I Stand By My Mistakes - Color Theory

The silence sets in toward the end of the day

When the ringing in my ears dies away

Time to slow down

A chance to reflect

Let’s share a toast

An exercise in disrespect

To each shooting star that broke its promise to me

To every birthday candle wish guaranteed

Raise your glass high

Dress me in black

In memory of

The dreams I had

I’ll drink to that

I stand by my mistakes

I did the best that I could do

Each hour of the day

Reveals a different point of view

And when the best years of our lives

Have burned away like morning dew

I’ll stand by my mistakes

I’ll stand by you

It would be so easy now to curse at my fate

And point at someone else to shoulder the weight

No smoking gun

To bolster my claim

No chain of command

I have only myself to blame

Over many years our paths became intertwined

To form a knot too tangled up to unwind

Each move I make

Tightens it more

Holds me in place

Yet somehow makes me feel secure

Bow your head down

Dress me in white

A ghost of the man

I thought that I’d be by tonight