Parallax Error

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The closer you get to something the more it shifts What looked aligned from distance is clearly off Parallax error in perception of the past The angle I'm viewing from changes what I've got Memories shift depending on where I stand now Same events look different from forty versus twenty-five The childhood I remember at thirty Isn't the childhood I remembered at seventeen alive (Parallax error) in everything I recall (Parallax error), the angle's wrong (Parallax error) distorting it all When memory depends on where you've gone The past keeps shifting as I age What seemed important then means nothing now What seemed trivial then defines me now The timeline reorganizes based on where I stand somehow There's no objective viewpoint I can find Every observation comes with drift Maybe accuracy was never the point Maybe the error is the only gift (Parallax error) in everything I recall (Parallax error), the angle's wrong (Parallax error) distorting it all When memory depends on where you've gone So I'll account for the distortion Make calculations knowing they're askew Maybe the parallax is all I have Maybe the error is what's true (Parallax error) in everything I recall (Parallax error), the angle's wrong (Parallax error) distorting it all When memory depends on where you've gone (Parallax error) in everything I recall (Parallax error), the angle's wrong (Parallax error) distorting it all When memory depends on where you've gone