A song about realising that there can be hope in the most desperate of times and places. In the style of a country bar-room ballad.

Lyrics

The Death Of Memory

I was thinking about how it all went wrong
New blood on memory
I was scared to drink so much by myself
But now there’s no one here but me
I was just trying to forget the past
Failed miserably
'cause I’m still thinking about you babe
Do you still think about me?
Still think about me?

I met a woman who cried but she never ran
She was railing against the blows
She said I’ve seen something else in his eyes
There’s something no one knows
I’ve known him good and I’ve known him kind
And I’d take all the blame
For he once set my heart on fire
And I love him just the same
Just the same

Well it just goes to show what can be
If there’s hope for her then there’s hope for me
I’m still going to try and forget you
I’m going to stay here drinking till you forget about me
I’m going to drink to the death of memory

I saw a glimmer of light in a hopeless man
He was raging against the tide
He said, I have seen something no man has seen
I’ve seen a man who died
I saw him walk and I heard him speak
He called me by my name
They said he was crucified on a cross
But it was Jesus one and the same
One and the same

Well it just goes to show what can be
If there’s hope for him then there’s hope for me...

Well it just goes to show what can be
If there’s hope for them then there’s hope for me...

© The Death Of Memory words & music by Thomas Yule Fairnie November 2003