When pop-punk band State Champs first wrote the song “Losing Myself” for their 2015 album “Around the World and Back,” lead singer Derek DiScanio had no idea just how deeply he’d connect with its lyrics ten years later.

“It was my favorite song back then, but I didn’t really know what it meant,” he told Brooklyn Paper. “And now going back to and listening to ‘Losing Myself,’ I’m like, I knew that was my favorite song on the album, but I wasn’t really sure why. It’s about not really knowing what you’re going to get into, but you’re going to lose yourself in the moment.”

One line in particular — “We attract what we’re ready for” — has stayed with DiScanio since the song’s release. Fans often ask him to write it out so they can turn it into a tattoo, carrying the lyric with them wherever

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