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Lagu 'Memories' adalah single utama dari Maroon 5 di album ketujuh mereka, ditulis oleh sang vokalis Adam Levine, Stefan Johnson, Jordan Johnson, Michael Pollack, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Jon Bellion dan Vincent Ford.
Dikutip dari Story of Song, dari sisi komposisinya, lagu ini didassarkam pada deretan harmonik dan melodi “Pachelbel Canon” oleh Johann Pachelbel, seorang komposer Jerman.
Lirik lagu memories menceritakan tentang kehilangan. Adam Levine, pernah mengunggah sebuah cuitan di twitter bahwa lagu ini diperuntukkan untuk mereka yang sedang kehilangan.
Dan siapa sih yang tak pernah merasakan pedihn dan sakitnya ditinggal?
Sementara tu, gitaris Maroon 5, James Valentin mengungkapkan gimana lagu ini membawa makna yang berbeda untuk mereka yang saat itu baru saja mengalami banyak kahilangan. "Kami kehilangan manajer lama kami, Jordan Feldstein. Kami mendengar kerangka lagu ini dan mengira itu cocok dengan kami saat itu," katanya.
Di video klip lagu tersebut, tamapk Levine menyanyikan lagu itu ke kamera di ruangan yang gelap dengan cahaya yang menyinari wajahnya. Di akhir video, tertulis kalimat 'For Jordi'.
Here's to the ones that we got
Cheers to the wish you were here but you're not
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
Of everything we've been through
Toast to the ones here today
Toast to the ones that we lost on the way
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
And the memories bring back, memories bring back you
There's a time that I remember
When I did not know no pain
When I believed in forever
And everything would stay the same
Now my heart feel like December
When somebody say your name
'Cause I can't reach out to call you
But I know I will one day, yeah
Everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody hurts someday, ay ay
But everything gon' be alright
Go on raise a glass and say, ay
Here's to the ones that we got
Cheers to the wish you were here but you're not
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
Of everything we've been through
Toast to the ones here today
Toast to the ones that we lost on the way
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
And the memories bring back, memories bring back you
Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
There's a time that I remember
When I never felt so lost
When I felt all of the hatred
Was too powerful to stop (ooh, yeah)
Now my heart feel like an ember
And it's lighting up the dark
I'll carry these torches for ya
That you know I'll never drop, yeah
Everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody hurts someday, ay ay
But everything gon' be alright
Go on raise a glass and say, ay
Here's to the ones that we got (oh, oh)
Cheers to the wish you were here but you're not
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
Of everything we've been through (no, no)
Toast to the ones here today (ay)
Toast to the ones that we lost on the way
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories (ay)
And the memories bring back, memories bring back you
Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
Doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo (ooh, yeah)
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
