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Can't Look Past Ourselves

from Up Higher by Dan Bailey

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My commentary on the relevant challenges that we always seem to face in our society and the never ending plea of "why can't we be better?"

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How can we keep our brothers
From dying alone in the street
We’ve always had the answer
But we’re locked in a battle with greed

Fighting for no man’€™s land in our trench
Cause a truce would be worse than the blood and the stench
We can’€™t seem to recognize heaven from hell

How can we see what the future will bring
How can we see what the future will bring
How can we see what the future will bring
If we can’€™t look past ourselves

We light our own world on fire
Then we’re surprised when it all starts to burn
Striking the same matches again and again
You think that we’€™d all start to learn

Following fools who make us dig our own graves
Falling for lies and expecting a change
And we all wonder why it never ends well

How can we see what the future will bring
How can we see what the future will bring
How can we see what the future will bring
If we can’€™t look past ourselves

Sometimes it seems like kindness
Is becoming a fading antique
In a world that's consumed by fire
We’d rather yell at each other than think

It’€™s no surprise that’s were in such a mess
Where this all leads is anyone’€™s guess
We’ll never get by til we put all our fears on the shelf

How can we see what the future will bring
How can we see what the future will bring
How can we see what the future will bring
If we can’t look past ourselves

What if we all stood together
Helping each other succeed
Above all all else, trying to be good,
where do you think that would lead

Closing our eyes is not an excuse
And yelling is only verbal abuse
We’€™ll never get by until we put our fears on the shelf

How can we see what the future will bring
How can we see what the future will bring
How can we see what the future will bring
If we can’€™t look past ourselves

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from Up Higher, released April 26, 2021
Music and Lyrics by Dan Bailey

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Dan Bailey Anchorage, Alaska

I'm an outdoor photographer and guitar player based in Anchorage, Alaska. I went to Berklee College of Music and continue to pursue writing, recording and playing music as often as I can.

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