Coming up close

Is it sparkle in the eyes

Or have we been caught

In reminiscing times?

Who could ever understand

What lives inside

This stupid awkward man?

Can’t understand

I don’t wanna be just a memory

I don’t wanna be just your memory

But a memory’s all we can be, oh no

Just a memory, oh no

We tasted failure

Only got ourselves to blame

We went looking for a place

That has no name

No we never had a golden age

Yeah, we took it on faith

Now it's too late

And it's all changed

We could play another part

Maybe better than this

But for now it's just a placeholder