My Wife Will Soon Forget Me

My wife will soon forget me
And go with someone else
My wife will soon forget me
And learn to love herself

My wife will soon forget me
Forgetfulness is wealth
My wife will soon forget me
And then she'll forget herself

For love is a decision
That can also be undone
My wife will soon forget me
And so will everyone

I struggle to remember
My lovеrs in the past
The way they madе their faces up
The way they scratched their arse

Forget each one, forget each one
Each one is unique
It's just that I've forgotten now
Exactly how they speak

In my self-protective blur
All lovers are the same
The pronoun he or she preferred
And her chosen name

For love is a decision
That can also be undone
My wife will soon forget me
And so will everyone

And thank God for forgetfulness
And thank God for the void
There's nowhere else to bury all
The things we must avoid

We focus on the future
We must forget the past
For finally the present is
The only thing that lasts

The human heart heals quickly
It doesn't pay to brood
The mind will turn to other things
To weather, work and food

At last we choose our sanity
Abandon what's intense
To live, to love another day
Is tiny yet immense

And thus do we recover, friends
And thus do we survive
By turning to the other
Less important things in life

My wife will soon forget me
And go with someone else
My wife will soon forget me
But she'll learn to love herself

For love is a decision
That can also be undone
My wife will soon forget me
And so will everyone