Sitting in the dark,
I can't forget.
Even now,
I realize the time
I'll never get.
Another story
Of the bitter pills of fate.
I can't go back again.
I can't go back again
But you asked me
To love you and I did.
Traded my emotions
For a contract to commit.
And when I got away,
I only got so far.
The other me is dead.
I hear his voice inside my head
We were never alive,
And we won't be born again.
But I'll never survive
With dead memories in my heart.
You told me to love you
And I did.
Tied my soul into a knot
And got me to submit.
So when I got away,
I only kept my scars.
The other me is gone.
Now I don't know where I belong
We were never alive,
And we won't be born again.
But I'll never survive
With dead memories in my heart.
Dead visions in your name.
Dead fingers in my veins.
Dead memories in my heart



Lyrics submitted by F.r.o.g.

Track duration: 04:29

"Dead Memories" as written by Sidney George Wilson, Nathan Jonas Jordison, Paul Dedrick Gray, Christopher Michael Fehn, James Donald Root, Craig Alan Jones, Michael Shawn Crahan, Mickael Gordon Thomson, Corey Todd Taylor

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    My Interpretation:I think I know what this song's about as I'm in the same situation currently.

    The singer in the song was in a bad relationship. He blames himself for it failing, but now he changed, and he wants her back but he can't.

    Even now,
    I realize the time
    I'll never get.
    -He realizes he won't be with her anymore.

    But you asked me
    To love you and I did.
    Traded my emotions
    For a contract to commit.
    -He was in love with her, but wasn't happy.

    And when I got away,
    I only got so far.
    The other me is dead.
    I hear his voice inside my head
    -When they broke up, he changed for the better, but the mistakes he made still haunt him.

    We were never alive,
    And we won't be born again.
    But I'll never survive
    With dead memories in my heart.
    -They weren't happy together, and they'll never be together anymore, but he still mourns over the lost relationship in the past, and that was his fault.
    Flag keron April 18, 2013   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:this song is about Slipknot the band.
    the lyrics came after almost 10 years together & it talks about the history of the band from a personal point of view.
    submitting to the band 100% in a very young age, leaving your other life behind.
    experiencing success & fame in the music scene & changing your life totally.
    the dead memories are the personalities each of the band members had.
    forget about your self & go forward in order to keep the band alive.
    Flag Brunelloon January 18, 2013   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:So what i see this song as is a dude/chick about to kill himself/herself (the bitter pills of fate) because he/she got into a shitty relationship that he/she feels he/she cant get out of because he/she promised this person he/she would love her/him and even thought he/she doesn't anymore he/she feels like he/she would be breaking his/her promise by ending their relationship anyway hes/shes looking back on how he/she got to were he/she is today and his/her past self (the way he/she used to be) is telling him/her from deep inside that there is no hope for him/her and it has even forgotten that it ever existed (we were never alive and we wont be born again and we will never survive with dead memories in our head) the dead memories are feelings habits things that made him/her who he/she once was that he/she feels he/she can never bring back, (im not completely sure that the bitter pills of fate refers to suicide infact theres probably several differant meanings it could take on but if it douse then the person in this song isnt very bright i feel that there are certain circumstances that make suicide reasonable (please note there are very few and im not making any suggestions) but this is not one of them you can always go back to who you were mentally (not always physically) (note) please excuse the his/her thing i realize it might have gotten annoying and been unnecessary i just wanted 2 make it obvious that it could go both ways.
    Flag Rocky5597on July 24, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:My favourite part is...
    "You told me to love you and I did
    tied my soul into a knot and got me to submit."

    just the way he says it is so cool.

    anyone else think so? o.o
    Flag sparkpluggson May 24, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Its for sure a love song. Its about change as well. The story part where he mentions he will never get another story and it being the bitter pills of fate are talking about the hard times suffered for the change but that its to late to change the past.

    I am not overly impressed by this album
    Flag Femmefatale515on March 09, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:I labeled this as my interpretation as I am not a band member...it's pretty obvious what this song is about. The song is about the disillusionment and sadness that comes about when a former christian (note the christ allusions in the vid) learns of all the truth about these man made religions and gods, that they were NEVER real...and the soul is just another made up concept. This song is about the pain one goes through dealing with a life wasted living according to the idea that a god is there for you, to help you, to guide you, to judge you. It expresses the sadness one feels at the wasted effort put into "doing good" when all you really did was NOT enjoy life for the sake of some preacher.

    This is not a song about breaking up with your woman...it is much deeper and more profound, you can get another woman...you cannot replace a non-existent god or afterlife that you have been hoping for to make up for this meaningless life. Even the christian and jewish bible says life is meaningless...King Solomon said it himself. Funny isn't it?

    It may be that only someone who has once worshiped a god (christian god myself) and dedicated themselves to a life of sacrifice so that in heaven there would be a reward (no weed, no alcohol, no sex...etc etc)...something to make up for all the shit in this world...but there isn't...the reality shattering realization that there is no god to pray to, no greater being that understand your pain and frustration...there is nothing in death...and you are alone. All you were taught by any church was a lie.

    I don't expect someone who was not raised to be of one of the mainstream religions and then discovered the truth to understand this fully. Those who were sucked into the world of the religious by no fault of their own, either early in life (such as myself) or later in life can fully comprehend this song. If you haven't...be thankful...it's a pretty damning experience, often psychologically traumatic. I speak from first hand exp. and I think this song backs me up...as does "wherein lies continue"
    Flag NetGon August 24, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:in my opinion this song is about every days life about every choices we make.we always will carry the scars of our choices, the consequences no matter how far we go away or how much time passes.

    And sometimes you WILL tie your soul into a knot and trade your emotions for a contract to commit ,time passes by and suddenly you see that some part of you is dead and it wont be born again and then you realize that you were never alive and you were always poisoned under the chains of fate... world is just like a sanatorium and you must always take the vermilion colored pills of fate.
    Flag rigidshadowon February 18, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I didn't like the story you write Dead Memories but thatis not approuite for your age.
    Flag Blackops126on February 05, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Wow...this reminds me of my friend so much...may he rest in peace...
    This was the first song he every showed me and the first Slipknot song I ever heard. and I fell in love with this song the first day I heard it. And now...I can't listen to it without without being emotionally drained, so many memories with my dear friend just listening to this :(
    "Even now, I realize the time I'll never get." My time with him is up now.
    Flag purplesunnyskyon February 05, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Wow...this reminds me of my friend so much...may he rest in peace...
    This was the first song he every showed me and the first Slipknot song I ever heard. and I fell in love with this song the first day I heard it. And now...I can't listen to it without without being emotionally drained, so many memories with my dear friend just listening to this :(
    "Even now, I realize the time I'll never get." My time with him is up now.
    Flag purplesunnyskyon February 05, 2011   Link

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