Scars and Enemies

I was going all the wrong directions Making only bad connections And I got an impressive collection of Scars and enemies Some who were best friends to me And lovers who would never be 'Cause I could never get the nerve up And shameful memories Of the mess I used to be But that rough and tumble road led me to you Too The path I chose is a field filled with landmines I stepped on every one I could find It goes to show you can't trust fools like me To handle any precious things But with each contusion, from confusion came a clearer point of view And every broken bone and drunken phone call taught me what not to do I was going all the wrong directions Making only bad connections And I got an impressive collection of Scars and enemies Some who were best friends to me And lovers who would never be 'Cause I could never get the nerve up And shameful memories Of the mess I used to be But that rough and tumble road led me to you Too Tempting fate is great when you might win That's not the situation I'm in I never could stay out of a game Even though they always end the same A couple hundred stitches a dozen ditches I could never seem to fill Still I fill with pride that I survived some things that should have killed me. So though I'm going all the right directions And only need this one connection I get to keep my collection of Scars and enemies Some who were best friends to me And lovers who would never be 'Cause I could never get the nerve up And shameful memories Of the mess I used to be 'Cause that rough and tumble road led me to you Too