“Mistakes We Knew We Were Making” acts as an epilogue to the slew of songs birthed by John Nolan’s highly publicised fallout with his then-best friend Jesse Lacey.
Not only was “Mistakes…” regularly shoehorned into live performances of Brand New’s “Seventy Times 7” in the mid 2000’s, implying both...
And all our sins
Come back to haunt us in the end
To hang around and tap us on the shoulder
And smile silent
It's all implied
You'll die trying to live this down
You might as well forget it
Still I'm convinced
Wondering what if is the worst thing there is
[Chorus]
So we bottled and shelved all our regrets
Let them ferment and came back to our senses
Drove back home and slept a few days
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be
And all these lines fall short of what I had in mind
A failed attempt to capsulize a feeling
So I just try
Fail and try and try again
Someday I swear I'm going to get it
Because I'm convinced that giving in is the worst thing there is
[Chorus]
So we bottled and shelved all our regrets
Let them ferment and came back to our senses
Drove back home and slept a few days
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be
We'll get over it
Sad, strong, safe, and sober
We'll move forward
And know where we went wrong
But you can't go home again
You can't go home again
You can't go home again
You can't go home again
You can't go home again!
You can't go home again!
You can't go home again!!!
[Chorus]
So we bottled and shelved all our regrets
Let them ferment and came back to our senses
Drove back home and slept a few days
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be
Mistakes We Knew We Were Making was written by Straylight Run.
Mistakes We Knew We Were Making was produced by Chris Bittner & Michael Birnbaum.
Straylight Run released Mistakes We Knew We Were Making on Tue Oct 12 2004.