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Forgive or Forget (*23169)

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Liner Notes:

Just a slice of the doubt everyone hides about something (or someone) they love... and facing the fact that it's hard work and a lot of responsibility to maintain the most important relationships you have...sometimes easier to run away...but at what cost?

...all in the abstract, of course...

Lyrics:

I only said what I thought you knew
Is it better just to say that I love you?
If you go… should I follow you and your regrets?
Where it’s easier to forgive than to forget

Does it matter what I think or feel or say?
Would you rather that I wait for another day?
Do you think…. we’d be better off if we’d never met?
Where there’s no need to forgive or to forget

Monday…you put your head on my shoulder there
Tuesday afternoon…the only shoulder’s cold and bare
Was there something that I could have said
Something I could have done
Before you were up and gone?

Then I woke in a sweat in our bed and I felt you there
I memorized your face and ran my fingers through your hair
You woke and smiled and asked me if everything’s okay
I nodded closed my eyes and began to pray

I wondered where that came from
And where it’s headed next
Is it easier to forgive than to forget?

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francesriley 3 months ago

This is super. Lots of thought in the lyrics, love the layered vocals, and I'm a sucker for the harmonica as I'm just trying to learn one myself. The forgive/forget line is really memorable. It's funny - I almost hear a little Soul Asylum here . . . great tune all round!
nightengale 3 months ago

Awesome arraingement, love the harmonica, deep lyric, love this!
echovoodoo 3 months ago

Great lyrics - a thoughtful approach to the idea. Love the thick, stacked vocals, and the arrangement is great. Excellent stuff, much enjoyed.