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Look Back Better

from Melody Trail by The Bird Calls

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lyrics

This is the last song I’ll sing from the balcony
Projecting my voice so the neighbors can hear
Trying to explain what their friendship has meant to me
Sung from the heart though it sounds insincere

Do what you love for a living and you’ll never love a day in your life
I’ve been applying for the position of a gray streak of cloud in your sky
Look back better now
I mean now…

Inspiration arrived in an instant
I felt brave and awake after weeks on the job
But the audience agreed they all hit their limit
And left me alone once again with my thoughts

And your father had the honor of walking you down the aisle hand-in-hand
There was gospel at the Apollo
I was playing drums in the band
Look back better now

In the whiplash
In the flash flood
From the groundswell
Through the underbrush

Floating in the dead air somewhere between drums and space
We’ll get going once you get here at the church of the commonplace
Look back better now

Let your beautiful memory spill out
Look back better now

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from Melody Trail, released February 7, 2025

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