(Spoken Intro) You think memory is a photograph. It isn't. It's a door... And every time you whisper a name... ...you turn the handle. Verse 1 Ink is only skin-deep... I'm written underneath. Every kiss you've ever stolen, Every promise, every thief. Every battlefield still echoes, Every wedding still survives. You call them yesterday... I make yesterday arrive. Pre-Chorus A single melody... A stranger's perfume... A streetlight in the rain... And suddenly you're twenty-two again. Chorus I can lift you to the heavens With a single childhood song. I can break you in a heartbeat With a name you've carried too long. Every scar's an address. Every tattoo is a key. Touch the wrong one... And you'll remember Who you used to be. Verse 2 Heroes keep their victories. Cowards hide their shame. Lovers swear they've moved along... Until somebody says a name. The happiest September... The darkest winter night... Both are waiting patiently... Just beyond your sight. Pre-Chorus Don't blame the mirror. Don't blame the years. Memory has perfect hearing. Chorus I can make a widow dancing... I can make a soldier freeze. I can fill your lungs with laughter... Or drop you to your knees. Every scar's an address. Every heartbeat leaves a seam. Nothing ever disappears... It only learns to dream. Bridge Burn the letters. Sink the statues. Erase every photograph. Tell yourself you've won. Then hear one voice... One chord... One laugh... And watch an entire lifetime Stand up inside your chest. Final Chorus I don't choose your sorrow. I don't choose your joy. I simply keep them breathing Long after they're destroyed. You call me memory... But memory is too small. I'm every life you've ever lived... Still answering your call. I don't live in yesterday. I don't live in tomorrow. I live in the moment... Yesterday returns.
