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You were the only thing I ever loved
Taken for granted you couldn't stand it, anymore
You were my lover for nearly 8 years
But I am my father and I found another
The last 16 months have been nothing but hell
I thought about jumping, but that would be something
In the short time that I learned how to fly
Would you forgive me, or bring flowers to me, by the grave
Will you look the same when I meet you up there
Remember my name, please
Will you look the same when I meet you up there
Remember my name, find me to forgive
I haven't seen you for over a year
I heard you were married, the baby you carried isn't mine
I don't suppose that you'll still have my name
You'll have another if you're not my lover, anymore
Will you look the same when I meet you up there
Remember my name, please
Will you look the same when I meet you up there
Remember my name, find me to forgive (x's 4)
Taken for granted you couldn't stand it, anymore
You were my lover for nearly 8 years
But I am my father and I found another
I thought about jumping, but that would be something
In the short time that I learned how to fly
Would you forgive me, or bring flowers to me, by the grave
Remember my name, please
Will you look the same when I meet you up there
Remember my name, find me to forgive
I heard you were married, the baby you carried isn't mine
I don't suppose that you'll still have my name
You'll have another if you're not my lover, anymore
Remember my name, please
Will you look the same when I meet you up there
Remember my name, find me to forgive (x's 4)
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Submitted by
raynequeen On Mar 03, 2009
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(Track 11 from the album The Sparrow and the Crow)
The plea of remorse; he has apologized by every means he that he can except to his ex-wife directly. He hopes that she will cherish what was enough so that at some point in mortality or beyond he will be able to deliver his apology.
The line “I haven’t seen you for over a year. I heard you were married; the baby you carried isn't mine,” is intriguing. Is the child his, and the new husband has assumed the roll of father; or is the child not his, and it turns out that she was unfaithful too?
I'm pretty sure that he just means she had a baby with another man. It's been 16 months since he saw her. Nothing in this album really shows that she has been unfaithful too.
I'm pretty sure that he just means she had a baby with another man. It's been 16 months since he saw her. Nothing in this album really shows that she has been unfaithful too.
I think that it is saying that the baby is another man's but it's still more complicated than that.
I think that it is saying that the baby is another man's but it's still more complicated than that.
In "Just Not Each Other" he says he "…lost you forever. There's flesh in you, won't know her father." So we can understand that he initially thought it was his, which leads to questions regarding her actions.
In "Just Not Each Other" he says he "…lost you forever. There's flesh in you, won't know her father." So we can understand that he initially thought it was his, which leads to questions regarding her actions.
In "After Afterall" he sings "please don't keep me" while the female vocalist sings "please don't leave me," which may be significant as he does utilize female vocals significantly in the very next song "I Don't Feel It Anymore."...
In "After Afterall" he sings "please don't keep me" while the female vocalist sings "please don't leave me," which may be significant as he does utilize female vocals significantly in the very next song "I Don't Feel It Anymore."
In "Please Forgive Me" he leaves her "out at sea … to plea," and while the next section can be seen as him begging for forgiveness it can also be seen as what she was left to plead for … his forgiveness.
We know from "Further From You" that he feels he "was wrong" and he "wasted half of [her] life, both of [their] lives," which can be placed wholly as his fault or just him placing all the blame on himself unfairly which is reinforced with "Even Now" when he sings "whose side should I take when both of us were wrong, when we both share the blame."
However, this seems to be contradicted in "You Still Hurt Me" when he says that she was "perfect" and he was "just a creep," something he's lost friends over: "there are friends who never call me anymore." Regardless, "[she] still hurt [him]."
So all together I think it's a complicated situation, at the very least a complicated record left for the listener to interpret. There's a lot in the album to take into consideration, much more than I included.
I think this song on the album splits it in two halves, one half leads to "life" and the other half leads to "death". The decision comes with how you view the second stanza, and first chorus of this song. The bonus track "Funeral Dress" brings this song and the album full circle. In "Funeral Dress" he talks about not being able to wait for his ex-wife, the lover, to be able to "cross that line" which is death. In this song he may, or may not commit suicide based on your view of the second stanza. If he does though (and dies from the fall) then the final stanza is him wandering in death, finally looking back down on her. If he lives, then it's just about him moping, regretting, reminiscing and trying to move on. The fact that "Funeral Dress" was not included on the original release lends to the belief that Fitzsimmon's wanted people to have a more optimistic view of the ending then death.
it's amazing how many times I've listened to this song and I finally was able to really listen to it. the meaning is pretty clear, and when you really pay attention, it's the saddest thing ever.
Will you look the same when I meet you up there Remember my name, please =(