Stephen Sondheim - I Wish I Could Forget You lyrics

[GIORGIO, spoken] Fosca, it will be light soon, I should be going [FOSCA, spoken] Would you do me a great favor before you leave? Would you write a letter for me? [GIORGIO, spoken] Certainly [FOSCA, spoken] My dearest Fosca... (Giorgio stops writing and looks at her, annoyed.) Please (Giorgio resumes writing.) [Giorgio, spoken] "My dearest Fosca" [FOSCA] I wish I could forget you Erase you from my mind But ever since I met you I find, I cannot leave the thought of you behind That doesn't mean I love you... [GIORGIO] That doesn't mean I love you... [FOSCA] I wish that I could love you... I know that I've upset you I know I've been unkind I wanted you to vanish from sight But now I see you in a different light And though I cannot love you I wish that I could love you For now I'm seeing love Like none I've ever known A love as pure as breath, as permanent as d**h Implacable as stone A love that, like a knife, has cut into a life I wanted left alone A love I may regret But one I can't forget I don't know how I let you So far inside my mind But there you are and there you will stay How could I ever wish you away? I see now I was blind And should you die tomorrow Another thing I see: Your love will live in me (spoken) I remain... Your Giorgio (Giorgio signs the letter and blots it.)