Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Manchester Orchestra
Canonical path: /manchester-orchestra/the-mistake
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The Mistake
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The Mistake
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I don't wanna die alone
Tell me there's another option for me
Standing like I should have known
I knew you'd accidentally look right inside of me
There's nothing anybody could say
There's nothing anybody could do
You made up your absent mind and now
The rest of us are here to amuse you
Everybody I know makes the same mistakes
Packaged up into different boxes
Masking shame
Laying on the carpet spilt you told me
You were fairly certain you'd marry him
Embryonic accident, a native knife
You've gotta finally bury it
There's nothing anybody could say
There's nothing anybody could do
Everybody's got their day
So number wisely if you know what's best for you, man
Everybody I know makes the same mistakes
Packaged up into different boxes
Masking shame
I don't wanna walk away from you
I don't wanna walk away from you
I don't wanna walk away from you
I don't wanna walk away from you
But you let me
And now the wheels are falling off of the car
Next to the hundred metre grave in the yard
Everybody here feels sorry for us
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Manchester Orchestra performs "The Mistake", and this lyric page sits inside the Manchester Orchestra catalog on LyroVerse.
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