Swallow, Smile Lyrics - Franz Ferdinand

I rise and curse the waking day 

Curse the grime and curse the stains on the air 

And on the skin of the bed I'm tied within 

Hiding from the twitch and crash 

Of the mood I hear you hatch 

You're the mother growing cold 

You're the bath now running old 

I can feel the wall between us separate the filthy scene 

As I push the door aside - swallow, swallow, swallow, smile 

I wander round the gulf between us 

Wonder how I came to feel as fragile as a broken bone 

As useless - I'm a broken bone 

Come on let's fight let's feel alive 

Come on let's fight let's feel alive 

It's the only feeling I've kept towards you 

That resembles any passion, any tremble, any word, 

I'll take and turn it, twist and pissed-on, I'll return it 

Give me more, give me, I'll swallow, swallow, swallow, smile 

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