[Verse 1] Year by year by month by day More of it slips away Bits and pieces remembered But fractions of the whole What returns keeps returning What fades is rarely known The mind keeps making choices Long after we’re alone [Pre-Chorus] I hold a name, then lose it A face slips through my hands What was sharp turns weathered What I knew, I can’t command [Chorus] That’s memory That’s memory What attention bought That’s memory That’s memory The edges all rubbed off [Verse 2] The frame grows tighter every year The picture loses ground The things I thought were permanent Are hardest now to find What’s left begins to sharpen What’s gone can’t answer why The mind keeps only pieces And lets the rest drift by [Pre-Chorus] I know it’s in me somewhere A map I cannot read Nothing stays by accident Nothing keeps itself with ease [Chorus] That’s memory That’s memory What attention bought That’s memory That’s memory The edges all rubbed off [Bridge] Nothing stays by accident Nothing keeps its shape Every time I reach to hold it Something slips away The center holds together The edges wander off What remains becomes the story The rest is slowly lost If I forget your whole name I still know where you’ve been A trace survives the leaving A shadow of the thing [Chorus] That’s memory That’s memory What attention bought That’s memory That’s memory The edges all rubbed off [Outro] Fractions of the whole Fractions of the whole What attention bought Fractions of the whole That’s memory
