Sometimes I wish

We had a short term memory

Just enough to recognize each other's face

It would be the same old stories but you're

Hanging onto every single word I have to say

To the world I'm not that clever

But you would stay with me forever

I'd keep your friends from reminding

Reminding you to

Save yourself

Leave me behind

You would if you had half a mind

I'd tell you every day's your birthday

And every gift I bring could be the same

Or how I stood beside you at a shotgun wedding

And the child we both would love but never came

Hearing stories that were never

You would stay with me forever

But I'd forget to make money

You'd forget to

Save yourself

Leave me behind

You would if you had half a mind

How vulnerable you are

Rob this house and leave me blind

You would if you had half a mind

How effortless to stay together

For these ties you may have severed

Now you'll stay right here forever

And so you write on your forehead

Or better yet you engrave

So when you look in the mirror

Well you don't forget to

Save yourself leave me behind

You would if you had half a mind

How vulnerable you are

Rob this house and leave me blind

You would if you had half a mind

How effortless to stay together

If we had no memory whatsoever

We would stay right here forever

You just stay forever

You just stay forever