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
 and 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 once would love but never came
 hearing stories that were never you would stay with me forever
 but i'd forget to make money and you'd forget to
 save yourself, leave me behind you would if you had half a mind (how vulnerable you are)
 write a note to remind you you would if you had half a mind (how effortless to stay together)
 for these ties you may have severed now you'll stay with me forever
 and so you write on your forehead, or better yet you engrave
 so when you look in the mirror, well you won't forget to
 save yourself, leave me behind you would if you had half a mind (how vulnerable you are)
 write a note to remind you 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