"Mistakes Of My Youth" lyrics

"Mistakes Of My Youth"

In the waning days ahead
I gotta look back down the road
I know that it's not too late
All the stupid things I've said
The people I've hurt and let down
But I hope it's not my fate

To keep defeating my own self
And keep repeating yesterday
I can't keep defeating myself
I can't keep repeating
The mistakes of my youth

In the dark of night, I might
Be able to make myself think
That I'm still a younger man
But when the light of day shines down
There's no way to get around it
I'm not the younger man

I keep defeating my own self
And keep repeating yesterday
I can't keep defeating myself
I can't keep repeating
The mistakes of my youth

The choice is mine for making
A better road ahead
The road that I've been taking
Headed for a dead end
But it's not too late to turn around

In the final moments
I hope that I know that I tried
To do the best I could

To stop defeating my own self
And stop repeating yesterday
I can't keep defeating myself
I can't keep repeating
The mistakes of my youth


Writer(s): Mark O. Everett, Jeffrey Scott Lyster
album: "The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett" (2014)
Eels - The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett album cover
Where I'm At
(Instrumental)
To Dig It
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Lonely Lockdown Hurricane
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Bow Out
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
A Good Deal
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Good Morning Bright Eyes
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Millicent Don't Blame Yourself
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Thanks I Guess
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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