If Only For Memories Lyrics & Chords By Streetlight Manifesto

When you were born you were not alone
Nothing was carved into the stone quite yet
But don't forget you heard someone say it won't get better than this
That was the sound of your father as he held you up to your mother
No one will ever know a love as pure as the one you felt right then

They held you up
They held you up
And everybody else, they fell to the wayside

This is the start, a beginning
A prologue to the yarn that you're spinning
A million synonyms will never come close to describe the feeling

Don't ever leave cause if you do dear
I guarantee that you'll regret the day you did
And you'll miss all the simple things
And you'll see everything you ever loved
Start fading until there's nothing left but dust

And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be
And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before
And I see the things that I pretend that I don't see
And I store them in my head, love
If only for memories

So now you're young and you feel alone
Despite friends, family and all the good things now surrounding you
You can't help thinking oh, there's gotta be some more to do
When all the things that you cherish turn into burdens
And there is no other path to take
You know what you got to do
But you don't know how

They hold you back
They hold you down
And you're gonna feel bad
But you know that you gotta get out
This is your pain, your dilemma,
Do you stay in the town where they raised ya
Or will you sail away, pull the anchor,
And go heading for the come what may

You have to leave
Cause if you don't, dear
You'll never see the things you read about in books
You saw the films and you were hooked
But everything you want will come to you
You realize now that you've gotta go see this through.

And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be
And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before
And I see the things that I pretend that I don't see
And I store them in my head, love
If only for memories

I believe that every broken bone is meant to be
And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before
And I see the things that I pretend that I don't see
And I store them in my head, love
If only for memories.