INNERHAVN

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Coconut Shampoo(I Forgot You)

I wanted to write a song about someone who insists they've forgotten everything, while accidentally remembering every little detail. The more convincing the denial becomes, the less believable it is. I like that the entire story eventually comes down to something as ridiculous and specific as coconut shampoo.

I don’t remember your face Just shadows moving in a room Nothing I could ever trace Nothing that stayed too long… or bloomed I don’t recall your voice Or how it softened on my name It wasn’t much of a choice We were never… what we became I swear I let it go Like it never left a mark Like I never kept the way you I forgot you Like a song I never knew Couldn’t hum a single line Couldn’t tell you what was true I forgot you Every detail faded through I can’t recollect the coconut shampoo That smelled like you No, I forgot you I don’t remember the street Where the light bounced off your hair Or how you dragged your feet Like you always wanted to stay there I couldn’t tell you why The color blue feels different now Or why July No, that’s… I don’t know how It’s all just empty space Nothing left I could pursue Nothing like the way you used to I forgot you Like a dream I never drew Couldn’t sketch a single line Couldn’t say what we went through I forgot you That’s what I keep telling - true I mean telling you I can’t recollect the coconut shampoo That smelled like you No, I forgot you There was never that night in October when you And I never held your jacket at the I don’t remember laughing when you said that thing about And I don’t miss the way you’d fall asleep mid Or how your fingers traced the It’s gone It’s all gone It’s all I forgot you That’s the truth I’m sticking to Nothing left I recognize Nothing I could tie to you I forgot you There’s just things I used to do Like avoiding 7th Avenue And sleeping on the right side too But that’s nothing People change, it happens to I forgot you I can’t recall the coconut shampoo That smelled like you Or why it hits me in the evening Like it always No, I forgot you There was never any song you used to And I don’t hear your laugh when someone I just I forgot you I just don’t remember why I would I forgot you I can’t recall the coconut shampoo I can’t recall the coconut shampoo I can’t recall the coconut shampoo