(what do your nipples look like)

wherever i go

i take a little piece of you

i collect

i reject

photographs i took of you

well times i passed through

so many faces

so many places

i have got to have a memory

i have never been there

i have never had you

i can't remember

give me your reminder

i collect

i reject

memorabilia

(now girl..only it's flavor..bow down here)

keychains and snowstorms

the taste of your sweat

the look in your eye

i have been inside you

i know what it feels like

(wet as it is..the whiter the honey)

i collect

i reject

memorabilia

(goodies come in here all day)

give me your reminder

i can't remember

i collect

i reject

memorabilia



Lyrics submitted by ikari

Track duration: 07:22

"Memorabilia" as written by Marc Almond, David James Ball

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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    General Comment:Does anybody know what the people in the background are muttering? They say a whole bunch of different things throughout the song...
    Flag MisterNamelesson March 12, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:wow this song is fucking creepy. Jesus, it's insane.
    Flag DJgifon May 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song is so amazingly trippy,
    but it scares me because it feels like the voices in the background are talking to me... i even swear i hear my name said :|
    Flag arachnineon May 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Trent also tends to hide deep meaning under obvious sexual themes. And some tend to get somewhat homosexual if you look from the guy's point of view. Some, like Ruiner, Big Man With A Gun, and many others. Either way, great song and Trent's still and will remain a genius.
    Flag SamuraiTedon January 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I love Soft Cell and so am a fan of that version. I will listen to the NIN version soon but please don't slate the original.

    Also, I believe Marc Almond was gay so that's likely to effect all your pathetic interpretations in some homophobic way.
    Flag Wallamanageon June 15, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:"I collect". The song is saying that sexual encounters and relationships are souvenirs in life.

    Then it says we remember the pain of the relationship ending, for better or worse, and we put it out of mind until the next time we reminisce over it. "I reject".

    There is also a slight sense of dominance. "I have been inside you, I know what it feels like".
    Flag thor1to3for5on April 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Well first there's a few errors in the lyrics:

    The towns I passed through- not things

    Keychains and snowglobes

    The meaning probably varies depending on how it's looked at, but to me it's about someone who feels he is always in the present, and therefore needs some sort of reminder to be sure that the things he experienced actually happened:
    I have got to have a memory
    Or I have never been there
    I have never had you
    The last part makes me think that maybe he'd never really had the person he is stalking- at least it seems like he's stalking someone. So when he takes photos of her he's probably imagining that he actually did things with her, but in reality did not. The snowglobe part points to that as well, like a fantasy in his little world. The photos make it seem more real, giving him false reminders to feed his fantasy.

    Something like that anyways, anyone agree?

    And yeah there is talking in the background, it's audio samples from a prank phone sex call with a few other things, which can be found on the DVD of Closure. It's pretty funny.
    Flag tedium13on January 21, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:grat workout song... it really gets me PUMPED haha... I like it--one of his better covers, next to supernaut, though they're all quite good...
    Flag tenmileshighhhon October 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:It's a great song, but Trent can't sing it anywhere near as well as Marc Almond does. It's a wonderfully sleazy, creepy song, and nobody sings that like Marc. Listen to either Soft Cell version (with or without Cindy Ecstacy's vocal) before you accept this as the definitive version.
    Flag Urban Cannibalon September 13, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Everywhere I go, I take a little piece of you
    I collect, I reject, photographs I took of you
    The towns that I passed through, I've got to have a memory
    Or I have never been there.
    I have never had you, had you, had you.....
    I can’t remember, give me a reminder
    I collect, I reject memorabilia....memorabilia


    Soft cells version SUCKS.

    anyways this is about the meaning not what you think about it.
    Flag Alexis507on July 04, 2007   Link

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