Swan Dive Lyrics - So Much Shouting, So Much Laughing (live) - Ani Difranco

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 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 

'Cause 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 

'Cause 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 ahead and go boldly 

'Cause 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 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