Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Selling Rope (Swan Dive To Estuary) , by - Los Campesinos!. Release date: 28.10.2013
Song language: English
Selling Rope (Swan Dive To Estuary) |
| As I swan dive into the estuary |
| The birds do not flinch at my fall |
| They perch in the rafters, before, during, after |
| They do not notice me at all |
| As I float down into the estuary |
| Wind cases my body in cool |
| I smell petrol fumes, see the smoke rise in plumes |
| The earth is one big fireball |
| The earth is one big fireball |
| Anecdote, lie, my own alibi |
| I’ve been telling jokes |
| Piled notes high, my own alibi |
| I’ve been selling rope |
| As I break the film of the estuary |
| The seaweed submerges my form |
| No passing cars stop, not a single jaw drops |
| As my wallet and keys sink before |
| A splash all I left in the world |
| Anecdote, lie, my own alibi |
| I’ve been telling jokes |
| Piled notes high, my own alibi |
| I’ve been selling rope |
| Once held a magpie in the palm of my hand |
| And the blood in our veins flowed faster, as I’d planned |
| Got a heart full of love and a head full of more |
| But a fist full of threads from the seams |
| And I saw a smile in that beak |
| Anecdote, lie, my own alibi |
| I’ve been telling jokes |
| Piled notes high, my own alibi |
| I’ve been selling rope |
| Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again |
| I’ve been telling jokes while selling rope to you |
| Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again |
| I’ve been telling jokes while selling rope to you |
| Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again |
| I’ve been telling jokes while selling rope to you |
| Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again |
| I’ve been telling jokes while selling rope to you |
| There’s no ticker-tape, no pearly gates |
| No carnival and no parade |
| Just one, one for sorrow |
| There’s no ticker-tape, no pearly gates |
| No carnival and no parade |
| Just one, one for sorrow |