Better as a Memory

I do not own anything, 24 and Jack belong to Fox and the lyrics belong to Lady Goodman; Scooter Carusoe and Kenny Chesney.

I move on like a sinners prayer

I let 'em go like a levee breaks

walk away as if I don't care

learn to shoulder my mistakes

I'm built to fade like your favorite song

gettin' reckless when there's no need

laugh as your stories ramble on

break my heart but it won't bleed

my only friends are pirates, it's just who I am

I'm better as a memory than as your man.

Jack: Hey.

Audrey: Hey.

Jack: Your father said you're going to Washington tomorrow.

Audrey: Yeah, I have to take care of Paul's funeral.

Jack: Yeah. And after that? I'm sorry, I… I know this isn't the right time to talk about everything. Maybe tomorrow before you catch your flight, we could… we could get together.

Audrey: Jack, I don't think that's a good idea.

Jack: I thought we agreed that we… wouldn't make those kinds of decisions today.

Audrey: I know, it's just…

Jack: Audrey… I love you. I wanna spend the rest of my life with you. That's all I want.

Audrey: We both know that you belong here, Jack. At CTU, doing what you do best. And thank God there are people like you who can deal with that world… But I can't.

Jack: Please don't say that.

Audrey: Oh, Jack. Oh, Jack. I love you. But after today, it's just… It won't work. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm never sure when the truth won't do

I'm pretty good on a lonely night

I move on the way a storm blows through

I never stay, but then again, I might

I struggle sometimes to find the words

always sure until I doubt

walk a line until it blurs

build walls too high to climb out

but I'm honest to a fault, it's just who I am

I'm better as a memory than as your man

Jack Bauer: (speaking with Chloe O'Brian over the phone for the last time) When you first came to CTU, I never thought it was gonna be you that was gonna cover my back all those years. And I know that everything that you did today was to try and [sic] protect me, I know that. (whispers) Thank you.

Chloe O'Brian: (tears in her eyes) Good luck, Jack.

Jack Bauer: Yeah. (hangs up)

I see you leanin', you're bound to fall

I don't want to be that mistake

I'm just a dreamer, nothing more

you should know it before it gets too late

cause goodbyes are like a roulette wheel

you never know where they're gonna land

first you're spinning, then you're standing still

left holding a losin' hand

but one day you're gonna find someone

right away, you'll know it's true

that all of your seekings done

it was just a part of the passing through

right there in that moment

you'll finally understand

that I was better as a memory than as your man

better as a memory than as your man

James Heller: You're cursed, Jack. Everything you touch, one way or another, ends up dead.

Simply getting your life back, Jack, isn't going to change who you are. And you can't walk away from it, you know that. You've tried it. Sooner or later you're going to get back into the game...