Stephen Sondheim
I Wish I Could Forget You
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I wish I could forget you
Erase you from my mind
But ever since I met you, I find
I cannot leave the thought of you behind
That doesn't mean I love you
I wish that I could love you

I know that I've upset you
I know I've been unkind
I wanted you to vanish from sight
But now I see you in a different light
And though I cannot love you
I wish that I could love you

For now I'm seeing love
Like none I've ever known
A love as pure as breath
As permanent as death
Implacable as stone
A love that like a knife
Has cut into a life
I wanted left alonе
A love I may regret
But onе I can't forget
I don't know how I let you
So far inside my mind
But there you are and there you will stay
How could I ever wish you away?
I see now I was blind
And should you die tomorrow
Another thing I see
Your love will live in me