I'm living with your memory In the attic in my mind And you've been getting by without me But I've been spending all my time With a girl that I remember Who'll never leave or need to grow 'cause when you left you left your memory Now it's the only thing I know When the past gives me no comfort And though the future is the cost The way I'm choosing to remember I'll forever be the man I never was And you, you fade But the memory remains the same And I, I can't change And I think that living with your memory Is slowly driving me insane You are perfect but you're empty And it gets so lonely in my mind 'cause your image in my memory's The only shred of you that's left behind You were real but then you left me And that's the part I can't accept So I'll keep on living with your memory Because it's all that I've got left



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"The Only Thing I Know" as written by Walter Andre De Backer

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    General Comment:Brilliant. I get so involved and enwrapped in the music of this song. *sigh* Beautifully composed. Needs to be more well known!
    Flag 60_miles_an_houron April 21, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song reminds me of the best times of The Cure and Depeche Mode, I don't know exactly why.
    I love it, Gotye is such a great artist and all his music is awesome.
    Flag vertigenon June 15, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Great song, like the way they play with the voice in the background.
    Flag osmosison March 15, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:All I can say is, Wow! This is such a great song, one of Gotye's best. There is a background sound that sounds similar to another old song I have heard before, but it works better with this great song.
    Flag Scoot89on November 01, 2007   Link

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