I'm Not Making The Same Mistakes Again (I'm Making All New Ones)
Genre: Pop-Punk/Easycore | Primary influences: Four Year Strong, As It Is. | Also yes, the title of this song is a reference to cinematic masterpiece Jurassic Park: The Lost World.
I spend my life jumping
From one mistake to the next one
I'll learn a lesson
And by the next day, I'll forget one
Every time I try to make it right I make it worse
Guess that's just the story of my life
I can't wait
To make my next mistake
Learn a lesson I'll ignore
Lying facedown on the floor
I can't change
I'll just repeat my fate
And I know I've been here before
I'll be here again at least once more
Yeah and every time I try
To mend my ways they break again
I built a nest
Out of this mess I keep on making
Every time I try to make it right
I MAKE IT WORSE!
Guess that's just the story of–
I guess that's just the story of my–
Guess that's just the story of my life
I can't wait
To make my next mistake
Learn a lesson I'll ignore
Lying facedown on the floor
I can't change
I'll just repeat my fate
And I know I've been here before
I'll be here again at least once more
Is it too late to change?
Am I stuck in my ways?
Will I keep making mistakes
Until I'm dead in my grave?
Is it too late to change?
Am I stuck in my ways
Will I keep making mistakes
'Til I'm dead in my gra-ave!
I spend my life jumping
from one mistake to the next one
And the next one, and the next one!
I can't wait
To make my next mistake
Learn a lesson I'll ignore
Lying facedown on the floor
I can't change
I'll just repeat my fate
And I know I've been here before
I'll be here again at least once —
I can't wait
To make my next mistake
Learn a lesson I'll ignore
Lying facedown on the floor
I can't change
I'll just repeat my fate
And I know I've been here before
I'll be here again at least once more
And I know I've been here before
I'll be here again at least once more
I retain full rights and authorship of this work, but if folks wish to record their own version I am open to that, all I ask is that you a) get my permission first, b) credit me as lyricist, and c) send me your version when it is done.
In addition, here's a rough vocals-only version of my version (do excuse the echo, as I say, it's a rough take)