When You Mess Up

You seem so young again I think that's because you're in pain Don't be so hard on yourself For God's sake, have a cigarette And don't stoop to laugh at yourself Have another cigarette Have a drink, talk too loud Be a fool in the crowd But forgive yourself Forgive yourself To sing is to pray twice And I hate people who give me advice When you mess up And baby, you'll mess up And you seem so young again Oh, but it's hard to explain Don't be so hard on yourself Don't think you're inappropriate And don't just discard your old self You're never inappropriate In a world of micro-agressions Little human transgressions Forgive yourself Forgive yourself To sing is to pray twice And I hate people who give me advice When you mess up And baby, you'll mess up When you mess up And Christ, we all mess up