Memory Fades Away

[Intro] Rain on the copper caps Gold in the window glass Somewhere the old bells ring For a world I almost had [Verse 1] I walked where the mushroom towers leaned Over streets of silver rain Lanterns bloomed like little suns Calling strangers home by name There was a palace in the mist Built for joy and doomed to fall Balconies like spider lace And music breathing through the walls [Pre-Chorus] I saw a river under stone I heard a choir underground I knew the language of the rain Until I woke and lost the sound [Chorus] I dreamed a memory of another universe A life I loved, though it was not from here A golden city vanishing behind my eyes A borrowed heaven disappearing clear Hold the lanterns high before the morning comes Let the rain remember what my heart forgot I was someone there, I was almost home But memory fades away in the Mushroom Kingdom [Verse 2] Umbrellas drifted down the lane Like broken moons on velvet thread Every doorway burned with warmth Every stranger knew the dead In the pleasure palace on the hill They poured the stars in crystal cups Kings and beggars danced as one While the towers slowly rusted up [Pre-Chorus] I tried to carve it in my skin I tried to write it in the air But dreams are thieves with velvet hands They leave you reaching for what was there [Chorus] I dreamed a memory of another universe A life I loved, though it was not from here A golden city vanishing behind my eyes A borrowed heaven disappearing clear Hold the lanterns high before the morning comes Let the rain remember what my heart forgot I was someone there, I was almost home But memory fades away in the Mushroom Kingdom [Bridge] Was I a child beneath those balconies? Was I a ghost inside that rain? Was I crowned in amber candlelight Then exiled back to waking pain? Did I leave someone at the station Under bells and dripping vines? Do they still wait beside the doorway In that world that once was mine? [Final Chorus] I dreamed a memory of another universe A life I loved, though it was not from here A thousand windows burning in the endless rain A face I knew, then watched it disappear Hold the lanterns high before the morning comes Let the old bells break the spell of dawn I was someone there, I was almost home But memory fades away in the Mushroom Kingdom [Outro] Rain on the copper caps Gold in the window glass Somewhere the old bells ring But I am fading fast Memory fades away Memory fades away Memory fades away In the Mushroom Kingdom