Weekly Shinedown - Song Fifty Five - In Memory!

Hey There!

By the time that I discovered In Memory, it was leaning towards the end of my IT project, so it was around the end of April 2015, and deadlines were looming in. I also remember that because my colder cousin's wedding has been not long before this time, I was also really into the song Sarah by Thin Lizzy, and I kept alternating between this song, and Shinedown's first album, Us And Them. 

Each Shinedown album seems to remind me of a different sector in IT. For example, The Sound Of Madness always reminds me of the adventure park website that I had to create, whereas Us And Them reminds me of the virtual characters that I had to create.

The best past of In Memory is definitely the entire first verse, because it is so hyped up, and there is so much passion during this verse. I must say that "and I'm not asking for value nor the pain" has got to be my favourite line in the whole song because it just seems to cool, especially with the band's vocals being exceptionally strong during this line!

In Memory apreas to be about someone who has their own dreams that they are aspiring to aim for, however, they kept being dragged down by others, so these people had to just just be ditched in the end. Although their meanings are completely different, I feel that In Memory also has quite a strong link to a song called In Loving Memory by a band similar to Shinedown called Alter Bridge. I remember my Uncle Peter also getting me into Alter Bridge, and I have got to say that In Loving Memory is such an emotional song.

As amazing as In Memory is, especially with the guitar solos, there still aren't any chords for this masterpiece anywhere online. Regardless, I do hope that you've enjoyed reading my blog posts so far this year, and I hope you continue to read them in the future!

I'll see you all next Thursday!

Lois xx

P.S. I'll leave the lyrics to In Memory below incase you're interested!

Some of the ugliest things took the longest time to make
And some of the easiest habits are the hardest one's to break
And I'm not asking for value nor the pain but I am asking
For a way out of this lie

Because I can't wait for you to catch up with me
And I can't live in the past and drown myself in memories

Welcome to nowhere and finding out where it is
And fixing your problems and starting over agin
Your feeding your ego with what you can see outside
And your killing yourself for not speaking your mind

Because I can't wait for you to catch up with me
And I can't live in the past and drown myself in memories

In memory

I wonder why you make believe you live your life straight through me
I cannot understand why you question me and then you lie
I will not justify your way's I cannot show you an escape
I do not know you any more, I never knew you anyway

Because I can't wait for you to catch up with me
And I can't live in the past and drown myself in memories

Because I can't wait

And I can't live in the past and drown myself in memories

In memory
In memory