"Advice For The Young" lyrics

In you, I see myself
In you, I see someone I loved
Your stupid youthful ignorance
I will tell you where it can be shoved
I want to warn you
I want to teach you
I want to tell you to cover your ears
And ignore every word I have to say

'Cause I really want you to make it
And I know the rules for travelling in time
If I tell you how things went for me
Will that change your path further down the line?
'Cause I'm a sad old time traveller
Trying to find the point where things went wrong
But you don't get a second chance, once it's done it's done

You learn so much that you can't unlearn
You burn so soft, but you can't unburn
And for every time you're hurt the ice sheet grows
Silently it snows
Ask Antarctica, it knows

So open your ears now
Not to me but to each other
You are young now, you are here now
Even Antarctica is filled with flowers
Do you hear the song
Playing softly
From somewhere
Deep within?
That's the song that my song wants you to sing