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Lyrics: She said, “I love the way you see me” Like I could ever see her any other way I write these songs instead of sleeping Still there’s so much that I won’t get a chance to say The only time I prayed Was in my bedroom And I never got the sense Anybody heard me speak It’s funny how the dark can make us all believers I bet he watches down And says, “this is when they’ll ask for me” (sweet memory, sweet memory) Oh I loved you in the evening Oh and every other second of the day I know my heart was always breaking When you laughed all of the pieces found a place At this point I should say I can recall her perfume Scenes of where we’re from And dreams and fields And on that autumn day Those curtains see-through Paris in the background And her swaying on the balcony (sweet memory, sweet memory) Stole away, any other lover Stole away in the night And the tears had started streaming In the name of love that never could have stayed But aren’t we lucky that we knew the feeling When it was true and all the world just fell away I’ll talk about your smile Your song, your virtue But there’s laughs and smaller things And they’re gonna stay with me Darling in this world They’ll try to hurt you Heavy is the heart That once upon a time was free (sweet memory, sweet memory)
Credits: Director — Sara Taleghani Untold Studios Commissioner — Jared Shelton Stylist for Talent — Richard Sloan Production Company — Untold Studios Executive Producer / Producer (Untold Studios) — Mike Heath Head of Music (Untold Studios) — Annie Ayres Grooming for Dermot Kennedy — Ailbhe Lynch Ireland Production Company — Heritage (www.heritage.ie) Director of Photography — Ignas Laugalis 1st Assistant Camera — James Marnell Lighting Assistant — Ian CJ Ryan Producers — Gráinne Dwyer, Hannah Lambert Production Coordinator — Claudia McCormick 1st Assistant Director — Meghan O’Shaughnessy
Post Production Editor & Online — Tom Herring Grade — Studio RM Colourist — Vlad Barin Executive Producer — Mike Coley Colour Producer — Ella Hill
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Music video by Dermot Kennedy performing The Only Time I Prayed (Visualizer).© 2026 Riggins Recording, under exclusive license to Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited and Interscope Records, a division of UMG Recordings Inc. Imprint: Riggins Recording/Interscope Records/Island Records
