If you can You should try and learn to forgive yourself Night and day The world will try and make you someone else But you're not alone On the earth tonight No, you're not alone in the blinking light Oh, a victory Will be won and lost a thousand times So if you can Offer empathy, don't get lost in pride Oh, forgive your friends They are only young Oh, forgive your friends like you've always done Oh, 'cause now is exactly the time To be out on your own again Oh, and now is exactly the time To turn your head From the past And if you can Try and get to know your parents well Forgive them, too They are more like you than you can tell When they give advice Offer sympathy They're just showing you who they want to be Oh, and now is exactly the time To be out on your own again Oh, and now is exactly the time To turn your head Oh, and now is exactly the time To be out on your own again Oh, and now is exactly the time To turn your head from the past And I could spend a lifetime searching for someone to blame But don't look back, don't feel ashamed And I could spend a lifetime searching for someone to blame But don't look back, don't feel ashamed Oh, 'cause now is exactly the time To be out on your own again Oh, and now is exactly the time To turn your head Oh, and now is exactly the time To be out on your own again Oh, and now is exactly the time To turn your head From the past