Swan Dive

Cradling the softest, warmest part of you in my hand

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

i've got a lack of inhibition

i've got 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

'cuz 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, moving at the speed of sound

i'm just going to get my feet wet

until i drown

and i teeter between tired

and really, really tired

im wiped and im wired but i guess its just as well

because i built my own empire

out of car tires and chicken wire

and i'm queen of my own compost heap

and i'm getting used to the smell

and i've got a lack of information

but i got a little revelation

and 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 thing to do than survive

i've got a memory of your warm skin in my hand

and i've got a vision of blue sky and dry land

i'm cradling the hardest, heaviest part of me in my hand

the ship is pitching and heaving, my limbs are bobbing andweaving

and i think this is what i understand

i just need a little vaccination for my far-away vacation

i'm going to go ahead boldly because a little bird told me

that jumping is easy, that falling is fun

up until you hit the sidewalk, shivering, stunned

and 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

moving at the speed of sound

i'm just gonna get my feet wet

until i drown...