Overload (album)/The Memory Remains

These are the lyrics to The Memory Remains, a song originally released on American heavy metal band Metallica's "ReLoad" album in 1997. The song is about a superstar having gone insane once their fame expires and they try to reclaim it. On the album Overload, it is the remastered album's true opener and tells of the superstar's fall and the teasing they got from the world once their fame went to waste.

Lyrics
'' Fortune, fame Mirror vain Gone insane But the memory remains

Heavy rings on fingers wave Another star denies the grave See the nowhere crowd cry the nowhere tears of honor Like twisted vines that grow Hide and swallow mansions whole Dim the light of an already faded primadonna

Fortune, fame Mirror vain Gone insane Fortune, fame Mirror vain Gone insane But the memory remains

Heavy rings hold cigarettes Up to lips that time forgets While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back And can't the band play on? Just listen, they play my song Ash to ash Dust to dust Fade to black

Fortune, fame Mirror vain Gone insane Fortune, fame Mirror vain Gone insane Dance little tin goddess

Na na na na na na na, na na na na Na na na na na na na, na na na na na Na na na na na na na, na na na na Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na

Drift away Fade away Little tin goddess Ash to ash Dust to dust Fade to black Fortune, fame Mirror vain Gone insane Fortune, fame Mirror vain Gone insane But the memory remains

Ash to ash Dust to dust Fade to black The memory remains, yeah To this faded primadonna, yeah, yeah, yeah, hey

Dance little tin goddess, dance

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Trivia

 * The song, among several others from Load and ReLoad, was given orchestral treatment in the album S&M.