Starting To Forget

There we were and you were beautiful

And I was too young to understand that

I'd remember every step upon the staircase

Disappearing colors that were flowing from my hand

Why the people you pretended to know

Pretended to know you too

Tried to decipher all the hours passing by

Through the cracks inside the glass

Where the numbers still shone through

I remember nearly everything it's true

But I'm starting to forget you

I asked from the backseat if we could try and say a prayer

Maybe I need it to be louder before the image disappears

Your old school photo with three faces you'd cut out

Cigar smoke and the smell of scotch still follow me around

I remember nearly everything it's true

But I'm starting to forget you

I'm starting to forget

Bed at the bottom of the house

TV always on

Gifts in a velvet drawstring bag

No this won't take long

And precious rocks that shone too bright to be true

Oh don't let me forget you

There we were and you were beautiful

And I'm still too young to understand that

I'd remember every photo on the wall

And the cracks inside the patterns

And the shaking of your hand