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When you look back on life, are you more filled with joy or regret?

(Intro – from the always romantic Lady Dove)

“It is far wiser to resist temptation than to bathe yourself in the sins of regret.”

(Verse 1 part one, from the brilliant, yet pained Healingwoman)

Regrets
Fester
Churn
Becoming solid mass
We try to let them pass
Let them go, try not to pout
Try not to regret, let them out
We live, we learn, but we never forget
There’s no use in living with regret

(Verse 1 part 2, From the valiant wisdom of Astral_Tides )

We may be branded forevermore
Our souls cursed with regrets
We tow the weighted bauble
We are always shackled down
By its ball and chain, we are bound
Mocking reminders, never far… never far
Taxing, tiring, exhausting in our hearts
Promising no future step, will know no free stride
Bang the walls of your own private hell, as life passes you by

(Bridge – from my own contentious rhythm)

I can’t forget the things that I regret
I still regret the things I can’t forget

(Chorus – contention continued)

Regretting
Forgetting
Fragments of yesterdays
Upsetting
Unsettling
Memories that won’t go away

(Verse 2 part 1, from the beautifully opening RomanticBloom)

A moment of regretting
Ever present on the lips
Forever ingrained in memory
Of those, the pain, it inflicts

(Verse 2 part 2, from the irreverent readmy5tuff)

There are many things in life to regret
Some haven’t even happened yet
We fret, we spend too much time on this qualm
Are we wrong? To be shattered by this bitter bomb

(Bridge – repeat)

I can’t forget the things that I regret
I still regret the things I can’t forget

(Chorus – repeat)

Regretting
Forgetting
Fragments of yesterdays
Upsetting
Unsettling
Memories that won’t go away

(Verse 3 parts 1 and 2, still from readmy5tuff)

We long for repentance
A healing expectance
From old loves, lost friends, and unappealing actions
We deal with regret
Still digging in, we fret

It digs in, the one that hurts the most
Is the lost loves, the one we held so close
No hopes, for their returns cannot be found
In the box of things lost, our minds are bound

(Bridge – repeat)

I can’t forget the things that I regret
I still regret the things I can’t forget

(Chorus – repeat)

Regretting
Forgetting
Fragments of yesterdays
Upsetting
Unsettling
Memories that won’t go away

(Verse 4 part 1, from the heartbroken whims of xXLove_Hates_MeXx)

Life becomes a prison of the things we can’t forget
We never escape our own memories
They pull us back by the strings of our regrets
Chained to ourselves as punishment for forgetting to behave

(Verse 4 part 2, from the precociously wise CarnageofFeathers)

We have so many regrets created by our own mistakes
Everything implanted in our heads, that just won’t go away
We wish that forever in the past we could stay
Where there is no wrong, no mistakes
Only beautiful memories
We want to return to those beautiful times
But we fear, we’ve committed too many crimes

(Bridge – repeat)

I can’t forget the things that I regret
I still regret the things I can’t forget

(Chorus – repeat)

Regretting
Forgetting
Fragments of yesterdays
Upsetting
Unsettling
Memories that won’t go away
Memories that just won’t go away

(Verse 5 part 1, from the still incorruptible Beavis)

Things said, or left unsaid
Night spent in a lonely bed
Days without a knowing smile
And thoughts that roam like ghosts

(Verse 5 part 2, from the always delectable Sylkie Grasshopper Smoothie)

Every page turned lies a hidden regret
Some things in life, we just can’t forget
Like missing the chance, to dance, on a shifting line
Or the days without seeing the stars that won’t show
While we lie
On this parapet of life

(Bridge – repeat)

I can’t forget the things that I regret
I still regret the things I can’t forget

(Chorus – repeat)

Regretting
Forgetting
Fragments of yesterdays
Upsetting
Unsettling
Memories that won’t go away

(Bridge 2 – altered)

I can’t forget
I still regret

(Verse 6 part 1, from our exotic beauty, Shane-MC)

Regret is a reminder, that we are not free
It proves our own inabilities
When we act in the moment, it always ends up wrong
Regrets make up the words, of this horribly sad song
It’s stuck in our heads and won’t let us be
Regret is a reminder, that we are not free

(Verse 6 part 2, from the always amazing, ever brilliant Ashes_Twisted)

The shedding of tears upon our face
We should not look on as regret, but as one more lesson learned
The colorless pour down our cheeks that cascade
Are not mistakes, but memories that were formed
Reflections seen in our tears, are not regrets in life
But repentance from some of our days
Trying to add to our recollections, detached from our own eyes

(Bridge – repeat)

I can’t forget the things that I regret
I still regret the things I can’t forget

(Chorus – repeat)

Regretting
Forgetting
Fragments of yesterdays
Upsetting
Unsettling
Memories that won’t go away

(And our finale, from every beautiful strum of EverySeventhHeartbeat)

Leave no room for regret
For life teaches us its own song
Sing its lyrics in gratitude to the knowledge
When it reminds us what was wrong
Raise your voice to the skies
For its wisdom, release your cries
For strength, dance to its rhythm and rhyme
And never, ever, let it die

(Outtro - The return of our Dovely romance)

Mistakes will be made, but have no regrets.
For each mistake is a battle scar of an unforgettable memory.