Swan Dive Lyrics by Ani Difranco

Swan Dive Lyrics

    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 inhabition
    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 fall
    all the chance 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
    until i drown

    i teeter between tired
    and really, really tired
    i'm wiped out 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
    into shark infested waters
    i'm going to 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 warm 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 think i need a couple vaccinations
    for my far-away vacation
    i'm gonna go anhead and go boldly
    cuz a little bird told me
    that jumping is easy
    and falling is fun
    right up unitl you hit the sidewalk
    shivering and stunned

    they can call me crazy if i fall
    all the chance i need
    is one-in-a-million
    and they cal call me brilliant
    if i succeed
    gravity is nothing to me
    i'm moving at the speed of sound
    i'm just going to get my feet wet
    until i drown

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