What Is Not But Could Be If Lyrics - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea - Silver Jews

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 was not but could be if 

what was not but could be if 

we could be walking 

and your reaching for your very last 

once has lived life carelessly 

he or she has still to see 

that truth is not alive or dead 

the truth is struggling to be said 

so how do we get out of this 

.family shadows all amiss