Andrew Paul Regan - Mistakes Our Parents Made lyrics
rate me[Victor Jr.]
I’ve been looking at the Facebook page
Of the girl who doesn’t know she’s my sister
Slightly stalking her on FourSquare
Contrived to bump into her somewhere
I started off with a game
“I bet I can guess your name”
And she looked scared when I got it right first time
I said
“It’s not what you think, but can I buy a drink?
I promise I’m not the murdering kind...”
[Molly Jr.]
Give me a moment to adjust to the change
To a world in which I now have a brother.
Before you shanghai me to be your shrink
I think you owe me another drink...
[Victor Jr.]
My mum says I have his eyes
I think she’s trying to be nice
But I feel like she’s cursing my future
[Molly Jr.]
You think because you’re his kid
You’ll mess up just like he did?
Or are you trying to store up excuses?
[Victor Jr.]
I can’t know who I am from half a history
Am I worth the amount my father paid?
My life began at conception in an alleyway
I am just a mistake my parents made.
[Molly Jr.]
If self-pity was a currency
I’d make you buy drinks for everyone in here
[Victor Jr.]
This isn’t how I meant this talk to go
There’s just so many things I want to know
And I was hoping perhaps
That you could fill in the gaps?
[Molly Jr.]
What makes you think that I’ll have all the answers?
Victor got some things wrong
But so does everyone
I wasn’t old enough to even remember
I’m the daughter of a ‘disgraced local dignitary’
Maybe you should be grateful for your blank slate?
Try living life with gossip for your history
In the shadow of a mistake your parents made
[Victor Jr.]
In the end I think my mother chose
To seek a simple life over perfection
You can end up losing all your hair
Trying to make every last thing fair
[Molly Jr.]
Your mum says you have his eyes
I think she’s probably right
At least as far as I can tell from the pictures
But even if that is true
It would still be up to you
To decide that your life will be different
[Both]
Our births were an announcement
Not a prophecy
We are more than just strands of DNA
You cannot write a life story
In only A C G and T
We are not the mistakes our parents made
