This is a complaint for all things long gone
And things that prevailed but have since gone all wrong
This is a complaint for memories replaced
With a fresh coat of paint that looks out of place
This is a prayer for good things to last
And for a future as good as the past
This is a prayer for getting better
May this pile of mistakes help us climb much higher
Phrases go blurry as one turns a page
Souvenirs become bagage
What befalls nobodies once we’ve fallen
We’ll be forgotten
We’ll be forgotten
The memories have broken from their chains
Links fall like dominos ‘till nothing remains
But the promises we’ve exchanged
And the feeling that I’m leaving something important
To oblivion~
This a promise for making things right
I’m not one to give up without a fight
This is a promise for a hopeless rescue
I’ll risk losing myself for a chance to keep you
Every step I take has a terrible cost
With each story claimed another is lost
I remember your pictures more than your face
I can’t recall your voice from lines you have traced
Phrases go blurry as one turns a page
Souvenirs become bagage
What befalls nobodies once we’ve fallen
We’ll be forgotten
We’ll be forgotten
The memories have broken from their chains
Links fall like dominos ‘till nothing remains
But the promises we’ve exchanged
And the feeling that I’m leaving something important
To oblivion~
We are pips in a castle of cards
Or the seashells on a beach
The tide has come for the forsaken
I’ll be forgotten
I’ll be forgotten
[While the chorus plays]
Am I swimming? Am I falling down? Which way is up? I’m gonna drown
Am I swimming? Am I falling down? Which way is up? I’m gonna drown
Am I swimming? Am I falling down? Which way is up? I’m gonna drown
Am I swimming? Am I falling down? Which way is up? I’m gonna drown
The memories have broken from their chains
Links fall like dominos ‘till nothing remains
But the promises we’ve exchanged
And the feeling that this has been something important
And finally my ankles feel light
My heart unshackled the horizon looks bright