Don’t Forget Me Lyrics
My friend Sally's getting married
And to me that sounds so scary
I'm still trying to clean up my side of the street
I can't imagine what would happen
'Cause I'm still acting out of habit
Hoping dirty words just don't escape my teeth
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, but every time I try just a little
Promise that I'll meet in the middle
Always find my way back to my feet
[Chorus]
So close the door and change the channel
Give me something I can handle
A good lover or someone that's nice to me
Take my money, wreck my Sundays
Love me 'til your next somebody
Oh, but promise me that whеn it's time to leave
Don't forgеt me
Don't forget me
[Verse 2]
My friend Molly's got a guy
She swears to God could be her family
Says he's got the greenest eyes you've ever seen
But it's crazy all the days she spends
Just following him to parties
She seems happy, oh, but that's not love to me
Oh, but every time I try just a little
Promise that I'll meet in the middle
I always find my way back to my feet
[Chorus]
So close the door and change the channel
Give me something I can handle
A good lover or someone who's nice to me
Take my money, wreck my Sundays
Love me 'til your next somebody
Oh, and promise me that when it's time to leave
Don't forget me
Don't forget me
[Bridge]
And maybe I'm dead wrong
Maybe I was bitter from the winter all along
Maybe there's a stranger standing holding out
For love, just waiting on the next street
Just for me
Oh, just for me
[Chorus]
So close the door and change the channel
Give me something I can handle
A good lover, someone who's nice to me
Take my money, wreck my Sundays
Love me 'til your next somebody
Oh, but promise me that when it's time to leave
Oh, won't you promise me that when it's time to leave
Don't forget me
Don't forget me
About
As stated at her home show concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30, this is Maggie’s favorite song she’s ever written.
Q&A
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The song is a rough journal entry about going to a bunch of friends’ weddings and feeling so happy for them, but also realizing that I’m very simply in a different place in my life I’ve joked with my friends that it’s a song about having low expectations, but really I think it’s about craving simple baselines – a good lover or someone that’s nice to me. When it comes down to it, our memories and relationships are all we have. I don’t have a lot of asks, but I want my time spent on this earth to add up to something. For it all to be worth it in the end.
I think remembering someone can be the greatest form of loving because when we remember, the love lives on. When I’m standing at the end of my life, I hope a lifetime of accumulated love is what I’m left with.
- 2.Drunk
- 4.The Kill
- 6.I Still Do
- 7.On & On & On
- 9.All the Same
- 10.Don’t Forget Me