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 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.
rocklust 
Eels are the kind of band I really want to like, and I have all their albums, but I can’t ever listen to more than a handful before switching to something else. Beck also falls into that category.
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Haha I REALLY know what you mean but this ONE song has a real hold on me!
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That’s good. I’ll give it a listen. I really like their song Railway Man. Give that one a try. It’s nice.
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Will do! Cheers 🙂
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Sweet. I’m a big Eels fan. I did a list of my favourite songs of theirs recently. Would be interested to know what other fans think of it .. http://aholeinthehead.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/the-50-greatest-songs-by-the-eels/
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