[Verse 1]
Takeout on the couch
Your hair on the pillow
The view from your house
How the city looked from your window
Your eyes in the light
The draft in your bedroom
You held me through the night
I would’ve frozen without you
[Pre-Chorus]
There’s something unsettling
About slowly forgetting thing
I thought I’d remember
But it’s been a while since we were together so
All these moments are memories
I never thought I’d be trеasuring
I didn’t think closure would mean
Feeling nothing
[Chorus]
Now I know
What I need
Is an empty hеad
Oh it’s bittersweet
Up in smoke
Let me breathe
Burned a box of the shit you gave me
Got your favorite song
On the tip of my tongue
I can’t remember your birthday
But still know the month
Bigger things
I can keep
Ever since you left
It’s the small things I forget
It's the small things I forget
[Verse 2]
An uncomfortable silence
Or shouts down the hallway
I thought love was like this
We were going the wrong way
Now I can’t figure out
What half of our fights were about
Who said what to who
Really doesn’t matter
[Chorus]
Now I know (now I know)
What I need (what I need)
Is an empty head
Oh it’s bittersweet (bittersweet)
Up in smoke (up in smoke)
Let me breathe (let me breathe)
Burned a box of the shit you gave me (all the shit you gave)
Got your favorite song
On the tip of my tongue
I can’t remember your birthday
But still know the month
Bigger things (bigger things)
I can keep (I can keep)
Ever since you left
It’s the small things I forget
[Outro]
It’s the small things I forget
It’s the small things I forget
It’s the small things I forget
(“Moving on isn’t growth… it’s amnesia”)
Small Things (I Forget) was written by Nate Flaks & Noah Longworth McGuire.
Small Things (I Forget) was produced by Sleeping Lion.
Sleeping Lion released Small Things (I Forget) on Thu Nov 10 2022.
A few months into the pandemic, Noah had put together an early version of this beat. The feel of it really got under our skin and we wrote this together very quickly.