to live here from a distance

Burning at the memories I'm grateful for them now And the places you can never leave Unless you're pushed out Distance offers clarity Of that, I've had my share When you don't fit what folks believe Real love reveals itself So it's said, It's only by a witness Or hindsight when it's done That we see what was missing So what a privilege To Live Here From a Distance Cause' I could see the love And I could see its limits There's a girl I envied once I guess there were a few The kind a mother prays for To do what good girls do She was married Or buried All the same, all too soon Another child to raise the babies I wish she only knew That it's said, It's only by a witness Or hindsight when it's done That we see what was missing So, what a privilege To live here from a distance Cause' I could see the love And I could see its limits Zoomed out from each moment forth A bird's eye view above the earth I watch it all unfold from miles away My wish is that I'm better off Of being stuck or being lost I'd rather be alone than loved halfway I've heard it said It's only by a witness Or hindsight when it's done That we see what we're missing So, what a privilege To live here from a distance Cause' I could see the love And I could see its limits