Wet Blanket Lyrics

Lyric discussion by SwedishFish 

Cover art for Wet Blanket lyrics by Metric

i think ms. chainsaw is correct. I think the line "it's wrong to want more than a folk song" means 'he' makes 'her' feel like she has nothing to aspire to. She shouldn't want anything better for herself. I think that's a clever line.

Wow! You couldn't have explained that better. that's exactly what i think:

He makes her feel she's got nothing to go to.