Play It Safe - Seth Sentry

Good morning kids, thanks for the warm welcome

You too, Mr Nelson, you look well for a thousand

It really brought back feelings of fear when that bell rung

Such an honour to be back in a school that I was expelled from

Yeah, hopefully this might inspire and help some

Stick with your education, you’ll never make it without one

Sound fun?

Well fuck fun, the world’s a dangerous place

You’ll never make it out alive, so just play it safe

Okay, now write down all your dreams on this circle of paper

Okay, now scribble that shit out if that work doesn’t pay well

Money is everything so let it bring you merriment

Become obsessed with it and make the same mistakes your parents did (Okay)

So get a shitty job that makes you sick and tired

Then rent a little box so you can think inside it

Don’t live like I did, don’t follow what your passion is

Or else you might have nothing but your happiness, just play it safe

I’m by myself inside my little safe world

I’m inside my door, there’s all too much I don’t know

If I go out I might not ever come home (Ooh)

I might not ever come home so I’ll just do what I’m told

Alright, calm down.

Oy

I saw that you all were bored during this morning’s talk

You all are drawn to the world and want to explore it all

Every mountain, every forest, every waterfall

Don’t worry, you will learn to worry more when you are more mature

'Cause you could fall right off a mountain, forests are full of wolves

Waterfalls are wet so you’re probably best to avoid 'em all (Oooh)

Yeah, fear is a part of being a grown adult

Make sure that you’re insured 'fore you think of walking towards the door

'Cause you could die just walking to the corner store

You probably ought to stay at home and roll yourself in cotton wool

Reinforce the walls, install a burglar alarm

Purchase a gun and shoot the first person to walk on your lawn

(Woah!) But keep an eye out for the pizza guy

And watch the scary world through your Venetian blinds

Now everybody say it with me, «Don't take risks 'cause risks are risky»

Yeah, you’re damn right, just play it safe

I’m by myself inside my little safe world

I’m inside my door, there’s all too much I don’t know

If I go out I might not ever come home (Ooh)

I might not ever come home so I’ll just do what I’m told

Dance like everyone is staring at you

Love like you’re scared of having your heart broke

Live like you’re scared of making mistakes

And sing like you’re being judged by a bunch of talentless arseholes

At night time, lay awake in your little wooden bed

And run through the entire day thinking of things you shoulda said

Be afraid of trying new things, you should be scared

All the time, you should try to live a life that you regret

Yeah, I’m glad I got the chance to talk to you

By now you’re probably all confused and you just don’t know what to do

Yeah, life’s a riddle, let me give you all a clue

Go and do the opposite of everything I told you to, play it safe

I’m by myself inside my little safe world

I’m inside my door, there’s all too much I don’t know

If I go out I might not ever come home (Ooh)

I might not ever come home so I’ll just do what I’m told

Bop bop bop bop

Yeah, by myself