forgotten memories

Forgotten Memories: Echoes of Love and Loss in Eryn Oceane's Melody
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Lyrics

My friends know your name

Expressing that the speaker's friends are aware of the person addressed in the song.

I talk about you so much it's embarrassing

Admitting that the speaker talks about the addressed person so frequently that it becomes embarrassing.

My mum's seen your face

Indicating that the speaker's mother has seen the face of the person being discussed.

From all our million polaroids we'd take

Referring to a collection of numerous polaroid pictures taken together as memories.

I guess we've always been strangers

Suggesting a longstanding sense of unfamiliarity or distance between the speaker and the addressed person.

With each others secrets

Highlighting a relationship characterized by sharing secrets with each other.

When I look into your eyes

Describing the experience of looking into the eyes of the addressed person.

It's just forgotten memories

Summing up the relationship as a collection of forgotten memories.

Cause one day

Beginning to narrate a sequence of events or emotions.

You made me feel like number one

Recalling a time when the addressed person made the speaker feel important.

The next day

Continuing the narrative with the abrupt absence of the addressed person.

I called you and you were gone

Describing the moment when the speaker realized the addressed person was no longer available.

I showed you all my painful scars

Sharing a vulnerable moment by revealing painful scars to the addressed person.

Did you know you make me feel like

Pondering on the impact of the addressed person on the speaker's emotions.

Your old used guitar

Comparing the speaker's feelings to an old, used guitar, suggesting a sense of familiarity or wear and tear.

Know it's been a while

Indicating the passage of time since the last interaction.

Since we last talked but we both know I'd lie if I said

Acknowledging that despite the time passed, the speaker hasn't truly moved on from the addressed person.

That I moved on

Reiterating the lingering emotional attachment and lack of closure.

My brother asks me why you're not around anymore

Explaining to the speaker's brother the reason for the absence of the addressed person.

It's cause we've always been strangers

Reemphasizing the enduring sense of being strangers despite shared secrets.

With each others secrets

Echoing the earlier line about sharing secrets and maintaining a distant connection.

When I look into your eyes

Revisiting the experience of looking into the eyes of the addressed person as a collection of forgotten memories.

It's just forgotten memories

Restating the theme of the relationship being encapsulated in forgotten memories.

Cause one day

Repeating the narrative structure with the addressed person making the speaker feel important.

You made me feel like number one

Reiterating the sudden absence of the addressed person after a positive interaction.

The next day

Continuing the story with the realization that the addressed person is no longer present.

I called you and you were gone

Describing the emotional impact of the absence on the speaker.

I showed you all my painful scars

Revealing vulnerability by showing painful scars to the absent person.

Did you know you make me feel like

Reflecting on the addressed person's impact on the speaker's emotional state.

Your old used guitar

Using the metaphor of an old used guitar to convey a sense of familiarity and shared history.

Cause one day

Repeating the pattern of feeling important due to the addressed person's actions.

You make me feel like number one

Recalling a positive experience with the addressed person.

The next day

Continuing the cycle with the addressed person's sudden absence.

I called you and you were gone

Expressing the impact of the addressed person's absence on the speaker's emotions.

I showed you all my painful scars

Revealing vulnerability by sharing painful scars with the absent person.

Did you know you make me feel like

Reflecting on the addressed person's role in making the speaker feel a certain way.

Your old used guitar

Using the metaphor of an old used guitar to convey the enduring impact and familiarity of the relationship.

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