Take all the goods from all the bads
And tell the people that you've gone away
Now lift your head up to the sky
And now you can tell apart the black from the white
You waste the time they treasure dear
My only thought is that they could be right
Oh look, there goes another year
About as distant as a satellite
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, so safe
So safe
The world's a small child in the dark
My mind's the same place as it's always been
The monsters seem to fade so fast
Upon the waking of another dream
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, I feel so brave
I'm not afraid of anything they've got to say
And you're okay, because you're tucked away
Don't go astray, you've got to be
Just who you are, who you are
When I was young things didn't last
I only cashed in to the price of sweets
Now I am older I can laugh
A dolly, mixed-up man with rotten teeth
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, so safe
So safe
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, so safe
So safe
And tell the people that you've gone away
Now lift your head up to the sky
And now you can tell apart the black from the white
My only thought is that they could be right
Oh look, there goes another year
About as distant as a satellite
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, so safe
So safe
My mind's the same place as it's always been
The monsters seem to fade so fast
Upon the waking of another dream
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, I feel so brave
I'm not afraid of anything they've got to say
And you're okay, because you're tucked away
Don't go astray, you've got to be
Just who you are, who you are
I only cashed in to the price of sweets
Now I am older I can laugh
A dolly, mixed-up man with rotten teeth
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, so safe
So safe
And I feel safe, so safe
And I feel safe, so safe
So safe
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This song is brilliant,I love how all the instruments are introduced at different times and their introductions are staggered through the song,they don't come in all at once.I like it how he talks about being a kid and then uses the phrase "dolly mixtures", as in the sweets,to describe how he's now messed up. The world is a small child in the dark is a reference to the fact that the world as a whole is afraid of things that aren't even there.Like what are produced from big scare stories in the media.Just as a child can't see what's in the dark so it becomes scared.Could also be about the future,people worrying about their lives. He says about looking at the sky and taking the black from the white.When you look at the sky everything just seems so simple and you realise how complicated we make life for ourselves. Then he talks about time,older people look back and treasure time,he didn't then,but now looking back thinks that what they said was true.As time moves quickly and is as distant as a satalite.
When I feel bad i just listen to this song, and actually, I feel safe and brave and ready to face the world again
I think the last line is, "A dolly mixed up man with rotten teeth."
No one asked you knave
"The world's a small child in the dark"
LOL, come on!