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Memories
Made, Times Forgotten
Outside children play
Laughter fills the air
And I miss you
The memories will fade
The times we shared, erased
I’ll miss you
And now
I’m gone
And you
Moved on
What we
Once shared
You’ll soon
Forget
They say time heals all pain
But time tears me further away
From where my heart is
Is the loneliness a phase
Will it someday be okay
Or always remain
And now
I’m gone
And you
Moved on
What we
Once shared
You’ll soon
Forget
We read the words and turn the page
We read the words and turn the page
We read the words and turn the page
We read the words and turn the page
I read the words and I lose my place
We read the words and turn the page
Story
about Memories Made, Times Forgotten
Memories
Made, Times Forgotten is one of my favorite
songs. It
has a powerful sound to it that is very moving.
It’s a song about the loneliness in losing what
you had, whether it’s a friend, a girlfriend, or
whatever. It’s
about relationships and how one day that person is the
biggest part of your life, and the next they could be
gone and have forgotten you and the times you both
shared. It’s
a sad concept, but it’s something that every person
goes through. Whether
you get into a fight, or just end up outgrowing each
other, we’re always leaving our pasts behind and
forgotten.
This was one of the songs that just
seemed to flow as I was writing it.
There were no long gaps of frustrating mind
blocks or anything like that.
It was basically all written during the morning
of April 12, 2000.
I wrote the first two verses in the first 7
minutes, and then decided to get ready for my day. In the shower while the tune was playing in my head, lyrics
just started coming to me.
If I’m not sitting with a pen in my hand and I
do happen to get an idea, it’s usually not more than
one line. But
this time, I thought of lines—the chorus, the third
verse, and part of the fourth.
Worried I’d forget what I just thought of, I
started to etch the words in the fog-stained glass of
the shower door. As
the words started to run, and new fog replaced the old
like a metaphor of life, I hurried my shower so I could
permanently affix the new words to paper before they
were forever disappeared and forgotten.
The repetitive part at the end of
the song—we read the words and turn the page—didn’t
come till a few days later on April 16th.
I wasn’t originally going to have that part
there, but the more I thought of it, the more I liked
it. I
wanted to outline and emphasize the whole theme of the
song in one line. It’s
basically saying that life is like a book, and we read
the words of it and turn the page without too much
thought. There’s
one line in that repetition that says, I read the
words and I lose my place.
I am basically saying that I’m the kind of
person that likes to hold on to the past.
I want to go back and read the words again, but I
am forced to move on.
Before the title Memories
Made, Times Forgotten was the title of our
album, it was just the title of this song.
Mario and I were thinking of song titles, and
after a little bit of thought, that just came to us.
And after a little more thought, we realized that
not only was it a really cool title for this one song,
but it basically described the theme of the entire
album.
Drowning Fish has been a
long time in the making.
A lot has changed and many memories made since
the early days, since the day we began.
The music was created and the words written and
songs played at many different stages of our personal
lives, and during almost every stage of our band’s
life. This
CD is a reflection of the times, and the way we lived
them. It’s
about our troubles, and the fun we had along the way.
It’s about youth, love, and growing up.
It’s about memories that were made, and times
that became forgotten. Memories Made, Times Forgotten.
It’s the story of one boy, and the tale he
tells on life.
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