Ani Defranco Falling Is Like This Lyrics

Falling Is Like This Lyrics

You give me that look that's like laughing 

 with liquid in your mouth 

 like you're choosing between choking 

 and spitting it all out 

 like you're trying to fight gravity 

 on a planet that insists 

 that love is like falling 

 and falling is like this 

  

 Feels like reckless driving when we're talking 

 It's fun while it lasts, and it's faster than walking 

 But no one's going to sympathize when we crash 

 They'll say "you hit what you head for, you get what you ask" 

 and we'll say we didn't know, we didn't even try 

 one minute there was road beneath us, the next just sky 

  

 I'm sorry I can't help you, I cannot keep you safe 

 I'm sorry I can't help myself, so don't look at me that way 

 we can't fight gravity on a planet that insists 

 that love is like falling 

 and falling is like this