Name: Look Back
Duration: P00H04M34S
Description: I wrote this song after vacationing in Hawaii with my family. I left home at 21, so the time I get to spend with my family is very precious to me. I always have a particular kind of aching sadness when I have to leave; this song is an attempt to capture some of those emotions, and hopefully make them relatable.

Look Back

from RISCATTO by Matthew John Galvano

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I wrote this song after vacationing in Hawaii with my family. I left home at 21, so the time I get to spend with my family is very precious to me. I always have a particular kind of aching sadness when I have to leave; this song is an attempt to capture some of those emotions, and hopefully make them relatable.

lyrics

Time slips away, can’t be held onto.
The faces, names, and the places you knew.
Moon on a clear lake, waves in the ocean.
One thing stays the same: we’re just-a rollin’ on through

Chorus:
Look back, look back. See those you love now.
Honey, there ain’t nothin’ here to stay.
Wish them well, wish them well.
They will fade away.

Most folks’re afraid of where they know they’re headed.
No one wants to know that one day they’ll be gone.
Taking these trips across the oceans.
It’s always too soon we must say so long.

[Chorus]

What can we do with all life’s questions?
What can we say when there’s nothing left to do?
Open your eyes, see what’s around you.
Open your mind and be renewed.

[Chorus]

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from RISCATTO, released May 2, 2016
Credit again to my bro for his fine drumming and for the mind-blowing lead guitar work, especially the beautifully lyrical solo.

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