Taught

In another life, I might trust you In the way I cannot in this one My T-shirt was wet upon my back As you insisted, you're so kind to me You tell me so, it must be so But in another life I might reach out to touch And feel only calm 'Cause I learn what I am taught But I learn what I am taught And the body is beyond thought And so Close your eyes Go ahead and pretend It is how you see me best I brush the water from my skin And I walk straight back in To the river I was swimming in While the swallows, go on singing All the same songs that they always did