing it right? Someone please enlighten me on this one! I’m sure that’s the case, that I’m not interpreting it right, or Rick and Matt would not have written it that way. It sounds to me like the “to” should be the word “will,” as in “will die someday.” Ok, so ‘it is what it is.’ I can’t really get the meaning from that line, so I just sing along and don’t worry about it. LOL But the song as a whole has a great message to me and I’m glad it’s included on VIO. It helps to tell the ‘story’ on this CD and has a beautiful sound and flow to it, although it’s only one minute and forty seconds long. After all, it’s all about quality, not quantity, right? - Kelley Pearson