Lyric discussion by blacksabbath128 

Cover art for Crash Years lyrics by New Pornographers, The

I'm assuming "Honey child you're not safe here" is a Smiths reference, (Panic, one of their most famous songs, contains the line "Honey pie you're not safe here"). Has this been confirmed?

Spot on.

Kicking myself. I knew that sounded familiar (have even caught myself singing "honey pie"), but hadn't given it enough thought.