Maybe in time we can see how the world began Breaking the arms of the patron Americans Lo and behold we're as saintly as we pretend Means is of no consequence, let's get to the end We're so silly and change our minds But nothing's really at stake but time Hey there's a gun in your face and it's serious If you don't know you can ask any idiot What do you know it seems we might end up content Not that we want We know we're not that innocent We're so silly and change our minds We're two steps back We'll leave us behind Learning from our own mistakes Takes longer than we care to It's a tough one to gauge You know we're not gonna change We'll never turn this around So treat it like it's a phase Some uncomfortable stage That we'll never face down And sweat out Because we barely know that we'd give enough to close to Whatever the committment that's required We are leaving plenty You suffer for the sake Hey we all make mistakes Even though not even sober Even if we start all over Carelessly In some strange way we're safe Not that far from