On the very first decade that we got to dream in   Our fathers were angry, our mothers were screamin'   At the clothes we were wearin' and the music we got off on   Hitler was dead, welcome to Babylon      Carved our initials out across the sand   The heart and the arrow, no-one understands   Then the tide rolled in and everything ran   Washed us away, washed us away, washed us away      Up in the attic ambition was burning   Now my fingers were bleedin' but the tables were turning   Down in the city the future was beckoning   And I hated myself on the day of reckoning, oh yeah      Carved our initials on top of the cake   The heart and the arrow, the rattle and the snake   How was I to know that the Earth was gonna break   And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away      Everything's temporary in this world   Ain't it a shame when you lose someone?   Here tomorrow, gone today   Wash us away, wash us away, wash us away      There was never a fool like a young fool alone in   A world without someone he can find a home in   And for all the wrong reasons we rescued each other   You bandaged my heart I never would recover, ohh      No river runs true, it always takes a twist   Hearts can be broken, arrows gonna miss   How was I to know that it was gonna come down to this   And wash us away      And we wrote our names on the 'Dead Sea Scrolls'   The young and the restless, the brave and the bold   How was we to know it was gonna get outta control   And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away   Wash us away, wash us away, wash us away, wash us away