Lyrics

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

Remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad
How clearly I first saw you smilin’ in the sun
Wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I’m so tired but I can’t sleep
Standin’ on the edge of something much too deep
It’s funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can’t be heard

But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I’m so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose
Clinging to a past that doesn’t let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

 

Appears on

Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff (1996)
Mirrorball (1999)
Afterglow Live (2004)
Mirrorball: The Complete Concert (2006)
Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan (2008)
The Essential Sarah McLachlan (2013)

Mirrorball DVD (1999)
Afterglow Live DVD (2004)

I Will Remember You (single)
Adia (single)
Building A Mystery (single)

 

Versions

Album Version
from “Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff”
Track length: 4:55

Live: Mirrorball
from “Mirrorball”
Track length: 3:43

Live: Mirrorball The Complete Concert
from “Mirrorball: The Complete Concert”
Track length: 3:37

Live: Afterglow Live
from “Afterglow Live”
Track length: 3:37

Edit
from “I Will Remember You” (Single Promo)
Track length: ???

Radio Edit
from “I Will Remember You” (CAN Single Promo)
Track length: 3:42

 

Compilations

Credits

Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitars: Sarah McLachlan
Drums, Percussion: Ashwin Sood
Bass: Brian Minato
Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar: Pierre Marchand

 

Collaborations

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Trivia/Notes

– Won for a Grammy Award for best Female Pop Vocal Performance. (2000)
– The single of the live version is Sarah’s biggest commercial hit so far

 

Sarah says

“Another one of the things that I’ve been keeping busy with when I’m having my weeks of from being on the road is…I did a song for the film ‘The Brothers McMullen’, and this is the song.”
– “Unplugged & More” Bootleg (New York City, Fall 1995 Acoustic Show)

“Moving on. Moving on to love. It’s something that I’m very obsessed with…I think about it all the time…I write about it a lot…I’ve certainly searched for it all my life, and I’ve found it, it’s a wonderful thing. (looks at Ash and giggles) But this song is about the fear of love, the fear of committment, but at the same time not wanting to look back on your life with a lot of regrets and think ‘wow, I really screwed things up’. Live now…”
– Mirrorball DVD

 

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