Lyrics

View’s Much Better From Here
By Ted Horrell

Came across an old notebook
Couldn’t help but take a long look
So many things that I discovered
Thoughts about one thing or another
Before our backs started achin’
There was no grief we were taking
Back before our plans started breaking
We were making things up as we went

You didn’t have to look hard to see us
Everyone wanted to be us
There was no one to check us
Greater than you’d expect us
We stood out in a crowd
Yeah, we were brash we were loud
We were so tall we were proud
But we don’t feel like that anymore

If you don't try you will forget
Your mind will play its tricks
Look deeper you’ll admit
The view’s much better from here

As I read between the linings
I saw all the things we were hiding
Lonely, scared and insecure --
Silently praying for a cure
We took shots at the moon
From inside our cocoons
All our boasting all just a ruse
Saying we cause I felt so alone

If you don’t try you will forget
Your mind will play its tricks
Look deeper you’ll admit
The view’s much better from here

Memory’s colored by regret
You’ve cheated it I’d bet
Look deeper you’ll admit
The view’s much better from here

Looking back it really struck me
I was once young and I was lucky
Wondering why no one else saw my magic
It was glorious and tragic

The world lay before me at my feet
Face down’s the way that we would meet
Feeling like there was nothing that could break me
But I wouldn’t go back if you could take me

If you don’t try you will forget
Your mind will play its tricks
Look deeper you’ll admit
The view’s much better from here.

Memory’s colored by regret
You’ve cheated it I’d bet
Look deeper you’ll admit
The view’s much better from here