Story Behind The Song
We all go through times of wondering, 'Who am I?' n' I wrote about it.
Song Description
About being where one doesn't know who they are anymore. The song covers some symbolic action while in this place of not know who they are and finally at the end drinking from a symbolic river of reawaking to start again.
| Song Length |
5:57 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Jazz - Modern |
| Tempo |
Tempo Undefined |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Passive, Troubled |
Subject |
Existence, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1980 - 1989 |
| |
Lyrics
"I Forgot Who I Am"
by ed englerth
I remember yesterday
Like it's a million miles away
How'd I end up burning it all down
In that holy place
I guess that what happens
When you play with fire
Starts with a thought -that blows on an ember
Quite a surprise for one so shy
* I forgot who I am
I'd like to be far inside of denial
Take memory n' wrap it in a cloth
Place it under the couch
Then lay down n' take a pause *
Despondency and despair
Are the only things left to wear
I awake next to a river
I drink deep - the tears rush in
My memory's returned
I bid adieu to where I've been
I'd forgotten who I am *