Amnesia

Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry & Lisa Gerrard) – Amnesia 
Album: Anastasis, 2012 

Lyrics: 
Saw the demonstration 
On remembrance day 
Lest we forget the lesson 
Enshrined in funeral clay 
History is never written 
By those who’ve lost 
The defeated must bear witness to 
Our collective memory loss 

With every generation comes 
Another memory lapse 
See the demonstrations of 
Failing to learn from our past 
We live in the dreamtime 
Nothing seems to last 
Can you really plan a future 
When you no longer have a past 

Memories fall from the trees 
Amnesia 
Memories like autumn leaves 

If we are subject to 
Empirical minds 
I wonder what lies beyond 
Our memory’s confines 
If memory is the true 
Sum of who we are 
May your children know the truth 
And shine like the brightest star 

Memory, help me see 
Amnesia 
Memory, set me free 

All my love and all my kisses 
Sweet Mnemosyne 
All my love and all my kisses 
Sweet Mnemosyne 
Sweet Mnemosyne