Story Behind The Song
on september 11, 2004, the new york daily news ran a photo of the wrold trade center with the headline "remember" on its front page...
this was written from the prespective of a guy who never saw his wife again after she left for work in the city that morning...
tactfully, the song never mentions 9-11 (nor does it fall into patriotic cliches)
musically influenced by badfinger (note the slide guitar) and is mixed in a late-beatles manner (think let it be)
the arrangement is beautiful and delicate, notice how it builds... for such a short song, it packs quite a bit in
Song Description
broken hearted knowing that lost love will never return
| Song Length |
2:43 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Rock - Classic |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Moving |
Subject |
Lost Love, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
The Beatles, Neil Young |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
remember
i still remember the way you fixed your hair
gazing in the mirror all the while
i stood behind you, couldn't say a word
frozen in the beauty of your smile
i was never gonna let you go
but sometimes things don't work out right
now i sit here all alone
wishing i could turn back time
i was never gonna let you go
but sometimes things don't work out right
now i sit here all alone