[Intro - telephone vocals, vinyl crackle, tape delay] [Man's voice, soft, slightly distant, leaving himself a voicemail] Hey… just reminding myself I bought batteries today. They’re on the counter. And the dog food is in the crisper… don’t forget again. Okay. Bye. [soft click of phone hanging up] [jangly piano melody plays] Mental acuity is no longer an ability we have here And the pain of loss comes with such a cost but i don't remember I’m having trouble remembering It happens in waves. I’m thinking a lot about my memory, but I can’t quite say what I was thinking about it or the way it fades The flashes of classes making passes until it all crashes and then I remember what I was thinking about a few minutes ago [Pre-Chorus - piano grows, light orchestral string swells begin] And I lose my thoughts In Moments and flashes and forget me not is a game that passes The time, as I forget how to remember. Will they be gone by September? [Chorus - powerful building anthem, soaring raspy male vocal, full orchestral string swells] Neurons flashing from too far away Not sure what they mean or what I’m trying to say. There’s no traffic on this information highway I’m still standing in the middle of the road [wail the word ROOOOAAADDD] [Verse 2 - pull back to piano and intimate vocal, vinyl crackle, tape delay] Hand goes up to catch a thought mid-air Fingers close on nothing that was never there I walk the same hall twice and still get lost Every door I open costs me what I just crossed [Pre-Chorus - strings return, building again] And I lose my thoughts In Moments and flashes and forget me not is a game that passes The time, as I forget how to remember. Will they be gone by September? [Chorus - full anthem, soaring raspy male vocal, orchestral string swells] Neurons flashing from too far away Not sure what they mean or what I’m trying to say. There’s no traffic on this information highway I’m still standing in the middle of the road [Bridge - sparse piano, intimate raspy vocal, tape delay, emotional] I write it down so I won’t lose the thread Then forget I wrote it, read it like a stranger said The page is full but the meaning slipped between I’m talking to myself in a language I used to mean [Final Chorus - powerful building anthem, full strings, soaring raspy male vocal] Neurons flashing from too far away Not sure what they mean or what I’m trying to say. There’s no traffic on this information highway Still standing in the middle of the road Mental acuity is no longer an ability we have here And the pain of loss comes with such a cost but i don't remember I’m having trouble remembering It happens in waves. I’m thinking a lot about my memory, but I can’t quite say what I was thinking about it or the way it fades [Outro - piano fades, vinyl crackle, tape delay, soft telephone vocal reverb]
