The hours and days they have their way so surreptitiously Time is a river that will one day deliver the likes of you and me We're running out of future but to hell with that regret So raise a gla** and drink a toast to the things you'd sooner forget Here's to all the bridges I have burned Here's to all the lessons gone unlearned Socrates if you please it's wisdom that I crave I've been wandering this life aimlessly but still headed for the grave Before I take another step towards that muddy hole I want to raise a gla** and drink a toast to the things I can't control Here's to all the bridges I have burned Here's to all the lessons gone unlearned Here's to all the messes I have made Here's to all the things I am today Here's to life and here's to the end Here's to what is now and here's to what was then And here's... to you... my friend I've made some mistakes or have they made me I'd make them again only more quickly Here's to all the bridges I have burned Here's to all the lessons gone unlearned Here's to all the the messes I have made Here's to all the things I am today Here's to the shy the sad and the gay to those who had everything and pissed it away Here's to the weak the meek and the poor To those who question what they're living for