No matter what I do
Or how I try
I can't redeem myself

Strip clean - pick up the pieces
Start over again
Who made the rules

Who decides
when I've made up
paid up

Ten months this time
twelve before
Few others could take much more

Do it right
How can I
When I'm not even given the chance

To correct the mistakes I've already made?
It's so hard to live up to standards
When you don't even know what they are

How can you expect me to change?