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Super Collider

Forget to Remember

Super Collider
2013

Duration: 4:33

Track number: 9

Times played live: 0

Writers

Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine

Music by: Dave Mustaine

Theme

A harrowing song about the painful experience of watching a loved one suffer from severe memory loss, likely Alzheimer's or dementia (**'You forget to remember'**). The lyrics describe the emotional trauma of the patient becoming a stranger and the feeling of a **'long goodbye'**. The final verse introduces the conspiracy theory element, blaming the memory loss on **'mercury'** and **'the vaccine'**.

Lyrics
Sands in the hourglass fall for us all You don't answer me anymore when I call So much is trapped inside, tangled in your brain It's getting cold outside and it looks like rain The sky is falling and my heart is caving in So, now the time has come to say the long goodbye The setting of the sun reflection in your eyes Day after day after day the world will pass you by, you forget to remember Solo - Dave If this is living, what the hell is living for? You've boarded up your eyes, your mind has locked the door I'm just a stranger now with an unfamiliar face You can't recall me at all, there's not a trace... not a trace... not a trace I don't know where you are and my world is crumbling in So, now the time has come to say the long goodbye The setting of the sun reflection in your eyes Day after day after day the world will pass you by, you forget to remember Solo - Chris I just want to talk - What do you want? But you've nothing to say - Leave me alone I beg you to come - Get away from me And you just walk away - I have no idea who you are! I curse the day that your smile fades away, till then I pray A burning candle in-between and at both ends With all that we've learned, yet we still pretend I just wish you could say my name again They made the lock and broke the key, the culprit was the mercury The vaccine wipes your memories, till you forget even how to breathe A tangled web they weave, when they practice to deceive So, now the time has come to say the long goodbye The setting of the sun reflection in your eyes Day after day after day the world will pass you by I said that I'd be strong, but you know I had to lie You forget to remember... it's time to say the long goodbye
Musicians
Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine

Vocals and rhythm guitar

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