Staring at the stained glass, thinking quietly before he asked
In contrast to some patience never shown
While longing for some sleep, why don't we ever practice what we preach?
Before we're left to face this life alone
Batten down the hatches, for a storm brews up ahead
The win still howls and thunder growls in pain
Like a lion or a tiger with a thorn stuck in its side
Our tears will only fall beneath the rain
It's new years day my friend
I'll relive it all again
Mistakes to make a man
Regrets that I can't stand
Why won't they wash away?
Moving through the years now, it's been quite awhile and still somehow
Her downward spiral lingers in my head
We focus on what's lost without the value what time can cost
All pushing back the ones we need instead
Batten down the hatches, now a storm has hit this town
Under pale green skies that open wide with rain
Like a captain who's made sea sick, always rolling on the ground
Expecting he won't one day go insane
Another year my friend
I'll go through it all again
Mistakes don't make a man
When will I finally land?
Or maybe float away
Frozen by the season when it never gives a reason why
I've tried but now I'm lying on the floor
Examples on the list, while grace is often lost before it's missed
I know that I can't chase it anymore
Batten down the hatches, there's a storm still moving through
As the lights go out, a thought weighs on my mind
With my Moby Dick to capture underneath the looming rapture
It appears I'm only running out of time
With new years to defend
I will cut my teeth again
Mistakes from where we ran
I'll wait beneath the sand
For time to pass away
Another year shall end
I will find my way again
Mistakes can shape a man
One day I'll comprehend
Before wasting away