I Am Safe Here

And I am safe here And everyone we know was waving gently Inviting me round to listen to that record and let me know That I'd been playing with one chord in my sleep Been sitting with the same ten words on my tongue, on my tongue But I am safe here I've been getting apples for teachers, been piling them up Been picking at flowers, snipping away at the stalks Been taking them home, putting them in vases Just to watch them rot, just to watch them rot Like hanging the clouds from the sky I am safe here I am, I am When you open up your mouth All your heroes jump out They jump straight out Is it endless? He couldn't say at all He couldn't say at all But I am safe here As long as I'm with you "To be conscious is to be cursed" Saw that in a used book shop Checking my credentials and staking my claim But I am safe here Watching that magician do the same old routine Over and over and over again But I am safe here Building houses out of sticks But I am safe here As long as I'm with you When you open up your mouth All your heroes jump out They jump straight out Is it endless? He couldn't say at all He couldn't say at all But I am safe here