Remember My Name - Toy Matinee

Living by the printed page

The landmarks of the age

I find a coat that’s poorly lined

Handed down from time to time

Waiting for the sun to shine

Standing here amidst this crowd

And wondering aloud

I find a joke that’s poorly timed

Thinking back to simpler days

Of waiting for a life to change

No one can take this away from me

The martyrs and madmen I learned of in school

Will remember my name

Some things are never the way they seem

Bury our centuries' wasted regrets

And remember this reign

Waking from the weary gloom

The din of empty rooms

I find a poem poorly rhymed

And waiting for the walls to fall

I’m stunned by the failure of it all

No one can take this away from me

Spellbound in anger, my heroes have failed

To remember my name

Some things are never the way they seem

Bury our centuries' wasted regrets

And remember this reign

It’s only water falling down

It’s only water in my tears

It’s only water drowning me

It’s only water for all these years

And waiting for the walls to fall

I’m stunned by the failure of it all

No one can take this away from me

The martyrs and madmen I learned of in school

Will remember my name

Some things are never the way they seem

Bury our centuries' wasted regrets

And remember this reign

No one can take this away from me

Spellbound in anger, my heroes have failed

To remember my name

Some things are never the way they seem

Bury our centuries' wasted regrets

And remember this reign