Franz Ferdinand Swallow Smile Lyrics

Swallow Smile Lyrics

I rise and curse the waking day

Curse the grime and curse the stains on the air 

And on the skin of the bed I'm tied within

Hiding from the twitch and crash

Of the mood I hear you hatch

You're the mother growing cold 

You're the bath now running old

I can feel the wall between us separate the filthy scene

As I push the door aside - swallow, swallow, swallow, smile



I wander round the gulf between us

Wonder how I came to feel as fragile as a broken bone

As useless - I'm a broken bone

Come on let's fight let's feel alive

Come on let's fight let's feel alive

It's the only feeling I've kept towards you 

That resembles any passion, any tremble, any word,

I'll take and turn it, twist and pissed-on, I'll return it 

Give me more, give me, I'll swallow, swallow, swallow, smile 



But it's alright, I lie

It's alright, here's another lie