A Reminder If I get old I will not give in But if I do Remind me of this Remind me that Once I was free Once I was cool Once I was me And if I sat down And crossed my arms Hold me into This song Knock me out Smash out my brains If I take a chair Start to talk shit If I get old Remind me of this That night we kissed And I really meant it Whatever happens If we're still speaking Pick up the phone Play me this song.

Originally released: May 1997 Found on: Paranoid Android CD2, Karma Police Japan, No Surprises/Running From Demons EP, Airbag/How Am I Driving? EP "That song was written in one of those days off you have on a tour where you literally, all you can do is sit in your hotel room cause there's nothing," explains Thom. "It [was] a Sunday, and it's somewhere near Hershey, I got no idea where we were and there was just nothing to do at all. And I had this idea of someone writing a song, sending it to someone and saying, 'If I ever lose it, you just pick up the phone and play me this song back to remind me.'" The song is brilliantly performed and captures the idea Thom expresses perfectly. It also contains a sample from a train and opens with Czech voices.

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