Mistakes - John Frusciante

Mistakes help one see

That you make your own surroundings

Life is a dream and is made by

Inwardly seeing what you want it to be

Success has its trappings

You judge yourself based on how you think you’re seen

And you may guess how you’re spoken about

And try to fit into a box ‘till you can’t get out or move freely about

Respect who you are inside, let your heart be your guide

What other think says nothing about you

Just how you relate to what they’re going through

And that’s not much, does not say much

Unless it’s a friend when it’s everything

Those who don’t want you to be anything but what you are

Do you feel this, my sad emotion?

Do you feel it inside my baby?

Forever is here in receptive motion, earth with a river inside my baby

Do you feel it inside your body?

Earth with a river inside my baby