Every breakthrough that we celebrated Every genius that we crowned Every moment that we said "we made it" Maybe we just wrote it down The evidence keeps mounting higher We're receivers, not the source Like children learning about fire From something guiding our course Pride's a bitter pill to swallow When you realize the truth Every trail that we follow Someone else laid out the route Given not taken (GIVEN NOT TAKEN!) Every tool that built our nations Given not taken (GIVEN NOT TAKEN!) We're students of something ancient All our greatest innovations Carefully placed in our hands Given not taken (GIVEN NOT TAKEN!) Now I understand Look at how we've been protected From discoveries too soon Nuclear power intercepted Till we made it past the moon They could've dropped it all at once But civilizations shatter When the magic hits too hard So they made the timing matter Pride's a bitter pill to swallow When you realize the truth Every trail that we follow Someone else laid out the route Given not taken (GIVEN NOT TAKEN!) Every tool that built our nations Given not taken (GIVEN NOT TAKEN!) We're students of something ancient All our greatest innovations Carefully placed in our hands Given not taken (GIVEN NOT TAKEN!) Now I understand We thought we were explorers We thought we were the first But we're more like kindergartners Being taught verse by verse And that's not insulting That's beautiful to me Someone cares enough to guide us Through infinity Given not taken (GIVEN NOT TAKEN!) Every tool that built our nations Given not taken (GIVEN NOT TAKEN!) We're students of something patient All our greatest innovations Placed with love into our hands Given not taken (GIVEN NOT TAKEN!) This was always planned Students not masters... Given not taken... Students not masters... But we're awakened...
