Blanket and Crib
Okkervil River"Blanket and Crib" is a song by Okkervil River, released in 2003 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:37 long and contains 53 lines and 288 words.
0:06Safe safe
0:08Enjoy your time feeling so safe
0:11And treasure that smile on your face okay
0:14This time will see that it's replaced
0:17In a while
0:18So go on smile
0:20Round handshakes all around
0:22That's your style
0:24And no one would call it denial
0:26For you're not even sure what's in store
0:29Though it's more
0:31You'll be able to take
0:34Standing up straight
0:36And it won't be okay
0:37And you won't be somebody
0:40Who it's just happening to
0:42It's a trap that you and only you
0:46Have laid
0:47Laid with a towel up over your face
0:50In your armchair just lying in wait
0:53Waiting forces were gathering outside
0:56Your door
0:57They sharpened their knives
0:59Knives and smiled with no smiles in their eyes
1:03A little bit larger in size
1:06And a little bit hungrier
1:07For that tiny prize
1:10And my mother she said
1:12Son remember this
1:14No matter what someone did
1:16That they once were just a kid
1:19At breast and in bib
1:20In blanket and crib
1:22So just reach inside yourself
1:25And find the part that still needs help
1:28Find that part in someone else
1:31And you'll do good
1:34So I thought that I would
1:38Mother
2:02So hey hey I love you it goes without saying
2:06I would give you the world on a tray
2:09Though they're already tracing a line
2:12Across your throat
2:14Far too late in the game
2:16You'll find that you have been betrayed
2:19Propped up and pushed into your place
2:22I could claim that it all would go great
2:25But the reason I came is to say
2:27That it won't
2:29You should know that it won't
2:32You should know that it won't
2:35You should know that it won't
2:37And so phillip let go
Safe safe Enjoy your time feeling so safe And treasure that smile on your face okay This time will see that it's replaced In a while So go on smile Round handshakes all around That's your style And no one would call it denial For you're not even sure what's in store Though it's more You'll be able to take Standing up straight And it won't be okay And you won't be somebody Who it's just happening to 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 smiles in their eyes A little bit larger in size And a little bit hungrier For that tiny prize And my mother she said Son remember this No matter what someone did That they once were just a kid At breast and in bib In blanket and 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 So hey hey I love you it goes without saying I would give you the world on a tray Though they're already tracing a line Across your throat Far too late in the game You'll find that 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 You should know that it won't And so phillip let go
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