Letra de Selling Rope (Swan Dive To Estuary)

[Verso 1]
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

[Coro]
Anecdote, lie, my own alibi
I've been telling jokes
Piled notes high, my own alibi
I've been selling rope

[Verso 2]
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

[Coro]
Anecdote, lie, my own alibi
I've been telling jokes
Piled notes high, my own alibi
I've been selling rope

[Verso 3]
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

[Coro]
Anecdote, lie, my own alibi
I've been telling jokes
Piled notes high, my own alibi
I've been selling rope

[Puente]
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

[Instrumental break]

[Puente]
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

[Conclusi�n]
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