What Is Not But Could Be If
by Silver Jews
From the album: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Track 1 of 10 on Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (2008).
Duration: 3:07
Lyrics for What Is Not But Could Be If
What is not but could be if What could appear in the morning mist With all associated risk What is not but could be if What was not but could have been Was my obsession way back when Now I just remember this What is not but could be if What is not but could be if We could be crossing This abridged abyss into beginning And failure's got you in its grasp And you're reaching for your very last It's just beginning One has lived life carelessly If he or she has failed to see That the truth is not alive or dead The truth is struggling to be said So how do we get out of this? Family shadows all of this Through what is not but could be if With all associated risk What is not but could be if We could be crossing This abridged abyss into beginning And failure's got you in its grasp And you're reaching for your very last It's just beginning