[verse 1] The old man down on floor three. Kept callin’ nurses by strange old names. Said one was his wife from 1920. Another died out west on a train. They said morphine makes the mind go wander. But the tears in his eyes looked true. He grabbed my hand just before midnight. Said son… she’ll remember you too. [chorus] I remember you before. Before this life, before these scars. Somewhere beyond these flesh and bones. We loved beneath different stars. Maybe death just opens doorways. To lives we’ve somehow lived once more. I don’t know how… I just know now… I remember you before. [verse 2] There’s a girl I see in my sleep sometimes. Standin’ barefoot by a candle flame. Civil war dress, blue ribbon tied back. And somehow I know her name. I wake up shaking in the darkness. Like I just came back from war. With dirt on my hands and her voice in my head. Whisperin’ don’t leave me anymore. [chorus] I remember you before Before this town, before this pain. Back when the world was younger somehow. And souls still traveled by train. Maybe hearts don’t really break forever. Maybe they just wait behind some door. I can’t explain… why your touch feels. Like I remember you before. [guitar solo] [bridge] Maybe déjà vu ain’t an accident. Maybe strangers ain’t always new. Maybe somewhere between heaven and memory. Old souls keep driftin’ through. And when the body finally gives out. Like an old coat worn and torn. Maybe we don’t die… Maybe we just remember. [final chorus] I remember you before. In photographs I’ve never seen. In old cafés and battlefield smoke. And places living in my dreams. And when they lay me down someday. And this world fades from my shore… If you’re waiting in that next life. I’ll remember you before. [outro] Yeah… I remember you before… Somewhere… I swear I’ve loved you before…
