Mistakes Of My Youth Lyrics - The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett - 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 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. 

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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 

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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.