Memory

"Memory" is a show tune from the 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. It is sung by the character Grizabella, a one-time glamour cat who is now only a shell of her former self. The song is a nostalgic remembrance of her glorious past and a declaration of her wish to start a new life. Sung briefly in the first act and in full near the end of the show, "Memory" is the climax of the musical, and by far its most popular and well-known song. "Memory" has been covered by Ignazio Boschetto in several of Il Volo's concerts.

Lyrics
Memory Turn your face to the moonlight Let your memory lead you Open up, enter in If you find there The meaning of what happiness is Then a new life will begin

Memory All alone in the moonlight I can smile at the old days I was beautiful then I remember A time I knew what happiness was Let the memory live again

Burnt out ends of smoky days The stale, cold smell of morning The streetlamp dies in the cold air Another night is over Another day is dawning

Daylight I must wait for the sunrise I must think of a new life And I mustn't give in When the dawn comes Tonight will be a memory too And a new day will begin

Sunlight through the trees in summer Endless masquerading Like a flower as the dawn is breaking The memory is fading

Touch me It's so easy to leave me All alone with the memory Of my days in the sun If you touch me You'll understand what happiness is Look, a new day has begun

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