Katie - Remember: lyrical analysis

If there’s been one song that has stuck in my head for such a long period of time, even though it didn’t come out too long ago, and especially coming from a debuting artist, it would be “Remember” by Katie.  This tune is addicting, an earworm, and is in English so for all us international fans, this song is perfect because it gives us that Kpop adrenaline while pleasing the side of us that always wants to understand what’s being said in our favorite songs.  In case you didn’t know, “Remember” is a song about reminiscing on a past relationship and the excitement that was once or still remains there.

We were so automatic
But now I’m reminiscing
Falling through the cracks
It was bound to happen

The very first stanza of this song is talking about “remembering” which makes sense because the song is called “Remember”, but more than that, it’s sort of talking about how she didn’t want to remember, but she “[fell] through the crack” which I interpret as she fell victim to her own memories.

It’s funny how it lingers
But I’m not surprised
We were magic
Boy, you had me hypnotized

As the song continues, she mentions how she isn’t surprised because of how “magic” they were.  The last line talks about her being hypnotized but maybe it’s not a bad thing, it may be they were so good together that they were like magicians to each other.  They had a sort of control over the other.

Under your spell
We were lost in a fantasy
Chasing those memories
It’s like I can taste you

Katie continues to use magic as the metaphor here saying that she was “under [his] spell” but then goes on to say that “we were lost in a fantasy” meaning that they had indeed trapped each other in this world of memories.

I swear to God I still taste you

Taste could be used to describe how she feels about this person.  It could be a connection but it also could literally be, she “tastes” him.  Either way, whatever the metaphor or literal phrase means, she’s damn sure of it.

Remember, I remember
We make love memorable
We make love not typical
Remember, I remember
How many times that we
The time and the place that we
Remember, I remember
I I remember

Katie is now fallen completely victim to her memories as she talks about how the two of them “make love memorable/typical”.  She then goes on to give us details about the quantity, time and location of their love making through incomplete sentences which very clearly give us all the details of what she is remembering.

You left me no decision
To point the finger at you
You kept on coming back
With all your reasons

To start out the second verse, it sounds accusational because Katie is sort of blaming the guy and the memories that they experienced together.  

And when it wasn’t working
You always gave me something
I was needing
Boy, you had me hypnotized

In this last verse stanza, she sounds like she was trying to resist but eventually gave in.  Then it goes back to her being hypnotized by his magic or spell.

Under your spell
We were lost in a fantasy
Chasing those memories
It’s like I can taste you

I swear to God I still taste you

Remember, I remember
We make love memorable
We make love not typical
Remember, I remember
How many times that we
The time and the place that we
Remember, I remember
I I remember

[Lyrics from www.genius.com]