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Forget Me Not

from You Can Take It From Here by Dominic Rae

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A few years ago, my grandfather was diagnosed with Dementia. In recent years, Des remembers fewer and fewer details about his current life and his family, but what he does remember is his past. In the middle of his life, he worked as a sound and recording engineer for the BBC. My university degree is in music technology and sound art, so I take my laptop and guitar up with me to show him what I do, and we talk about music and sound engineering together. My grandmother says that it's some of the most engaging conversation he's had in months. This song isn't about him specifically, but about families living with similar disabilities. It's not easy, and it doesn't get better.

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Tuning: EG#C#F#Be

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The neurones in your brain fire
.2 times a second and
When I'm in the room do you
Even know I'm present?
They say to count our blessings but
Where are the blessings
For you?


And for the last two years I've been
Holding down the fort
I've been feeding you your pills and
Taking you on walks
But nothing gets better, no
Ameliorations
And I don't think you're coming back
For good

So I run out to the garden and
Feel like I could cry
When out of the blue in the
Corner of my eye
A tiny frail flower and my
Mind recalls the name
So I bring a few inside to
Make a little chain

Forget
Me
Not

Don't
Lose your
Thoughts

Our friends sent us some cards but you
Don't recall their names
So I helped you spell them out and we
Made a little game
Where if you got one right, and
Without any help,
You'd get nothing
Because you don't want much else

And at the clinic silently you
Sit and stare at me
But I don't think you recall just
What you mean to me
So I whisper little secrets
Directly in your ear
So that you're the only listener;
You're the only one that hears

And over on the counter,
Framed against the sky
A tiny frail flower hued in
Blue has caught your eye
So I go and bring it back and
You wonder what it's called
But not really you don't tend to wonder
Anything at all

Forget
Me
Not

Don't
Lose your
Thoughts

Is it selfish
To want you back?
To turn back the clock
With Polaroid and Kodak
I know you don't remember all the
Years gone by
But trust me when I say, you wouldn't regret a thing
We wouldn't regret a thing you and I

Forget
Me

Forget
Your Thoughts

The neurones in your brain fire
Fewer times a second
Every minute you're alive and
Ever hour I am present
I hope that there's still hope
I hope that I can cope
'Til the end


And when you look at me
I sometimes catch a glimpse
Of memories played back but
As you slowly, slowly blink
I can see the light start fading and
I know the hope is gone
It'll be a blessing when you go,
A blessing to move on

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from You Can Take It From Here, released September 1, 2017

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Dominic Rae Brighton, UK

Dominic Rae is a musician and sound engineer, currently stationed in Brighton.

Centred on folk and emo and learning the ropes of sound, song by song by song.

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