Memory – English Lyrics

• By: Kane Brown, blackbear

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪

♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪

♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪

♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪

♪ Am I the only one that's coming unglued ♪

♪ Emotions building up, they start to run you ♪

♪ Bottles on the shelf I'm 'bout to run through ♪

♪ Doing everything I wish that I can undo ♪

♪ I'm by myself and why won't no one help ♪

♪ I know this can't be healthy so I'm looking for a way out ♪

♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪

♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪

♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪

♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪

♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪

♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪

♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪

♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪

♪ Trying to find the beauty in the let down ♪

♪ Going through my texts now ♪

♪ Trying to find the things I never said to prove a point ♪

♪ Imma roll my feelings in a joint ♪

♪ Pieces of the story that got left out, I checked out ♪

♪ Wish it was, I wish it was, I wish it was a phase ♪

♪ Nothing you can do and there's nothing you can say ♪

♪ Running from the, running from the, running from the pain♪

♪ I gotta get away ♪

♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪

♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪

♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪

♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪

♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪

♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪

♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪

♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪

♪ Ay, ay, ay, ay ♪

♪ Drinking every day till the memories fade away, ay, ay, ay ♪

♪ I don't wanna die but I don't wanna live this way ay, ay, ay, ay ♪

♪ Drinking every day till the memories fade away, ay, ay, ay ♪

♪ I don't wanna die but I don't wanna live this way ♪

♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪

♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪

♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪

♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪

♪ I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down ♪

♪ Wanna get high, I don't know how to come down ♪

♪ Help me now, I'm running on empty ♪

♪And I don't wanna be a memory ♪

♪ Am I the only one that's coming unglued ♪

♪ And I don't want to be a memory ♪

♪ There's bottles on the shelf I'm 'bout to run through ♪

♪ And I don't want to be a memory ♪

♪ I'm by myself and why won't nobody help ♪

♪ I know this can't be healthy so I'm looking for a way out ♪

♪ And I don't want to be a memory ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to manage or operate
memory /ˈmɛməri/ A1	noun - something remembered from the past
empty /ˈɛmpti/ A1	adjective - containing nothing
fast /fæst/ A1	adjective - moving or capable of moving at high speed
high /haɪ/ A1	adjective - great, or greater than normal, in quantity or degree noun - a state of euphoria, often induced by drugs
slow /sloʊ/ A1	adjective - moving or operating at a low speed
down /daʊn/ A1	adjective - towards a lower position
help /hɛlp/ A1	verb - to make it easier or possible for someone to do something
unglued /ʌnˈɡluːd/ B2	adjective - emotionally upset or out of control
emotion /ɪˈmoʊʃən/ A2	noun - a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances
bottle /ˈbɑːtl/ A1	noun - a container with a narrow neck, used to hold liquids
healthy /ˈhɛlθi/ A2	adjective - in good physical or mental condition
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ A2	noun - a combination of qualities that pleases the senses or mind
fade /feɪd/ B1	verb - to become less strong or distinct
joint /dʒɔɪnt/ B1	noun - a place or point of joining noun - a cigarette rolled with marijuana
phase /feɪz/ B1	noun - a distinct period or stage in a process of change or forming part of something

Key Grammar Structures

• I wanna live life fast, I don't know how to slow down

  ➔ Present Simple with 'wanna' (informal contraction of 'want to')

  ➔ The phrase 'I wanna' is an informal way to say 'I want to', commonly used in spoken English and lyrics.

• Am I the only one that's coming unglued

  ➔ Present Continuous with 'that's' (contraction of 'that is')

  ➔ The phrase 'that's coming unglued' uses the present continuous to describe an action happening now, with 'that's' as a contraction of 'that is'.

• Emotions building up, they start to run you

  ➔ Present Continuous Passive

  ➔ 'Emotions building up' is in the present continuous passive, indicating an ongoing action where the subject is being acted upon.

• I'm by myself and why won't no one help

  ➔ Contraction 'I'm' (I am) and Double Negative

  ➔ 'I'm' is a contraction of 'I am', and 'won't no one' is a double negative, which is common in informal English but generally avoided in formal writing.

• I know this can't be healthy, so I'm looking for a way out

  ➔ Modal Verb 'can't' (cannot) and Present Continuous

  ➔ 'Can't' is a modal verb expressing inability, and 'I'm looking' is in the present continuous, indicating an action in progress.