My Brother Taught Me How to Swim - Passion Pit

My brother taught me how to swim

We treaded water underneath the ocean s skin

And then he washed away my sins

He held me closer as the tide was coming in

But then why, what could I say

What would it mean

Cause then I, I d give away

All the love I need

Just a child, I was waiting

All along he elevated

He stayed put while I was wandering

Gone so long he started wondering

Why, I got lost

My brother taught me how to give

He spilled his love until it stretches too thin

Oh how I wanna be like him

He takes away the weight before your heart gives in

But then why, what could I say

What would it mean

Cause then I, I d give away

All the love I need

Just a child, I was waiting

All along he elevated

He stayed put while I was wandering

Gone so long he started wondering

Why, I got lost

I got lost

I got lost

If I love the way my brother loves I got lost

None of it would happen like the way that it was

But then why, what could I say

What would it mean

Cause then I, I d give away

All the love I need

Just a child, I was waiting

All along he elevated

He stayed put while I was wandering

Gone so long he started wondering

Why, I g