Feeling the past moving in
Letting a new day begin
Hold to the time that you know
You don't have to move on to let go

Add to the memory you keep
Remember when you fall asleep
Hold to the love that you know
You don't have to give up to let go

Remember turning on the the night
And moving through the morning light
Remember how it was with you
Remember how you pulled me through
I remember
I remember
I remember
I remember
I remember
I remember
I remember
I remember

Feeling the past moving in
Letting a new day begin
Hold to the time that you know
You don't have to move on to let go add to the memory you keep

Remember when you fall asleep
Hold to the love that you know
You don't have to give up to let go remember how it was with you
Remember how you pulled me through I remember feeling the past moving in

Letting a new day begin
Hold to the time that you know
You don't have to move on to let go add to the memory you keep

Remember when you fall asleep
Hold to the love that you know
You don't have to give up to let go remember turning on the the night

And moving through the morning light
Remember how it was with you
Remember how you pulled me through
I remember
I remember
I remember
I remember
I remember
I remember
I remember
I remember



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Track duration: 03:20

"I Remember" as written by Stephen Sondheim

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Ultra Tunes, Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:I think this song is a reminder that when old memories creep up in your mind...that you don't have to suppress them (even the painful ones) but instead can happily embrace them and remember how they have lead you to where you are today and how they have made you WHO you are today. Everything in life happens for reasons that are often unknown to us at the time but most assuredly are directing us in the directions we need to be going to fulfill our destiny. In other words there are never any mistakes in life, sometimes later on in life we realize why something happened because we gain a new perspective and the pain is no longer there. Everything is temporary and our lives are ever changing and people are moving in and out (even the really important ones that we love most). Instead of being afraid of what will be or ashamed of where you have been you should look back on your memories and always smile. You are always changing and becoming newer and better versions of yourself so long as you are alive because you are forever learning how to love others as well as yourself and sharing new experiences that will also one day be memories as well. :-)
    Flag altamber8on January 16, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:You don't have to give up to let go remember turning on the the night

    And moving through the morning light

    ... im sure this bit is about being remembering times being intimate all night till morn

    btw is kaskade track ' love is black 'really bout a relationship with drugs
    Flag lordsysopon June 16, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:I know it's straightforward, but some lyrics can be a bit hard to pinpoint the meaning with words so here's what I think..

    "Feeling the past moving in
    letting a new day begin"

    This is about keeping on going towards the (hopefully) brighter future, even though a dark past is creeping up on you. You ignore the past and keep going forward.

    "Hold to the time that you know
    you don't have to move on to let go"

    Perhaps it means holding onto happy memories of a happier time. Perhaps a relationship full of nice memories. You don't have to move on from the happy memories in order to let go of the pain of the breakup (or w/e).

    "Add to the memory you keep
    remember when you fall asleep"

    Keep the happy memories, and make new memories as well to add to your "happy collection."

    "hold to the love that you know
    you don't have to give up to let go"

    Just because of one failed relationship, you don't have to give up on love completely in order to let go of that one bad experience.

    "Remember turning on the night
    and moving through the morning light"

    I'm not sure about this part. Maybe.. The night represents sadness, and the morning light represents happiness. Ignoring the sadness and moving on into being happy again. Similar to the first part of the song.

    "remember how it was with you
    remember how you pulled me through"

    The person is speaking to themselves reminding them of how someone pulled them through a bad experience. Maybe a friend or love interest helped them after they were heartbroken and reminded them that good guys/girls still exist.

    "I remember."
    This small phrase packs the meaning of every other verse into a small, powerful phrase. It's not just saying "I remember" as in "I remember when such and such happened.." It signifies the person remembering to stay hopeful, remember to let go and move into the light (happiness) and to not allow one crap situation ruin their outlook on all other things.
    Flag pinkechoon December 21, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:OK the reason I came here was to see if anyone had any thoughts on the only metaphorical-sounding part of the lyrics: "Remeber turning on the night // and moving through the morning light" - thoughts anyone?

    At first I just thought it was a kind of catchy flip-round of the phrases 'turning on the light' and 'moving through the night' that didn't really have any concrete meaning but just sounded cool, well anyway that was on first hearing the song a while ago - HOWEVER, I kid you not; over the past two weeks I listened to this song pretty much every day before I went to bed - while I was incarcerated in a motherfucking psychiatric ward - and yeah now after that experience I sort of feel that there's a lot more to the song than just being "catchy" ;-)

    Peace
    Flag t944ktmvon November 13, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:It's not Kaskade that's singing that is Haley Gibby :)
    Flag donnarosecon June 02, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with musicismmuse, although when I first heard it (and still now) I always felt it was about being heart broken with life and life is saying, remember all these good times. You don't have to move on/give up to let go (of all the pain).
    Flag gsinnon April 24, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I downloaded the 'acoustic' version of I Remember. It's fantastic! Haley's voice gives me chillz. dl.dropbox.com/u/4619017/…
    Flag econdocon December 29, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Bleh... Not to spoil the good jeers guys, but, even if the song may be straightforward in meaning, aren't the comments for deciphering the meaning of the song and such? We are on SongMEANINGS[dot]net, no?...

    DarkOneLuck was the only one that didn't include a rather pointless post, aside from ArbPotatoes' explanation to the noobs about Kaskade not being the vocalist.

    Idk, just my two cents... Flame me all you want. :P

    Flag deeveeanceon November 16, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:"You don't have to give up to let go"

    That's pretty profound
    Flag DarkOnesLuckon July 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Amazing track by Deadmau5!! I love the vocals by Kaskade <3
    By far my favorite track on Random Album Title!
    Flag Deadmau5on June 25, 2010   Link

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