I Forget You Every Day
Daily Amnesia: Unveiling the Forgetful Dance of Love
Lyrics
Waiting for to be confessed
Expressing anticipation or desire for confession or acknowledgment.
On the floor and all undressed
Describing a state of vulnerability, being emotionally exposed and physically undressed.
You can tell me go
Open to receiving instructions or advice, suggesting a willingness to listen.
Tell me I could stay
Open to the possibility of staying, seeking assurance or permission.
But I'll forget you either way
Regardless of the outcome (go or stay), the singer will forget the person.
Remember when the house come down
Recalling a moment when everything fell apart, possibly in a relationship.
And that dirty romance all around
Referring to a passionate or illicit relationship surrounded by a sense of dirtiness.
I believe every word you say
Expressing trust in the words spoken, possibly despite past difficulties.
But I forget you every day
Despite the belief, the singer forgets the person every day, implying emotional detachment.
When I'm laying on top of that woman
Narrating a physical encounter with another person while not being mentally present.
Kind of thing, child, could make me crawl
Describing a situation or experience that is challenging or distressing.
I mean skin and all
Emphasizing the depth of the experience, possibly involving vulnerability.
Out on the edge of some canyon
Being on the edge of a precarious situation or relationship, where forgetting is necessary.
Where I just forget and you can't recall
Noting the selective memory, where one person forgets while the other cannot.
Now you can't recall
Reiterating the theme of the other person's inability to forget.
Mama cry and Daddy moan
Depicting parental distress and hardship, possibly reflecting on a troubled upbringing.
Starving in some trailer home
Describing a difficult living situation, emphasizing poverty and deprivation.
Want to burn it down
Expressing a desire to destroy or erase the past, particularly associated with the person.
Burn it where you lay
Wishing to eliminate all traces of the person, possibly through a symbolic act of burning.
While I forget you every day
Reaffirming the singer's daily process of forgetting the person despite external circumstances.
While I forget you every day
Reiterating the ongoing nature of forgetting, emphasizing its regularity.
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