We learned how to swim Every hour a study in chemistry We were cowards We learned to swim Of course, that was way back when In the lean years, when you could trust your friends 'Cos thieves were thicker then God, thieves were thicker then That should have been the end But I don't blame you that you had to try To make me your alibi I'm just confused to why Why it's so hard to hold my tongue I guess my daddy IS still the general's kid Same way I'm still his That's probably what it is So here's the view of the ruins Prove to you, we didn't know what we were doing And a city raised around the temples we burned to the ground All those words of blame We find to make up for mistakes we made And beg our dues be paid We pray our dues be paid Here's the view of the ruins Proof to you we never knew what we doing And a city raised around the temples we razed to the ground All that's left of our past Solemn, sad artifacts Felt ribbons and photographs Of the years we learned to swim