Be Safe

Be Safe Lyrics

Song Be Safe
Artist The Cribs
Album Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
Download Image LRC TXT
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[00:12.83] One of those fucking awful black days
[00:14.67] When nothing is pleasing
[00:15.81] And everything that happens is an excuse for anger
[00:18.20] An outlet for emotions stockpiled, an arsenal, an armour
[00:23.54] These are the days when I hate the world
[00:25.92] Hate the rich, hate the happy
[00:29.06] Hate the complacent, the TV watchers
[00:31.81] Beer drinkers, the satisfied ones
[00:34.05] Because I know I can be all of those little hateful things
[00:37.33] And then I hate myself for realizing that
[00:40.91] There's no preventative, directive or safe approach for living
[00:43.90] We each know our own fate
[00:45.84] We know from our youth how to be treated
[00:48.68] How we'll be received, how we shall end
[00:50.93] These things don't change
[00:53.27] You can change your clothes, change your hairstyle
[00:55.70] Your friends, cities, continents
[00:57.51] But sooner or later your own self will always catch up
[01:00.36] Always it waits in the wings
[01:01.90] Ideas swirl but don't stick
[01:04.05] They appear but then run off like rain on the windshield
[01:07.26] One of those rainy day car rides my head implodes
[01:10.39] The atmosphere in this car a mirror of my skull
[01:13.55] Wet, damp, windows dripping and misted with cold
[01:18.21] Walls of grey, nothing good on the radio
[01:21.77] Not a thought in my head
[01:23.16] I know a place we could go where you'll fall in love so hard
[01:30.20] That you'll wish you were dead
[01:34.04] Let's take life and slow it down
[01:35.85] Incredibly slow, frame by frame
[01:38.40] With two minutes that take ten years to live out
[01:41.60] Yeah, let's do that
[01:47.37] Telephone poles like praying mantis against the sky
[01:50.40] Metal arms outstretched
[01:51.92] So much land travelled, so little sense made of it
[01:55.51] It doesn't mean a thing, all this land laid out behind us
[01:59.00] I'd like to take off into these woods
[02:00.75] And get good and lost for a while
[02:03.11] I'm disgusted with petty concerns
[02:05.11] Parking tickets, breakfast specials
[02:07.30] Does someone just have to carry this weight
[02:10.29] Be safe, be safe, be safe, be safe, be safe
[02:13.97] Abstract typography, methane covenant
[02:17.46] Linear gospel, nashville sales lady
[02:21.65] Stocky emissary, torturous lice, mad Elizabeth
[02:26.87] Be safe, be safe, be safe, be safe, be safe
[02:32.75] Chemotherapy bullshit
[02:35.70] I know a place we could go where you'll fall in...
[02:39.91] The light within me shines like a diamond mine
[02:42.41] Like an unarmed walrus, like a dead man face down on the highway
[02:46.45] Like a snake eating its own tail, a steam turbine
[02:49.99] Frog pond, two full closets burst open in disarray
[02:53.97] Soap bubbles in the sun, hospital death bed
[02:57.02] Red convertible, shopping list, blowjob, death's head
[03:00.80] Devils dancing, bleached white buildings, memory, movements
[03:04.53] The movie unpeeling, unreeling, about to begin
[03:08.84] I know a place we could go where you'll fall in love...
[03:14.32] I've seen your hallway, you're a darn call away
[03:17.76] I've hear your stairs creak
[03:19.30] I can fix my mind on your yes and your no
[03:23.53] I'll film your face today in the sparkling canals
[03:27.21] All red, yellow, blue, green brilliance and silver dutch reflection
[03:31.39] Racing thoughts racing thoughts all too real
[03:34.33] You're moving so fast now I can't hold your image
[03:37.01] This image I have of your face by the window
[03:39.80] Me standing beside you, arm on your shoulder
[03:42.44] A catalogue of images, flashing glimpses, then gone again
[03:46.02] I'm tethered to this post you've sunk in me
[03:48.96] And every clear afternoon now I'll think of you up in the air
[03:52.19] Twisting your heel, your knees up around me, my face in your hair
[03:55.98] You scream so well, your smile so loud, it still rings in my ears
[04:03.51] I know a place we could go where you'll fall in love so hard
[04:10.52] That you'll wish you were dead
[04:14.75] Inhibition, distant, tired of longing
[04:17.54] Clean my teeth, stay the course
[04:20.68] Hold the wheel, steer on to freedom
[04:24.61] Open all the boxes, open all the boxes
[04:29.29] Open all the boxes, open all the boxes
[04:37.27] Times Square midday, newspaper buildings
[04:40.25] News headlines going around
[04:41.90] You watch as they go and hope for some good ones
[04:44.04] Those tree shadows in the park
[04:46.08] They're all whispering, chasing leaves
[04:48.38] Around six PM, shadows across the cobblestones
[04:51.81] Girl in front of bathroom mirror
[04:54.09] She's slow and careful, paints her face green, mask-like
[04:57.53] Like Matisse,"Portrait with Green Stripe"
[05:00.07] Long shot through apartment window
[05:03.06] A monologue on top but no girl in shot
[05:06.49] The light within me shines like a diamond mine
[05:09.73] Like an unarmed walrus, like a dead man face down on the highway
[05:13.81] Like a snake eating its own tail, a steam turbine
[05:17.69] Frog pond, two full closets burst open in disarray
[05:21.42] Soap bubbles in the sun, hospital death bed
[05:23.46] Red convertible, shopping list, blowjob, death's head
[05:26.36] Devils dancing, bleached white buildings, memory, movements
[05:30.94] The movie unreeling, about to begin
[05:42.43] That was great by me
[05:44.97] Yeah? Mine were alright. Wasn't my best one but who cares
[05:50.89] That's the spirit
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