Cup of broken promises

I wish I could take a trip

Down memory lane

And correct some past mistakes

Because with hindsight

I can see that I could have done things

Differently

I keep drinking from this

Cup of broken promises

I still wear my rose tinted specs

And I’ve always got my nose

Pressed against the glass

I feel as though I’m looking through a prism

Into a world where the lights are still on

And the locks have keys in them

So I can still pass through

I keep chewing the cud

With strangers in bars

Where nobody knows my name

And none of the chairs match the tables

The writing on the wall

Tells of long lost heroes

And flights of fancy

And it has no bearings on the world I live in

I would never be able to breath

In this kind of atmosphere

I’m not a player

I’m just a spectator

Watching from the cheap seats

In the auditorium

Surrounded by dreamers and chancers

And near do wells

But I feel at home here

I feel as though I fit in

Like this is where I am supposed to be

I always try to watch the sunset

Because I feel at one

With the forces of nature

I’m in sync with these elements

They come naturally to me

There are some things in life

That just fall into place

Clip together like a jigsaw

And once you can finally see the picture clearly

Once you are able to focus on the foreground

And not around the per

ipherals

You can finally achieve

That sense of enlightenment

Once you finally understand the rules

Once you know how to play the game

How to be a winner and not an also ran

Then you will be the one holding the cards

And every deck is full of aces

So play them with style

And nobody will be able to rain on your parade

Nobody will be able to pour scorn on your dreams

And tell you that you failed

I didn’t know this when it really mattered

I hadn’t read the rules

I thought I knew it all but I knew nothing

I was a fool and I let it all slip through my fingers

So I want to take a trip down memory lane

And correct some past mistakes

Because with hindsight I can see

That I could have done things differently