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Hindsight Lyrics

hindsight's giving me
too much memory
there's too much never seen
but it's always there
cuz it's everywhere

taking my own advice
worked out for me nice
but now I come to find
the tricks we play
with human brains

they don't want to think about the other side
is that grass just greener cuz it's fake
cuz that's all that we've been told
since we were five years old
is that all we'll ever know

hindsight brings me down
it keeps me on the ground
and though I'm never proud
I wouldn't dare
if you weren't there

the thing with gettin' up
feels like giving up
feels like not enough
you eat a crumb
and waste a loaf

they don't want to talk about the other side
where the grass was greener than they said
cuz this doesn't bring to mind
what I'd expect to find
they must be color blind

what about canada
this paradise
of pines and ice

morning comes in freight ships while you're sleeping
bad into ideas was no surprise
we'll wait till the wild has rights
the never lock doors at night
and kiss all those wars goodbye
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Feelin' it's about Canada. Would anyone care to agree?

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lol. to me its about hindsight...memories and looking back at your life, mistakes you've made, or maybe just choices you've made not necisarilly mistakes. thinking about those mistakes/chopices in the now and realizing the grass wasnt greener on the other side its just what society has told that since you were five. and a little about the future and material things that hopefully wont be worth as much as other people in the future...thats my take...

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Lyrics above are wrong, here are the correct lyrics:

HINDSIGHT

hindsight's giving me too much memory there's too much never seen but it's always there cuz it's everywhere

taking my own advice worked out for me nice but now I come to find the tricks we play with human brains

they don't want to think about the other side is that grass just greener cuz it's fake cuz that's all that we've been told since we were five years old is that all we'll ever know

hindsight brings me down it keeps me on the ground and though I'm never proud I wouldn't dare if you weren't there

the thing with gettin' up feels like giving up feels like not enough you eat a crumb and waste a loaf

they don't want to talk about the other side where the grass was greener than they said cuz this doesn't bring to mind what I'd expect to find they must be color blind

what about canada this paradise of pines and ice

morning comes in freight ships while you're sleeping bad into ideas was no surprise we'll wait till the wild has rights the never lock doors at night and kiss all those wars goodbye

Thank you.

 
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