Lyric discussion by ratanx 

Cover art for My Mistakes lyrics by Eleanor Friedberger

I love the line "why keep time traveling if it doesn't get better on the second time around?" Everybody keeps making the same stupid mistakes over and over again. And we keep seeing our friends make the same stupid mistakes, but we keep doing them anyway.

Song Meaning

I agree! I just love the writing and they way Eleanor sings the song. It has this almost 1950's pop vibe to it. A lot of the album does actually.