Was the fastest song written on the record. Written in about an hour.

lyrics

You gotta sink to learn to swim 

These are the rules that they teach and they want you to live 

Apologies will never do and I know that way too well 

Brought down by somebody else's lack of education 

Shouldn't be you that it hurts 

But I took all the advice that I could take 

Before I thought to give up 

I bet you thought I'd give up 

And this is what they told me… 

These are the lies you gotta believe 

They'll give you everything to lose if you disagree 

Apologies are over used and I'd be cutting the line way too thin 

I'm aware of this bitter behavior 

I lost myself somewhere I never wanted to be 

Now it's time to start all over - we were held to the light 

But we never went blind 

Oh Oh Oh...Oh Oh Oh...Oh Oh 

You can't back down kid, back down kid 

Oh Oh Oh...Oh Oh Oh...Oh Oh 

You can't back out now, back out now 

We are what you say 

We are not what you think 

Too lonely to survive the loss that was staring back with bloodshot eyes 

I almost fell below the ground that I was standing on 

Oh no, you said it yourself, you're disappointed 

And I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that 

I was a failure, a failure 

But not matter how low 

Oh Oh Oh...Oh Oh 

You can't back down kid...back down kid 

Oh Oh Oh...Oh Oh 

You can't back out now 

Oh Oh Oh...Oh Oh Oh...Oh Oh 

You can't back down kid...back down kid 

Oh Oh Oh...Oh Oh Oh...Oh Oh 

You can't back out now...back out now 

We are what you say

credits

from self-titled, released 15 April 2011 

Written by Dead Sara/Lyrics by Emily Armstrong. 

Produced and Mixed by Noah Shain.