Sharpened today your steel finger tip taps my shoulder You'd better know the smell of his breath You are the skin beneath his nails You'd better sleep with your clothes on They could be here anytime You'd better learn how to swim When it rains - god is crying When the devil chips a nail - there's an earthquake Now I see how man made it out to be action reaction They'll make a believer out of you You'd better learn how to swim You gotta swim like you're going to burst into flames
You'd better learn how to swim in frozen waters You should spend some time You should see what it's like to live in a life embalmed in decadence If you think it's too much to remember Too much to know exactly where they're at You'd better save some rope for your neck The devil paints his nails As god's angels adjust their wire wings Will you be so sure that you could never believe again You'd better fake it You'd better make time to learn how to swim Keep talking?