"Memories" is a song by Conan Gray that was released on April 15, 2022, through Republic Records, with a music video, and lyric video. This song is featured as the eleventh track on his sophomore album Superache.
Lyrics
[Intro]
One, two
[Verse 1]
It's been a couple months
That's just about enough time
For me to stop cryin' when I look at all the pictures
Now I kinda smile, I haven't felt that in a while
It's late, I hear the door
Bell ringin' and it's pourin'
I open up that door, see your brown eyes at the entrance
You just wanna talk and
I can't turn away, oh, I don't
[Pre-Chorus]
But please don't ruin this for me
Please don't make it harder than it already is
I'm trying to get over this
[Chorus]
I wish that you would stay in my memories
But you show up today, just to ruin things
I wanna put you in the past 'cause I'm traumatized
But you're not lettin' me do that, 'cause tonight
You're all drunk in my kitchen, curled in the fetal position
Too busy playin' the victim to be listenin' to me
When I say
"I wish that you would stay in my memories"
In my memories, stay in my memories
[Verse 2]
Now I can't say "Goodbye" if you stay here the whole night
You see, it's hard to find an end to somethin' that you keep beginning
Over and over again
I promise that the ending always stays the same
So there's no good reason in make believin' that we could ever exist again
[Pre-Chorus]
I can't be your friend, can't be your lover
Can't be the reason we hold back each other from falling in love
With somebody other than me
[Chorus]
I wish that you would stay in my memories
But you show up today, just to ruin things
I wanna put you in the past 'cause I'm traumatized
But you're not lettin' me do that, 'cause tonight
You're all drunk in my kitchen, curled in the fetal position
Too busy playin' the victim to be listenin' to me
When I say
"I wish that you would stay in my memories"
In my memories, stay in my memories
[Bridge]
Since you came
I guess I'll let you stay
For as long as it takes
To grab your books and your coat
And that one good cologne
That you bought when we were fighting
'Cause it's still on my clothes, everything that I own
And it makes me feel like dying
I was barely just surviving
[Chorus]
I wish that you would stay in my memories
But you show up today, just to ruin things
I wanna put you in the past 'cause I'm traumatized
But you're not lettin' me do that, 'cause tonight
You're all drunk in my kitchen, curled in the fetal position
Too busy playin' the victim to be listenin' to me
When I say
"I wish that you would stay in my memories"
In my memories, stay in my memories
Trivia
- Conan performed Memories at 2022 Coachella.
- In the music video, the sweater reference is from Heather.
- This track is featured in Conan's upcoming sophomore album Superache.
- Memories was the last song Conan wrote for Superache.