I Forget Where We Were Lyrics

Lyric discussion by xdvr 

Cover art for I Forget Where We Were lyrics by Ben Howard

Possibly autobiographical and if so there's a rather beautiful apology in here.

He is watching the news, and seeing the state of the world and the atrocities man is able to inflict on each other and the earliest opportunity, and takes it a little too to heart.

"Oh, your mariner’s mouth the wounded with the wounder's whip" think points toward an argument between them, and she is cursing at him for not seeing "Don't take it so seriously...Only time is ours".

They're both right, you can't ignore the wolves at the door, but you also have to realise what you hold immediately in front of you.

My Interpretation

@xdvr Saw his mini-interview discussing the song title and he mentions something similar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA5aJFZ6GU4