Listen & feel · 4 min 7 sec
What I’ll Remember
I’ll remember how it felt when you were here.
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Behind the song
A song about presence over perfection.
Children may not hold onto every destination, present or carefully made plan. What can stay is the feeling of being listened to, laughed with and important enough for an adult to look up and be there.
What I’ll Remember is an invitation to value ordinary presence over perfect experiences—to notice the small moments in which a child feels known, heard and worth our time.
After listening
Let one ordinary moment matter.
What small moment could I meet with enough attention for my child to feel known, heard and worth my time?
It does not need to be expensive, planned or impressive. Look up, listen to the whole sentence, remember one detail or share a laugh. Let being there be enough.
Accessible wordsRead the lyrics to What I’ll Remember
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Intro
I probably won’t remembereverything we didBut I’ll rememberhow it feltto be your kid
Verse one
I might forget the restaurantOr what we ordered thereForget the movie that we watchedOr what I chose to wearI might forget the long drive homeThe places that we wentBut I’ll remember laughingTill neither of us made senseAnd all the little momentsNobody thought to saveMight be the onesthat somehow stay
Pre-chorus
You don’t have to make it biggerYou don’t have to make it shineSometimes all I really wantedWas to knowI had your time
Chorus
I won’t remember perfectI’ll remember how it feltI won’t remember what it costOr whether everything went wellI’ll remember you were listeningI’ll remember you were thereThe way an ordinary momentFelt importantwhen we shared itOne day all the detailsmight disappearBut I’ll rememberhow I feltwhen you were here
Verse two
I might forget the rainy dayThat ruined all our plansBut remember sitting somewhereTalking while we waitedMaybe nothing went the wayYou hoped that it would goBut I didn’t need a perfect dayI needed youto know meAsk about the thing I told youLaugh at something from beforeThose tiny ways of saying‘I rememberwho you are’
Pre-chorus
Childhood doesn’t need a stageIt doesn’t need applauseSome of the momentsthat mean everythingLook likenothing much at all
Chorus
I won’t remember perfectI’ll remember how it feltI won’t remember what it costOr whether everything went wellI’ll remember you were listeningI’ll remember you were thereThe way an ordinary momentFelt importantwhen we shared itOne day all the detailsmight disappearBut I’ll rememberhow I feltwhen you were here
Bridge
One dayI’ll be olderAnd these dayswill all be goneThe shoes will stop fittingThe toys will move onI might not remembereverywhere you took meEvery presentEvery planBut somewhere underneath it allI’ll rememberI was knownI was heardI matteredAnd you were there
Final chorus
I won’t remember perfectI’ll remember how it feltI won’t remember every planOr every place we ever wentI’ll remember you looked upWhen I had something to sayI’ll remember ordinary momentsDidn’t feelordinary that wayAnd when childhoodbecomes a memoryAnd the yearshave disappearedI won’t remember perfectI’ll rememberyou were here
Outro
You don’t have to makeevery moment countJust don’t missthe ones that doI probably won’t remembereverything we didBut I’ll rememberbeing therewith you
Spoken outro
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