Half A Mind

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