And it happened far away
I can't even turn away
Everybody makes mistakes sometimes
I can't regret
That we almost met
Everybody makes mistakes sometimes
All is information
Friendship's just a word
We've done away with space
And I'm hoping soon with time
Ones and zeros
Are as good a medium
As goatskin stretched across a log
My fellow lotus-eater
Deaf to the racket
Tuned to real and could-have-been
And could-still-even-be
It doesn't matter
Flames don't give you a warning
No one gets a warning
It's to be or not to be
And it happens every day
Doesn't matter what I say
Everybody makes mistakes sometimes
And it happens in my head
Then I wake up, I'm not dead
Everybody makes mistakes sometimes
My backbone is here
Screw regrets and screw the fear
Everybody makes mistakes sometimes
And it happens without you
There's only so much one can do
Everybody makes mistakes sometimes
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