Boats Against the Current Vox Obscura

olēka

n. the awareness of how few days are memorable.

Greek ἀπολώλεκα (apolóleka), I've lost it. The lyric quoted at the end is from Nada Surf's song "Là pour ça." In the original French: "Vive la marée haute et vive la basse, / Mais surtout vive la différence." Pronounced "oh-lee-kuh."