mistakes of my youth

Eels

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
And people I ve hurt or let down
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