• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Swan Dive - Ani Difranco
• Swan Dive - (Hed) Pe
• Swan Dive - Sister Hazel
• Swan Dive - Strung Out
• Swan Dive - Hed Planet Earth
• Swan Dive - Podunk
• Swan Dive - Mary Prankster

sleep walking through the all-nite drug store
baptized in fluorescent light
i found religion in the greeting card aisle
now i know hallmark was right
and every pop song on the radio
is suddenly speaking to me
art may imitate life
but life imitates t.v.
'cuz you've been gone exactly two weeks
two weeks and three days
and let's just say that
things look different now
different in so many ways
i used to be a superhero
no one could touch me
not even myself
you are like a phone booth
that i somehow stumbled into
and now look at me
i am just like everybody else
if i was dressed in my best defenses
would you agree to meet me for coffee
if i did my tricks with smoke and mirrors
would you still know which one was me
if i was naked and screaming
on your front lawn
would you turn on the light and come down
screaming, there's the asshole
who did this to me
stripped me of my power
stripped me down
i used to be a superhero
no one could touch me
not even myself
you are like a phone booth
that i somehow stumbled into
and now look at me
i am just like everybody else
yeah you've been gone exactly two weeks
two weeks and three days
and now i'm a different person
different in so many ways
tell me what did you like about me
and don't say my strength and daring
'cuz now i think i'm at your mercy
and it's my first time for this kind of thing
i used to be a superhero
i would swoop down and save me
from myself
but you are like a phone booth
that i somehow stumbled into
and now look at me
i am just like everybody else

I climb, hand over hand, closing my eyes
Too scared to look down
I climb, hand over hand
Putting distance between I and I and the ground
I get to the top
I stand on the edge
I look to the sky, and say all my prayers
What could be better than a swan dive into the asphalt
I don't know, nothing can be better than a swan dive into the asphalt
You should ask somebody, 'Cause I've got nothing to lose tonight
I misplaced my life tonight, chased all my friends away tonight
I don't say the right things
I don't look the right way
That's just not me
I listen to my music too loud, a watch too much damn TV
Tell me, who can control the flood?
No one
Where are the angels?
Nowhere
Where's the compassion?
Nowhere
Who knows the truth?
No one
Who will believe in me?
No one
Who will stand by me?
No one
Who will fly with me?
No one
I climb, hand over hand, closing my eyes
Too scared to look down
I climb, hand over hand
Putting distance between I and I and the ground
I get to the top, stand on the edge, look to the sky

Would you think I was crazy
If I stripped on down to my skin or
Would you think I was free as a bee
C'mon tell me - tell me - tell the truth now
Would you think you could meditate in the middle of the eye of a hurricane
Would you now but somehow we were tethered here together
We can weather out the weather here
Oh yeah I might be crazy - but that's not the same as insane
And I'm scared - but that's not the same as being afraid
If I throw myself over the edge
If I find myself in over my head
If I shatter from the fall and I lose
I'd still want to swan dive - into you
So tell me now what you're thinking
A Lincoln for your thoughts or a dollar for them all yeah
Well I can take the truth - no I can't - yes I can
Tell me we were meant to be - a happy accident
Would you cry if I said it
Would you get it if I told you that I want you and I need you
Aw that wouldn't say enough
Hell I love you

Well its hard to find the words to say
what no one would say to you when you were 'round
the loneliest caged bird sings the saddest song
and you were never one to keep us guessing long
if you ask me what went wrong
I'll tell you nobody is doin' fine
were all fucked up and doin' time
the gates of Eden elude people like ourselves
I think about you every now and then
more now than I ever did when you were down
all reservations pass when chances slip away
all songs play better from confusion
Now I sit and I wonder how
everyday gets a little shorter and I always feel I'm losin' out somehow don€™t wanna let another day go by without creation
now if you ask me what went wrong
when your fallin' you€™re the only one that doesn€™t see the distance sacrifice yourself to save yourself
now we don€™t always walk the line and broadcast how we hurt sometimes
and still at times it seems nobody wants to know
Give me some time I might remember everything you ever did or said to me
If you ask me what went wrong
I'll tell you nobody is doin' fine
were all fucked up and doin' time
the gates of Eden elude people like you and I
I think about you every now and then
more now than I ever did when you were down
all reservations pass when chances slip away
all songs play better from confusion...confusion...

I climb, hand over hand, closing my eyes
Too scared to look down
I climb, hand over hand
Putting distance between I and I and the ground
I get to the top
I stand on the edge
I look to the sky, and say all my prayers
[Chorus]
What could be better than a swan dive into the asphalt
I don't know, nothing can be better than a swan dive into the asphalt
You should ask somebody, 'Cause I've got nothing to lose tonight
I misplaced my life tonight, chased all my friends away tonight
I don't say the right things
I don't look the right way
That's just not me
I listen to my music too loud, a watch too much damn TV
Tell me, who can control the flood?
No one
Where are the angels?
Nowhere
Where's the compassion?
Nowhere
Who knows the truth?
No one
Who will believe in me?
No one
Who will stand by me?
No one
Who will fly with me?
No one
I climb, hand over hand, closing my eyes
Too scared to look down
I climb, hand over hand
Putting distance between I and I and the ground
I get to the top, stand on the edge, look to the sky
There's nothing left for me.

On a long hot summer day
I got on my bike and I rode away
I was going to the swimming hole
With a pack of smokes and my fishin' pole
That was the day that i won't forget
I stripped down and put out my cigarette
I took a running jump swan dive
The current pulled me to the other side
Run and jump swan dive
I pulled my hair from my face
Imagined I was in a rapid race
Well I took a breath and rode the fall down
It beat me up and spent me all around
I didn't know God could be found
Under water with me pinned to the ground
Still the water held me down...down
Run and jump swan dive, swan dive
On a long hot summer day
I got on my bike and I rode away
That was the day that I won't forget
I got dressed and lit up a cigarette
I rode home with the speed of light
I jumped the ditch and threw down my bike
I took a running jump swan dive
And it felt so good just to be alive
I didn't know God could be found
Still the water held me down
I didn't know God could be found
Still the water held me down
Till I kicked it in the mouth, mouth, mouth
Run and jump swan dive
I do a run and jump swan dive
And it felt so good just to be alive

These triumphs and successes
Just lead to bigger messes
Once blessed and bound for glory
But that's another story
All your dreams will fall apart
Your fondest wishes too
And the fears you thought you conquered
Will be right here when they do
Whispers of a history
You’d left for dead and gone
Like the little bird who told me
That you ain’t no fuckin’ swan
Self-taught and -referential
Drunk on your own potential
That cruel and patient chuckling
Is just your inner duckling
Eager to expose you
For the hero that you’re not
And remind you in its lullabies
Of failures you’d forgot
Whispers of a history
You’d left for dead and gone
Like the little bird who told me
That you ain’t no fuckin’ swan
If you were really clever
You’d make it live forever
Pray God that when the drought hits