Stalled beyond the mist of error lies a common mean
A past that tends to haunt me in the darkest of my dreams
Reduced me to a candle flicker of my former self
And left me with no lasting earthly wealth
A twist of fate confined within a cell of hopeless thought
The bars that steal the dreams of men and render them for naught
The miserable calamity of my incarceration
Proved to be the soul of my salvation
The ins and outs and ups and downs have taught me many things
Provided me the strength to brave the storms that trials bring
I’m thankful for the years of angry bitterness and strife
‘Cause in the end they only help me make
The best mistake of my life
I’ve battled with the bottle and the fists of other men
Bore witness to the hellish fury of a scorned woman
I bear the scars of railroad tires upon a lonely track
And know that broken hearts start with a crack
The mood of my emotion all but hides the hand that binds
Let go of consequential thoughts that long have plagued my mind
I came to the conclusion that I’d better start by trying
Get busy living or get busy dying
The ins and outs and ups and downs have taught me many things
Provided me the strength to brave the storms that trials bring
I’m thankful for the years of angry bitterness and strife
‘Cause in the end they only help me make
The best mistake of my life
The music of nostalgia floats upon the winds of change
And blows a past of blame I wish that I could rearrange
But if regret meant I would have to disregard the facts
I don’t think I would take a single back
Every wrong decision I’ve made had the quality
Of making me the humble man that I was meant to be
I’ve seen the vast expanse of nothingness through these pale eyes
And in the end I’ve come to realize
The ins and outs and ups and downs have taught me many things
Provided me the strength to brave the storms that trials bring
I’m thankful for the years of angry bitterness and strife
‘Cause in the end they only help me make
The best mistake of my life.
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