Ani Difranco - SWAN DIVE lyrics

rate me

I'm cradling the softest, warmest part of you in my hands

Feels like a little baby bird

Fallen from the nest

I think that your body is something I understand

I think that I'm happy

I think that I'm blessed

But I've had a lack of inhibition

I've had a loss of perspective

I've had a little bit to drink

And it's making me think

That I can jump ship and swim

That the ocean will hold me

That there's got to be more

Than this boat I'm in

They can call me crazy if I fail

All the chance that I need is one-in-a-million,

And they can call me brilliant if I succeed

Gravity is nothing to me

I'm moving at the speed of sound

I'm just gonna to get my feet wet until I drown

I teeter between tired

And really, really tired

I'm wiped and I'm wired

But I guess that's just as well

Cuz I've built my own empire

Out of car tires and chicken wire

And now I'm queen of my own compost heap

And I'm getting used to the smell

I've had a lack of information

I've had a little revelation

I'm climbing up on the railing

Trying not to look down

I'm going to do my best swan dive

In the shark-infested waters

I'm gonna pull out my tampon

And start splashing around

Cuz I don't care if they eat me alive

I've got better things to do than survive

I've got the memory of your warm skin in my hands

And I've got a vision of blue sky and dry land

I'm cradling the hardest, heaviest part of me in my hands

The ship is pitching and heaving

Our limbs are bobbing and weaving

I think this is something I understand

I just need a couple vaccinations

For my far-away vacation

I'm going to go ahead and go boldly

Cuz a little bird told me

That jumping is easy

That falling is fun

Right up until you hit the sidewalk

Shivering stunned

They can call me crazy if I fail

All the chance that I need is one-in-a-million

And they can call me brilliant if I succeed

Gravity is nothing to me

I'm moving at the speed of sound

I'm just gonna get my feet wet untill I drown