[INTRO — LONELY PIANO, DISTANT CLEAN GUITAR] [ADRIAN — SOFT, ALMOST BREAKING] If I became a memory tomorrow Would anybody feel the sorrow? [CHILDREN’S CHOIR — DISTANT, WORDLESS] Ooh-ooh… ah-ah… Ooh-ooh… ah-ah… [VERSE 1 — ADRIAN, BREATHY AND VULNERABLE] I’ve been the shoulder everyone leans on The voice that tells them to keep holding on I’ve dried their tears and stayed through the night Then went back home and lost my own fight I know the birthdays, the stories, the names The little things that make people feel safe But when the room empties and the lights go low There’s a part of me nobody seems to know [PRE-CHORUS — SOFT DRUMS ENTER] I don’t need a statue in the sky I don’t need the world to stop and cry I just wonder when the years have passed Will anything of me be left to last? [CHORUS — EMOTIONAL, MELODIC ROCK] Please remember me Not the smile I wore to hide the pain Not the words I used to seem okay Remember who I was beneath the rain Please remember me As the man who tried with all he had Even when the world was turning black Tell me that my life meant something in the end [CHILDREN’S CHOIR — SOFT WORDLESS HARMONIES] Ooh-ooh… ah-ah… Remember me… [VERSE 2 — ADRIAN, MORE RESONANT] I’ve got old messages I never erased And photographs of a happier face Sometimes I wonder if that boy would know The man I’ve become and the things I don’t show I kept every promise I could keep Even when I had no strength to speak And maybe I was never made of stone Maybe I was just afraid to be alone [PRE-CHORUS — STRINGS SWELL, DRUMS BUILD] I don’t need you to undo the past I don’t need forever to make it last Just tell me that you saw me standing there That somebody knew I was hurting somewhere [CHORUS — FULL BAND, POWERFUL CLEAN VOCALS] Please remember me Not the smile I wore to hide the pain Not the words I used to seem okay Remember who I was beneath the rain Please remember me As the man who tried with all he had Even when the world was turning black Tell me that my life meant something in the end [BREAKDOWN — HALF-TIME DRUMS, HEAVY GUITARS, CONTROLLED VOCAL INTENSITY] [ADRIAN — RAW, DESPERATE] I was there when you needed somebody! I was there when you couldn’t stop crying! I gave you the pieces I couldn’t repair! I just wanted somebody to know I was there! [FULL BAND CUTS] [ADRIAN — QUIETLY] I was there… [CHILDREN’S CHOIR — GENTLE HUMMING] Ooh-ooh… ah-ah… [ADRIAN] Was anybody there for me? [BRIDGE — PIANO AND STRINGS, VOICE TREMBLING] Maybe being remembered isn’t Having your name carved into stone Maybe it’s the kindness that you leave behind In the hearts of people you have known Maybe someone hears a song someday And remembers how we made it through Maybe I don’t have to disappear For someone to remember I was here [CHILDREN’S CHOIR — GROWING, ETHEREAL] Ooh-ooh… ah-ah… You were here… You were here… [FINAL CHORUS — HUGE CINEMATIC ROCK CLIMAX] Please remember me For the love I gave when I was breaking For the hope I kept when I was shaking For the times I stayed when I was scared Please remember me Not as someone who was never strong But the man who kept on moving on Even when he thought nobody cared [ADRIAN — HIGH, EMOTIONAL CLEAN VOCALS] I was more than all the pain I carried! I was more than every night I buried! If there’s one thing I leave behind Let it be the love I gave away in time! [CHILDREN’S CHOIR — FULL, SOARING WORDLESS HARMONIES] Ooh-ooh… ah-ah… You were here… You were here… [OUTRO — HEAVY INSTRUMENTS FADE, PIANO REMAINS] [ADRIAN — EXHAUSTED, TENDER] Maybe someday I’ll believe it too… That I was worth remembering. [CHILDREN’S CHOIR — ALMOST A WHISPER] You were here… [FINAL PIANO NOTE — LONG FADE OUT]
