Okkervil River - Blanket And Crib

Safe, safe, enjoy your time feeling so safe
And treasure that smile on your face, ok?
'Cause time will see that it's replaced in a while
So go on and smile, smile and handshakes all around
That's your style, and no one would call it denial
For you're not even sure what's in store

And it's more than you'll be able to take
Standing up straight, and it won't be ok
And you won't be somebody who it's just happening to
Because it's a trap that you and only you have laid

Laid with a towel up over your face,
In your armchair, just lying in wait
Waiting forces were gathering outside your door
They sharpened their knives,
Knives and smiled with no smile in their eyes
A little bit large in size,
And a little bit hungrier for that tiny price

And my mother once said
'Son, remember this, no matter what someone did
They once were just a kid, at breast and in bib
In blanket an crib
So just reach inside yourself
And find the part that still needs help
Find that part in someone else, and you'll do good'
So, I thought that I would, mother

It's ok, hey, I love you and it goes without saying
I would give you the world on a tray,
Though they're already tracing a line cross your throat
Far too late in the game, you'll find what you have been betrayed
Propped up and pushed into your place
I could claim that it all would go great, but the reason I came
Is to say that it won't, you should know that it won't
You should know that it won't, and, so, Phillip, let go