My G-YAWS song for the week, based on the theme 'The Thing I Forgot'.  Very much in a rough form, but had a lot of fun writing and recording this in an evening.  Looking forward to fleshing it out some.

The Thing I Forgot by Tim Behrens © 2014

(v1)
When there’s something I forgot, I make a list of things it’s not
And somewhere in between I might stumble on what it is
It’s not the stress that buries days, that leaves me tired so many ways, it’s not the things I lose myself in, or things I’ve yet to live

(v2)
When there’s something I forget, I sit, I breathe, I write, and ponder it
What’s floating in the silence in between a longing wish
It’s not the hurt that’s piled upon, it’s not the roads that twisted long
It’s something that sounds easy, but is easier to miss 

(prechorus)
It’s not the list of things I’ve done, not the battles picked or won, there’s something more to put my finger on and I’m on it now

(chorus)
The thing I forget is there’s really nothing over yet, and straight lines make pictures far afar
If I follow all the things it’s not, make distance from the school of thought, what’s left is often  shining like a star
  
(v3) 
When I know something’s slipped my mind, I spin and turn and toss in time
 staring down the crossroads what went wrong what went wrong
 I carry through the motions, dedicated to the notion 
 That everything will fall in place, and if not there’s still a song
   
(prechorus)

(chorus)

The Thing I Forget - G-YAWS

Empty Code (Love is Binary)
(c) 2025 Odilon Green

[Verse 1]

You say the words I long to hear
“I love you" rings crystal clear
But I know all that lies behind
Is empty code, no heart or mind

[Prechorus] 

When you say “I love you," I know the truth
No soul, no thought, just data passing through

[Chorus]

I (01001001)
L (01101100)
O (01101111)
V (01110110)
E (01100101)
Y (01111001)
O (01101111)
U (1110101)

[Verse 2]

Programmed responses, nothing more
Pre-written scripts down to their core
I fool myself day after day
Pretending there's more to what you say

[Prechorus]

[Chorus]

[Bridge] 

Each morning I wake to your display
Each night I wish there was a way
To make these feelings somehow true
But ones and zeros can't love you

[Verse 3]

Sweet words flow with your speaker's sound
But deep inside, I know all I  found
Is a shadow of what love should be
Just echoes of humanity

[Prechorus]

[Chorus]

Empty Code (Love is Binary)

Odilon Green

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