I Can't Remember

I get the feeling this song isn't too specific. "I... can't remember" I'm thinking that's a result of getting mixed up in issues. Dude, Layne's voice is so signature... I like how soft and slow he says "bleed" even with his rough-grungy vocals. It's... indescribable.

I groove to this song 4 Sure.. I think it has to do with Layne's Mom.... Or some stuck up girl they were talking to,,, they asked for her name and number and of course she said, I can't remember.

I feel bad this was truly a weak post for an awesome song.....

i think, along with Angry Chair, this is about his parents punishing him and how its affected how he turned out. Some classic (yet arguably abusive) punishments are mentioned in the lyrics: "i haven't eaten today" - withholding food, "screamin' at me", stopping him from crying, using the religious angle "god will be pissed off with you"... it gets quite literal really, "mama, ooh, my angry brains of infancy"

now my personal interpretation - parents "create" kids by choosing to have them and then punish them even though almost all of their (at least early) behaviour is modelled after their parents. its like being punished for being born. and in the same way i relate that to God creating humans.

but tom makes me want to say its about drugs too because I don't know where he gets the idea AiC didn't use drugs til after facelift. listen to their demos and they have a couple of songs that would be hard to separate from drugs. Take chemical addiction for instance. And also you don't have to be a drug user to write songs about drugs, besides, most people have at least tried some form of drug by their twenties, especially cool people like Jerry and Layne. everyone knows you can't be cool without taking drugs.

haha

so confidence = truth? as long as tom "sounds like he knows his shit" we must all accept his opinion as fact? i wasn't bashing tom, i agree it involves God. but he said nothing of worth, just a random insult that had no valid grounding, and an interpretation backed up by a quote that made no sense.

chemical addiction is about pot? shut the fuck up. do you smoke pot? do you know anyone that does? that song is NOT about pot. but i agree, half their drug inspired songs are about how great drugs are (eg "junkhead") and the other how bad (eg "Dirt"). and since i obviously offended the smaller-minded patrons of songmeanings, maybe i should point out that my "drugs are cool" comment was tongue-in-cheek... god!

im pretty confused by that kinda personal attack when im mostly agreeing with what's being said. my "incredibly stupid" analysis of the song was based on lyrical content and similarities with a related song. i try to be reasonable but the only conclusion i come to is that shineglass is just a dickhead.

My apologies Ductape, judging by your activity on this site, i imagine i have broken your Cadence ( rushing back minutes after your posts to see if there is something else you can possibly disagree with, coherently or not). onwards....the drug use i was mentioning encompassed heroin, i would have thought this apparent given Staley's publicly and well known demise as a result of it. you are correct though, you do not have to do drugs to write about them, and you also do not have to be a doctor to perform surgery. "Nothing of worth, quote that made no sense" i think you'll find my dear ductape that my quote did indeed make sense. as im sure you know, I feel the song is a "God-bash", as i mentioned in my previous post, "Bring me down you try, feel the pain and keep it all in till you die"...stay with me Ductape....."Without eyes you cannot cry" rather you agree with me or not on my interpretation, the quote i gave clearly backs up what i was saying, given the context.....in case you are still lost, God is the one bringing him down Ductape, the rest of the lyrics follow suit. another point, it seems to me that you approach all AIC songs with the presupposition that the lyrics are drug related, unless blatantly mentioned otherwise. My proof for this claim...your response to shineglass, "How bad drugs can be eg Dirt"........ there is nothing in the lyrics of the song dirt to support drug use. it is possible the concept of the song is about wanting to die when the drugs are too much, but there is no evidence presented within the song to distinguish this idea out of the boundaries of a random suicide song. sincerely, a small-minded patron

I think that this song is about the book lord of the flies. At the end of the book when they get rescued from the deserted island, the kid who was repeating his name and his address earlier in the book was asked what his name was and he couldn't remember. Also, the line "my angry brains of infancy" has to do with all the kids on the island being young and immature and fighting each other.

This song is one of the best! So much energy in the music and in Layne's voice. Did someone say Dirt was their best or their first really good album? I don't think so, Facelift is the proove they were already the best "grunge " / " hard rock "/ " metal " band from this era! Dirt, AIC, Sap and Jar Of Flies only confirm they were the best rock alternative band and Layne the best vocalist from the 90's! This song is someone suffering, crying, yelling the fear he's feeling to a girl, it also have something to do with growing up in a much too cruel world, the fear and the pain he's feeling, screaming for/at his mom...Beautiful, wonderful Layne, you had a hard time facing all these angry men always hungry, looking for more money and power, you weren't prepared for these "Big guys". Sleep thight, little angel, we're still thinking of you, talking about you, we love you. Rest now, forever in peace! Lucrese.

I get horny when I hear this. Is that normal. i don't think so. i think it might be about breaking up with a chic because of religious differences and he loved her so much, he can't remember his name or anything, just the memories of her.

This song just reminds me of the film directed by Christopher Nolan，Memento. The lyrics portary a scean a man who had been taken everything of him is now avenging himself on his enemy .He used to be knocked down by his enemy but the hatred supported him to hold his life and now when this man has no energy to hurt him any more,he torments this man , makes this man gnawed by hunger，and warns him keep this pain in mind until he dies.But hatred for months and years has driven him to mad,he can't remember his own identity,can't remember why he hates this man so much.The only thing in his life which is his salvation to remind him he is alive is just to to exact revenge. This is only my private opinion

HE IS HIGH. I have a video of me being high (long story.) I couldnt remember my cousin when i was high.