The Mistakes You Made

[Chorus]
I ain't made the mistakes that you made in your life
And I ain't heard no one cry like you have
And I ain't rested my head on the street for the night
That don't mean that I chose the right path

[Verse 1]
You got the dogs on your trail the night through
It's raining hammers and nails around you
And still, you stand there and stare with a glare so cool
"Back the fuck up and run away, fool,"

But you don't know
All the scars that I hold
The hearts I've broken
Walkin' that long, lonesome road

[Chorus]
I ain't made the mistakes that you made in your life
And I ain't heard no one cry like you have
And I ain't rested my head on the street for the night
That don't mean that I chose the right path

[Verse 2]
So there's a woman back west who's in pain
She's got a child at her breast with your name
She broke a wrist, you got arrested
Christ, it all sounds the same
But you'd be damned if they gon' see you again

Cause they don't know
All the monsters you know
They force you open
Then holla', "Shut down the show,"

[Chorus]
I ain't made the mistakes that you made in your life
And I ain't heard no one cry like you have
And I ain't rested my head on the street for the night
That don't mean that I chose the right path

[Verse 3]
You got the shakes, yeah I know what they do
I know that sad, panicked scratch in there too
I've lost so much of myself
I'm a stranger like you
I breathe it in, I breathe it out, I make it through

Cause they don't know
The same world that we know
A heart gets broken
Nine out of ten, it's our own

[Chorus]
I ain't made the mistakes that you made in your life
I ain't heard no one cry like you have
And I ain't rested my head on the street for the night
That don't mean that I chose the right path

That don't mean that I chose the right path
That don't mean that I chose the right path
That don't mean that I chose the right path