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If you're anything like me (Niall) you spend a horrifying amount of time internally replaying every awkward, rude, or generally terrible thing you did and then wished you hadn't. This thought process normally ends with "it's just as well I would never do anything like that now" but that's really just a comfortable lie most of the time. The point of this song, though, is that these painful recollections are probably a significant part of what makes us become better people.

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Capo5 in c

C
When I look over my shoulder at the git I was last week
Am
I’ve done so many stupid things I don’t know how I sleep
F
And I thank God that I’m a wiser man than who I was back then
G
And then I let my guard down and the cycle starts again

Of all the many memories of which I am not proud
The worst when I was silent when I should have spoken out
I’d like to think that stood there now the right choice would be plain
Now I know scuffs and bruises would heal faster than the shame

Am
And I’ll sing oh
The cycle starts again
F
As we sing oh
As we sing through the pain
Am
And we sing oh
F
As we run this old tape down from the top,
Am
And we’ll continue this until we drop

United in this stance of stubbornness
Cause next time will be different to this

I’d guess there’s not a person who has nothing to regret
It’s also pretty common that we’d rather just forget
All those awful things we did and said in years that been and gone
But we’ve only got those memories to keep us growing on

Understand you’re not that different to you of years gone by
You’re likely just as capable of messing up your life,
Of callousness and cowardice and other nasty ways
You cringe as you remember looking back in later days

credits

from These Aren't My Pants, released February 29, 2016
Russell - Vocals, Guitar
Niall - Sax

The photo that forms the artwork for this album cover was taken by Tim Green (whose work you can see here: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/) under the Creative Commons Attribution license.

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