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Hindsight

from My Czerny by An Historic

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Another song with old origins, but one that required substantial revisions to both lyrical and musical structure to avoid embarrassment. Also notable for being the first song I ever wrote on the accordion.

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Excuse Me, I'm still in this city
Ignored all the warnings
Instead thought that I'd sit here pretty
and cry to myself as I tried not to drown
It was a spell of bad planning,
I thought If I strapped in I'd easily manage to
wait out the worst of the storm that took the crown

It all went downhill from there
You'd better believe I was underprepared
for the sheer isolation you can't overcome
when your only friend is a gallon of rum
I tried to eat but instead I ignored it
I tried to sleep but got no reprieve for it
If I'd left to go somewhere welcome and warm
then it wouldn't be me and this storm

Swore that I'd never get stuck here again
but it's just a cycle
It's just a cycle
and now I'm falling in
Wrote my regrets upon my skin

but the lessons that you think you learn from the past
don't always sink in

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It's been seven years, lost possessions
some frantic replacements and chronic obsessions
It was just a storm but it's one that I'll not soon forget
If I'd the chance to revisit
I'd follow the wise ones and leave while the going was good
no I wouldn't stay to get my feet wet

But it's easy now to look back
easier still not to cut yourself slack
when you find yourself at a fork in the road
and the path that you chose has eroded
These voices say nothing that I want to hear
but somehow they know just what I fear
I can drink one more glass, they'll continue to moan
I can get it together, or die here alone

Somehow I've found myself back here again
I know it's a cycle
it's just a cycle
but the walls are paper thin
to disengage would be a sin

But the gift of hindsight never benefits you when you need it
And a life can be forgotten if you can't see past your shroud (2x)
And the Lessons that you think you learn

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from My Czerny, released October 2, 2009
Adam Matlock - Vocals, Accordion. Written by Adam Matlock.

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The home for the music of Adam Matlock, his songwriting alias An Historic, and his electronic project GZARA (fka G. Zarapanecko).

All music composed by Adam Matlock unless otherwise indicated. For all related projects, visit adammatlock.bandcamp.com

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