Memory of Us
Echoes of Heartbreak: Matthieu Wilson's Melodic Tale
Lyrics
I can't think straight
I am emotionally confused, unable to focus.
I can't love no
I cannot experience love.
I can't be the man that I was no
I cannot be the person I used to be.
I got to drinking and I got to smoking on the very same night that I got my heart broken
After heartbreak, I resorted to drinking and smoking.
Don't take me down to county judge
Do not bring me to face judgment.
I'll be gone in an instant there'll be just a memory of us
My disappearance would leave only memories.
Like a fortress undefended your eyes caught in the dark night
Your vulnerable eyes in the dark are like an unprotected fortress.
Shown under limelight
Revealed under the spotlight.
Caught in a firefight
Caught in a fierce confrontation.
Well Cupid's arrow well it found its place
Cupid's arrow found its target.
I could see it in your face
I could see the impact in your expression.
Your hearts beating at the same pace
Our hearts beat in sync.
Gone for a minute was a one man show
For a moment, I was a solo act.
But that was enough for a man to have his go
That moment was enough for a man to act on his desires.
I came back just a minute too late
I returned a minute too late.
But the damage had been done you were lost to fate
The damage was irreversible; you were destined for a different path.
I can't think straight
I am emotionally confused, unable to focus (repeated).
I can't love no
I cannot experience love (repeated).
I can't be the man that I was no
I cannot be the person I used to be (repeated).
I got to drinking and I got to smoking on the very same night that I got my heart broken
After heartbreak, I resorted to drinking and smoking (repeated).
Don't take me down to county judge
Do not bring me to face judgment (repeated).
I'll be gone in an instant there'll be just a memory of us
My disappearance would leave only memories (repeated).
Woah oh oh oh ohs
Repetition of the chorus emphasizing the memory left behind.
Woah oh oh oh ohs
-A memory of us
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
-A memory of us
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
-A memory of us
-Keys in the ignition as the doors slammed shut
Driving away with the doors closed and keys in the ignition.
Our eyes wide open but our thoughts were numbed
We were awake but emotionally detached.
Moon for only light
Only the moon provided light.
And road only sight
Our journey guided only by the road.
And all of my emotions were out taken by the night
Emotions overwhelmed by the night.
But your voice rattled in my brain
Your voice lingered in my mind.
A memory I could not retain
A memory I couldn't forget.
My anger I could not refrain from showing
I couldn't contain my anger.
So I turned up the volume on the old speaker system
Turned up the volume to drown your voice.
To hear something other than your voice
Desperation to hear something other than you.
And it went like
Repetition of "Na na na" as a means of escape.
Na na na na na na
-Na na na na na na
-Na na na na na na
-Na na na na na na
-I can't think straight
Repetition of the chorus emphasizing the memory left behind.
I can't love no
-I can't be the man that I was no
-I got to drinking and I got to smoking on the very same night that I got my heart broken
-Don't take me down to county judge
-I'll be gone in an instant there'll be just a memory of us
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
-A memory of us
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
-A memory of us
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
-A memory of us
-Goodbye Norma Jean although it seems I never knew you at all
Farewell to a persona, not truly known.
You were the one for me I was the one for you but the love wasn't there at all
Mutual acknowledgment that the love was absent.
Sirens sounded in the distance as rain begins to fall
Symbolic sirens and rain as the relationship ends.
Just a couple drinks
Consumption of alcohol and smoke blurs memories.
Just a couple smokes
-But I still can't recall
-How my breath shortened
Physical and emotional impact of the past.
Heart stricken, stolen by my past
Symbolizing a rapid, conclusive end.
Out like a cast, one final dash
-Light went out too fast
-I can't think straight
Repetition of the chorus emphasizing the memory left behind.
I can't love no
-I can never be the man that I was no
-Just because I drank
-Just because I smoked
-On the very same night that I got my heart broke
-So don't take me down to county judge
-I'll be gone in an instant there'll be just a memory of us
-Woah oh oh oh ohs
Repetition and variation of the chorus emphasizing the memory left behind.
Woah oh oh oh ohs
-A memory of us
-Woah oh oh oh oh ohs
-Woah oh oh ohs
-Oh oh ohs, yes
-A memory of us
-A memory of us
Final affirmation of the lasting memory.
A memory of us
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