Beyond The Next Rise - Academy Shore

Song Lyrics to Beyond The Next Rise by Academy Shore

Let me hear three cheers for ten more years
My fears outweigh my will to mend it
The list of wrongs, it’s been too long
I’ll just write a song… like a note I’ll send it

I really tried to postpone it
Can’t seem to let it be
Nothing left to do now but to own it
Can you do this thing for me?

If you see Tommy, tell him that I… I said I’m sorry
Tell Finn I wish I’d been a better friend
And share with Claire, I realize, I couldn’t see beyond the next rise
Tell Jack I lacked the words to make amends

It’s just the why and how ‘tween then and now
It’s been too long and I’m
Finally in the right place, but not at the right time

Just too unwise, I couldn’t see beyond the next rise

If I looked back at those days and I found I could still say
With no delay there’s no way that I’d ever change it
Would that make me the first to reach perfection unrehearsed
So well versed no need to rearrange it

That’s clearly not the case since there’s plenty I’d erase
From my headspace… I would prefer to forget it
Remembering although has required me to grow
Enough to know… I really ought to regret it

That time is lost I can’t regain it
I’ll just have to let it be
Still I feel the need I should explain it
Can you do this thing for me?

If you see Tommy, tell him that I… I said I’m sorry
Tell Finn I wish I’d been a better friend
And share with Claire, I realize, I couldn’t see beyond the next rise
Tell Jade I wish I’d stayed to make amends

It’s just the why and how ‘tween then and now
It took too long and I’m
Finally in the right place but not at the right time

It’s no surprise, I couldn’t see beyond the next rise

I’ve finished my self-reprimand
It’s clearer now to understand
The ill-conceived anthology
I offer my apology
With just one less shortsighted mess the story might have ended well
But with any less shortsightedness there’d be no worthy tale to tell

If you see Tommy, tell him that I… I said I’m sorry
Tell Finn I wish I’d been a better friend
And share with Claire, my heavy eyes just couldn’t see beyond the next rise
Tell Jade I wish I’d stayed right to the end

It’s just the why and how ‘tween then and now
It took too long and I’m
Finally in the right place but not at the right time

When I see Tommy, I’ll tell him that I’m… I’m really sorry
For Finn I’ll find within a better friend
For Claire I swear with better eyes I’ll finally see beyond the next rise
For Jack extract the words to make amends

It’s just the why and how ‘tween then and now
It took so long and I’m
Finally in the right place not quite at the right time

With better eyes, I’ll finally see beyond the next rise