Eels - Mistakes Of My Youth lyrics

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.