Swallow Song

I wish I could dive like a swallow at the river's edge

And if I survive soar up to where the world ends

I'd be there for a moment alone above it all

Given everything before I start to fall

Wish I could die and know that everything will be okay

But I can't lie, it makes me want to run away

All this blood and beauty I would never see again

The sunlight on your face and the warmth of all my friends

It's a long, long way down, my love

It's a long, long way

Under the lonely weight of silence

And here it comes again

That feeling flowing down my spine

And I can't pretend so I walk out into the sunshine

Across the fields of Waipaparoa the swallow sings its song

They named it something else when they moved its people on

It's a long, long way down, my love

It's a long, long way

Under the lonely weight of silence

And here it comes again

That feeling flowing down my spine

And I can't pretend

And here it comes again

That feeling flowing down my spine

And I can't pretend

So I walk out into the sunshine