G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)EmWhat (022000@1)is not but could be if
     Em (022000@1)	 D (xx0232@1)Gwhat (320003@1)could appear in the morning mist
     G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)  Emwith (022000@1)all associated risk
Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)       Gwhat (320003@1)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

Dwhat (xx0232@1)is not but could be if
	    Cwe (x32010@1)could be crossing
			 Gthis (320003@1)abridged abyss into beginning
    Dand (xx0232@1)failure's got you in its grasp
	   Cand (x32010@1)you're reaching for your very last
	Gvicious (320003@1)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
vicious beginning