"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Lost for Words" by Pink Floyd. Noticeable climb from quiet to loud. balanced composition. Mood: melancholy, reflective. Visual style: early-1990s alternative aesthetic, weathered film grain. Painterly, grainy film texture, muted palette with strategic accent colors. The composition should read left-to-right like a timeline — calm on one side, intensifying toward the other. Strictly no faces, no text, no logos, no literal objects, no band imagery. Pure color-field abstraction with emotional weight. 16:9 editorial format."
Easy, low-key calm, gentler than 80% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
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Lost for Words by Pink Floyd is 80 BPM — Andante (walking pace).
Half-time 40 BPM · Double-time 160 BPM · released 1994
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Song DNA
Notes: Features a moody atmosphere with building synths, telling drum sections, and a stripped-back acoustic guitar tone that creates a contemplative and simmering emotional depth without harsh or abrasive elements.
Misophonia Triggers
Recommended for: deep listening relaxation
A moody, introspective ballad from Pink Floyd's The Division Bell, with David Gilmour's soft vocals and acoustic guitar addressing band tensions and personal liberation.
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Moods: melancholy, reflective
Traditions: progressive rock
At a glance
"Lost for Words" by Pink Floyd
80 BPM, dynamic range 6/10, smooth texture, soft vocals. Sits in the middle band — neither built for stillness nor pitched at workout intensity. Whether it works for a given moment depends more on mood and lyrical content than on the acoustic profile. The full sensory breakdown follows.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 6/10 means this song moves. Expect a real volume climb between quiet sections and the loudest part of the arrangement — enough that you may want to set the initial volume below where you'd normally land.
Sudden changes: mild. There are one or two transitions worth knowing about, though they're musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
Texture: smooth.
Predictability is high — the song telegraphs what it will do next. A sensory-sensitive listener can usually guess where it's going without close attention.
Vocal style: soft vocals.
Where this sits in Pink Floyd's catalog
We have 64 songs from Pink Floyd in the library. Of those, 11 are rated Safe, 33 Moderate, and 20 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 6/10 sits below the artist average of 6.7, making it the #53 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
Other tracks from The Division Bell
We have 8 songs from this album. Overall, the album leans moderate in sensory profile.
- High Hopes — moderate DR 8
- Keep Talking — moderate DR 7
- Coming Back to Life — safe DR 6
- Marooned — safe DR 4
- What Do You Want from Me — moderate DR 6
- Poles Apart — moderate DR 7
- A Great Day for Freedom — moderate DR 7
1994 context
Released in 1994. We have 365 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.7/10. This track is quieter / less dynamic than the year average. Explore more from the 1990s.
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Traditions
progressive rock · 300How fast is "Lost for Words"?
80 BPM — Slow (downtempo / ballad)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Warm-up, cool-down, yoga, stretching.
For daily life
Morning coffee, deep work, commute wind-down.
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When "Lost for Words" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
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Focus / studying
Maybe — fine for routine work, but the mid-song changes may pull attention during deep focus.
✗
Running / workout
No — 80 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
✗
Sleep / winding down
No — contains elements that will keep an awake nervous system engaged.
✓
Driving / road trip
Yes — predictable enough for safe driving attention, interesting enough to stay engaged.
✓
Cooking / dinner background
Yes — sits in the background without demanding attention.
✓
Emotional release / catharsis
Yes — this is a song for actively feeling what you came to feel, not for background.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Safe because its dynamic range stays within our low-variance band, there are no unsignaled changes, and the texture and vocal style are both in the low-fatigue range. Our methodology uses an AND rule for Safe — a song has to clear every dimension to earn the rating.
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30/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-13. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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By the numbers: how this song compares
Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.
Where it sits in 19,000 songs
This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 80% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 30/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 85% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.
Feels almost identical to
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Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.
What it’s good for
Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1994 in context
The 365 songs we’ve measured from 1994 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 6/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends — Fall Out BoyWestern Stars — Bruce SpringsteenSatellite of Love — Lou Reed
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity30
Dynamics56
Tempo22
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "Lost for Words"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Lost for Words" by Pink Floyd?
"Lost for Words" by Pink Floyd has a tempo of 80 BPM (Andante (walking pace)). At half-time that is 40 BPM, and at double-time 160 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "Lost for Words" by Pink Floyd?
"Lost for Words" by Pink Floyd rates as Low-Intensity. Dynamic range 6/10, mild sudden changes, smooth texture. Our Low-Intensity rating means no single dimension triggers the higher-intensity thresholds.
How loud is "Lost for Words" — what is its dynamic range?
"Lost for Words" has a dynamic range of 6/10. Noticeable climb from quiet sections to loudest point. Set opening volume slightly lower than your preferred peak.
Does "Lost for Words" have sudden or surprising changes?
"Lost for Words" has mild sudden changes — one or two transitions worth knowing about, but they are musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
What is "Lost for Words" best for?
In our library "Lost for Words" is recommended for: deep listening, relaxation. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Lost for Words" released?
"Lost for Words" is from 1994, on the album "The Division Bell". It appears in our 1990s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Lost for Words"?
We tag "Lost for Words" as melancholy, reflective. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Lost for Words"?
The vocal style is soft vocals.
Is "Lost for Words" good for running?
Not really — at 80 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "Lost for Words" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (6/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "Lost for Words" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Contains transitions that will wake you up.
Should I listen to "Lost for Words"?
If you want gentle, low-arousal music, "Lost for Words" is a solid pick — Low-Intensity across every sensory dimension.
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