I used to think we built this monument
To tell the world that we are free
To remind that we will always be here
To prove them wrong every time

It was an edifice of victory
An architecture of glory
An ode to the young and heartless
That would speak of our love forever

I see we built for other purposes
It was built to remind you
And help you to remember us
Without it, you knew you would forget

That’s why you made it
You were planning for the day
You wouldn’t remember me
Like Peter Pan, you were afraid to forget

We constructed a memorial
A shrine, not a work of art
This edifice is my gravestone
I helped you make it, not knowing

I’m so glad we made it
I look at it every single day
Though I never forget a thing
It’s made for you, not me

The world may see it and wonder
Children may play on it and never know
But you will know and be reminded
Because this monument tells our story