Forget It Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's a crime, you let it happen to me
Never mind, I let it happen to you
I don't mind, forget it; there's nothing to lose
But my mind and all the things I wanted

[Verse 2]
Every time I get it, throw it away
It's a sign, I get it; I wanna stay
By the time I lose it, I'm not afraid
I'm alive, but I can surely fake it

[Pre-Chorus]
How can I believe
When this cloud hangs over me?

You're the part of me
That I don't wanna see

[Chorus]
Forget it, forget it, forget it
Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it
Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it
Forget it, forget it, forget it

[Verse 3]
There's a place I see you follow me
Just a taste of all that might come to be
I'm alone, but holding breath you can breathe
To question every answer counted
[Bridge]
Just fade away (Forget it, forget it, forget it)
Please let me stay (Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it)
Caught in your way (Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it)
Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it
Just fade away (Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it)
Please let me stay (Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it)
Caught in your way (Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it)
Forget it, forget it, forget it

[Verse 4]
It's a crime you let it happen to me
I don't mind, I love it, easy to please
Never mind, forget it; just memory
On a page inside a spiral notebook

[Bridge]
Just fade away
Please let me stay
Caught in your way
I can live forever here
Just fade away (Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it)
Please let me stay (Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it)
Caught in your way (Forget it, forget it)
I can live forever here
[Chorus]
How can I believe
(Forget it, forget it)
When this cloud hangs over me?
You're the part of me
(Forget it, forget it)
That I don't wanna see

[Outro]
I can live forever here

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Smashing Pumpkins front man, Billy Corgan co-wrote the lyrics, musical arrangements and also assisted in much of the guitar playing.

Lead singer Ben Burnley about the song:

“It’s very cool – both structurally and melodically. It’s subtle, but listen closely and you’ll hear the song move up a half-step every verse and chorus. As a vocalist, that’s really challenging because it forces me to sing in a different key every time. It’s definitely unusual, and had it not been for Billy, I probably never would’ve tried something like that.”

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Recorded At
Mirror Image Studios, Anaheim California
Release Date
June 28, 2004
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