Memory Songtext / Lyric

And the blackberry still has its thorns

And the blackberry still leaves its stains

A dress damp and torn on the forest floor

Where nary a trace still remains

And the blackberry may have no memory of you

But I do



And the wild apple still has its thorns

And the wild apple still has its blooms

But the flower that shows doth not smell like a rose

And no one can eat of its fruit

And the wild apple may have no memory of you

But I do






I viewed this garden from a distance

Especially in the flower of spring

Not knowing of nature's insistence

Not knowing the honey for its sting



And the rose is a barrier of thorns

After the petals have drooped

And the staggering years with their own barren fears

And the rose hips double-edged truth

For these roses may have no memory of you

But I do



I followed your trail in dream-time

Though the footprints were long filled with sand

I swore not to walk on that shore any more

Too much wreckage awash on that strand



But that's me all alone on the shore

With the flowers instead of a sword

Tempting the fates and the same hurricane

To strike twice where memory is stored

For the storm may have no memory of you

But I do