What Is Not But Could Be If

What is not but could be if
 What could appear in the morning mist
 With all associated risk
 What is not but could be if
 What was not but could have been
 Was my obsession way back when
 Now I just remember this
 What is not but could be if
 What is not but could be if
 We could be crossing
 This abridged abyss into beginning
 And failure's got you in its grasp
 And you're reaching for your very last
 It's just beginning
 One has lived life carelessly
 If he or she has failed to see
 That the truth is not alive or dead
 The truth is struggling to be said
 So how do we get out of this?
 Family shadows all of this
 Through what is not but could be if
 With all associated risk
 What is not but could be if
 We could be crossing
 This abridged abyss into beginning
 And failure's got you in its grasp
 And you're reaching for your very last
 It's just beginning