What Is Not But Could Be If Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Skiptomylou 

Cover art for What Is Not But Could Be If lyrics by Silver Jews, The

– “The truth is not alive or dead / The truth is struggling to be said”,

from the Yiddish proverb,

“Der Emess lebt nit, der emess shtarbt nit. Der emess ,atert zich.” (The truth is not alive. The truth is not dead. It struggles.)