Swan Dive (live)

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 going to 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 until 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 can 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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Song Details

Duration
06:48
Key
9
Tempo
129 BPM

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