Forgotten Memories – English Lyrics

• By: Mattia Mattarocci
• Album: Forgotten Memories

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Every night with the same feeling inside

the sleep goes away while I see your face

And you still come to me when you need a hand to hold

watching me calling to you

but you take a step behind

But then don't call to tell me you're in love

that you're ready now to let yourself go

Don't call me when the night is on

and you need a hand to hold

You turned the rainbow into stone

and all my love in pain

So then don't call me once you will realize

that you're missing me somehow

You took your time, you took it all for you

and you couldn't find just one day for me and you

Now I know I was never in your mind

Now I know I wasted all the time

But then don't call to tell me you're in love

that you're ready now to let yourself go

Don't call me when the night is on

and you need a hand to hold

You turned the rainbow into stone

and all my love in pain

So then don't call me once you will realize

that you're missing me somehow

I don't know where I'm gonna go

to forget all this

I don't know what I'm gonna do

to make up my mind

C'mon!

But then don't call to tell me you're in love

that you're ready now to let yourself go

Don't call me when the night is on

and you need a hand to hold

You turned the rainbow into stone

and all my love in pain

So then don't call me once you will realize

that you're missing me somehow

Don't call me now!

Don't call me now!

or let your feelings show

Don't call me now!

Don't call me now

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
call /kɔːl/ A2	verb - to speak or cry out to attract someone's attention or to summon them; to telephone someone noun - an act of calling out to someone or a telephone conversation
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong affection for another person verb - to feel love toward someone; to care for deeply
night /naɪt/ A2	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
hand /hænd/ A1	noun - the end part of the arm used for holding or manipulating things
face /feɪs/ A2	noun - the front part of the head that includes the eyes, nose, and mouth
rainbow /ˈreɪnˌboʊ/ B1	noun - an arc of colors formed in the sky by sunlight shining through rain
stone /stoʊn/ A2	noun - a hard solid mineral matter of which rocks are made
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical or emotional suffering
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers
sleep /sliːp/ A1	noun - a natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ B1	noun - an emotional state or reaction
come /kʌm/ A2	verb - to move toward or arrive at a place
tell /tɛl/ A2	verb - to communicate information to someone; to relate a story
realize /ˈriːəlaɪz/ B2	verb - to become aware of a fact or situation
miss /mɪs/ A2	verb - to feel the absence of someone or something; to fail to hit or reach
take /teɪk/ A2	verb - to lay hold of something with one's hands; to seize or capture
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information
forget /fərˈɡɛt/ A2	verb - to fail to remember

Key Grammar Structures

• the sleep goes away while I see your face

  ➔ Present simple + while clause (simultaneous actions)

  ➔ The verb "goes" is in the present simple, indicating a habitual action, and "while" introduces a simultaneous action "I see".

• And you still come to me when you need a hand to hold

  ➔ Zero conditional (when + present simple)

  ➔ "when" introduces a condition that is always true, and the verb "come" is in the present simple.

• But then don't call to tell me you're in love

  ➔ Imperative + infinitive phrase (don't call … to tell)

  ➔ "Don't call" is the negative imperative, and "to tell" is an infinitive phrase showing purpose.

• You turned the rainbow into stone and all my love in pain

  ➔ Simple past (turned) with object complement

  ➔ "turned" is in the simple past, showing a completed action, and "into stone" functions as the object complement.

• So then don't call me once you will realize that you're missing me somehow

  ➔ Future simple with temporal clause introduced by "once"

  ➔ "will realize" is the future simple showing a future event, and "once" marks the point at which that event occurs.

• You took your time, you took it all for you and you couldn't find just one day for me and you

  ➔ Past simple + modal verb "couldn't" + bare infinitive

  ➔ "couldn't" is the negative form of the modal "can", followed by the bare infinitive "find".

• Now I know I was never in your mind

  ➔ Present simple reporting verb + past simple in subordinate clause

  ➔ "know" is in the present simple, introducing a statement, while "was" is past simple describing a past state.

• I don't know where I'm gonna go to forget all this

  ➔ "Going to" future construction with infinitive

  ➔ "gonna go" is the colloquial form of "going to go", expressing a planned future action.

• I don't know what I'm gonna do to make up my mind

  ➔ "Going to" future construction with infinitive

  ➔ "gonna do" (going to do) shows a future intention, used after "don't know" to express uncertainty about future actions.