Still Remembering is the closing song on As It Is' sophomore album. While Patty originally wrote the song as a hypothetical scenario of saying goodbye to the band, ultimately it is a song about the loss of love and the distance that grows between that past and the present.
[Verse 1]
My heart's as heavy
As these nights are long
And I curse these spaces between my fingers
Where for a time you belonged
And you'll find somebody new who's worth your time
Someone whose words sound sweeter than mine
I'll hope to mend, trying my best just to get by
[Chorus]
Can you tell me what hurts more
Is it remembering or forgetting?
The past that once was ours
Am I remembering, still remembering or forgetting?
[Verse 2]
I've kept your portrait framed within my mind
It remains untouched
Of new paints and brushes, yet
Still it changed over time
When you left, not without warning or regret
Nothing would fill this hole in my chest
Here's your farewell
I wish you nothing but the best
[Chorus]
Can you tell me what hurts more
Is it remembering or forgetting?
The past that once was ours
Am I remembering, still remembering or forgetting?
[Bridge]
So, my love, goodbye
So, my love, goodbye
[Chorus]
Tell me what hurts more
Is it remembering or forgetting?
The past that once was ours
Am I remembering, still remembering?
Can you tell me what hurts more
Is it remembering or forgetting?
The past that once was ours
Am I remembering, still remembering?
Am I remembering, still remembering or forgetting?
Still Remembering was written by Alistair Testo & Patrick Foley & Andy Westhead & Ben Biss & Patty Walters.
Still Remembering was produced by Mike Green.
As It Is released Still Remembering on Fri Jan 13 2017.
As It Is vocalist Patty Walters shared with Rock Sound:
Around the time the album was half-written, we became terrified that the songs we’d been writing weren’t good enough.
That fear became the source of crippling writer’s block for me – the fear that we had failed ourselves and our fans was ines...
Patty Walters shared with AltPress:
“The closing song on okay. is the closest come to writing a love song. [“Still Remembering”] was actually written as if we were saying goodbye to our band. We wrote it when our doubts and fears about the album had gotten the best of us, when that idea felt much m...