I wish forgetting
was as simple as letting
go, stepping back
and giving up

The memories could flow
calm and slow
a gentle trickle from
my mind to somewhere else

But it's not that way
even if I wish they wouldn't stay
there's so much I'd give up
if it meant I could forget

There's not much left here
since I let go of my fear
or was it hope that I dropped
way back there in the night?

I wish I could just forget
all the ways I would let
you come and take from me
all that was once mine

But there is no forgetting here
what I once held dear
you asked for forever, I promised to try
and now I only have memories

I wish I could forget
the way you would get
when I said no and you told me
it was love when you took too much