Devendra Banhart – Memorial lyrics

[Verse 1]
I wish you had been at your memorial
Seeing someone proposing on stage
I couldn't get through my song for you
When it came to saying your name
I can still see the room at the hospital
Pretty, painted tile
I can still see your skin turning purple
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[Chorus]
Can you hear me?
Did you mean it?
Did you plan it out?
Or was it an accident?

[Verse 2]
Time, time, up and down the blue screen
It's dawn and I'm insane
Love's just a word and not what the word means
But I'll say it just the same
Talking to an entity
Made of endless night
I dream in TV dialogue
A world of shadow and light

[Chorus]
I know it don't work that way
But maybe you'll come back some day
I know it don't work like that
But maybe you could take it back

[Verse 3]
Now that there's no need to say a word
Can I still make amends?
But silence, the only kindness I heard
Forgiveness, the only revenge
Needing all of the people
I've heard of from your past
Reading through all of your letters
Looking for your love

[Chorus]
You told that me love
Is when someone asks you
"Please leave me alone"
And you really do
You looked into my eyes
'Til I was your mother's son
I tried to look away
But saw you in everyone

[Outro]
I wish you had been at your memorial
Seeing someone proposing on stage