When I was eight years old

I nearly drowned my older brother

Caught in a panic I dragged him down

To save myself

It was a purely instinctual response

I didn't mean for that happen

If we were out on our own I wonder how things would have been

Now I try to be more deliberate

Always try to avoid a scene

Calmly avoid the panic

Remain in control

That's just the way things go

Now I'm twenty-two years old

And soon he'll be twenty-four

He still brings it up every now and then

With family and friends

And he never fails to detail

That when we were finally rescued

They came for me and left him to

Make his own way back

Now I try to be more deliberate

Always try to avoid a scene

Calmly avoid the panic

Remain in control

That's just the way things go

Now I try to be more deliberate

Always try to avoid a scene

Calmly avoid the panic

Remain in control

That's just the way things go