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The Memory Remains is the second track on the album, ReLoad. It was written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich,
About[]
It is about a forgotten celebrity who is always reliving her glory days and falling from reality in the process.
Guitar Hero: Metallica[]
"The Memory Remains" is one of 2 songs from ReLoad (The other being "Fuel") featured in the multi-platform game Guitar Hero: Metallica. It was considered to be an "Intermediate level song" while performing guitar, because it was encountered early in the game's career mode.
Live[]
- "The Memory Remains" was first performed live on November 11, 1997, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- As of September 2019, the song has been played live 290 times.
Trivia[]
Lyrics[]
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains
Heavy rings on fingers wave
Another star denies the grave
See the nowhere crowd cry the nowhere cheers of honor
Like twisted vines that grow
Hide and swallow mansions whole
And dim the light of an already faded prima donna
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains
Heavy rings hold cigarettes
Up to lips that time forgets
While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back
And can't the band play on?
Just listen, they play my song
Ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Dance, little tin goddess
Drift away
Fade away
Little tin goddess
Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains
Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black
But the memory remains
To this faded prima donna
Dance, little tin goddess, dance
"Say yes... or at least say hello" (X2)
References[]
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S&M |
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| Songs | The Ecstasy of Gold • The Call of Ktulu • Master of Puppets • Of Wolf and Man • The Thing That Should Not Be • Fuel • The Memory Remains • No Leaf Clover • Hero of the Day • Devil's Dance • Bleeding Me • Nothing Else Matters • Until it Sleeps • For Whom the Bell Tolls • - Human • Wherever I May Roam • The Outlaw Torn • Sad But True • One • Enter Sandman • Battery |
| Members | James Hetfield • Lars Ulrich • Kirk Hammett • Jason Newsted |
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Guitar Hero Metallica |
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| Songs | For Whom the Bell Tolls • The Unforgiven • Nothing Else Matters • Enter Sandman • King Nothing • Sad But True • No Leaf Clover • Orion • Fade to Black • The Memory Remains • Wherever I May Roam • Welcome Home (Sanitarium) • Fuel • Frantic • One • All Nightmare Long • Hit the Lights • Mercyful Fate • Seek & Destroy • Creeping Death • Master of Puppets • Battery • The Shortest Straw • Whiplash • Dyers Eve • Disposable Heroes • Fight Fire with Fire • The Thing That Should Not Be • Broken, Beat & Scarred • Cyanide • My Apocalypse |
| Featured Band Songs | Turn the Page • Tuesday's Gone • Am I Evil? • Stone Cold Crazy |
