Read About Memory

I remember drivin' and the smell of rain And your hands out the window flying like a plane I remember smiling and staring at your face Like it would disappear if I blinked or looked away Yeah, old hickory and your sick dress Won't let me go just yet I remember sitting on your folks' pull-out couch You kept saying it was cold, I was staring at your mouth And the more I read about memory the less I pay it mind It's just a story that we tell ourselves, or at most, a lullaby Yeah, your eyes and the TV glow They will not let me go And I know we had our reasons why But I cannot hold them in my mind Yeah I know we had our reasons why Instead I I remember watching you cross the room I knew all your friends, I did not know you And when you said your name, I felt vaguely sick And the whole world swum beneath us, I loved you so quick Yeah, you laughed and turned your head I can't get free of it And I know we had our reasons why But I cannot hold them in my mind Yeah, I know we had some real bad times But I cannot hold them in my mind In my mind In my mind In my mind In my mind