The Memory Remains - Live

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The Memory Remains - Live by Metallica

About The Memory Remains - Live

"The Memory Remains" is a song by Metallica from their 1997 album ReLoad. It was first performed live in a "jam" version on July 2, 1996.[1] The song is about a once-great, now forgotten celebrity who is desperate to regain her fame but is driven half-mad with her obscurity. It may be a reference to the film Sunset Boulevard. The line "ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black," is probably an indirect reference to one of their earlier songs, "Fade to Black". .

The Memory Remains - Live Lyrics

[00:08.85] Fortune, fame
[00:08.91] Mirror vain
[00:11.37] Gone insane
[00:12.92] But the memory remains
[00:15.50] Heavy rings on fingers wave
[00:32.73] Another star denies the grave
[00:36.13] See the nowhere crowd, cry the nowhere tears of honor
[00:41.68] Like twisted vines that grow
[00:44.39] That hide and swallow mansions whole
[00:47.41] And dim the light of an already faded prima donna
[00:54.01] Fortune, fame
[00:55.43] Mirror vain
[00:56.62] Gone insane...
[00:58.70] Fortune, fame
[01:02.20] Mirror vain
[01:03.36] Gone insane...
[01:04.66] But the memory remains
[01:20.85] Heavy rings hold cigarettes
[01:24.82] Up to lips that time forgets
[01:27.67] While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back
[01:32.71] And can't the band play on?
[01:35.73] Just listen, they play my song
[01:39.05] Ash to ash
[01:40.25] Dust to dust
[01:41.71] Fade to black
[01:45.16] Fortune, fame
[01:47.09] Mirror vain
[01:48.83] Gone insane...
[01:50.66] Fortune, fame
[01:53.56] Mirror vain
[01:55.20] Gone insane...
[01:57.63] Dance, little tin goddess
[02:02.36] Na-na-na...
[02:24.98] Drift away
[02:26.16] Fade away
[02:27.86] Little tin goddess
[02:30.41] Ash to ash
[02:32.88] Dust to dust
[02:34.33] Fade to black
[02:37.91] Fortune, fame
[02:38.88] Mirror vain
[02:40.35] Gone insane...
[02:42.92] Fortune, fame
[02:45.20] Mirror vain
[02:46.75] Gone insane...
[02:48.31] But the memory remains
[02:53.67] Ash to ash
[02:55.12] Dust to dust
[02:56.36] Fade to black...
[02:58.18] But the memory remains, yeah
[03:04.79] To this faded prima donna yeah, yeah, yeah, hey
[03:24.47] Dance, little tin goddess, dance
[03:26.71] Na-na-na...
[03:51.83] Say yes
[03:53.62] At least say hello
[03:57.31] Say yes
[04:07.88] At least say hello
[04:08.41]

From the album: S&M