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

and people i've hurt in my time. 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 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.