A Completely Unironic Guide on How to ¨Play It Safe¨
🎵 Today we’d like to share with you a step by step guide on how to play it safe from the musical mind of Tim Minchin.
Check out the full song and video “Play it Safe” on Youtube and if you end up thinking you might prefer to try something new, take a risk, play a new role, knock down some walls, and break out of a box...
Well... you know where to find us!
🎶 PLAY IT SAFE by Tim Minchin 🎶
You've got to keep it simple
Life is like a song
There are tunes that folk are used to
So if you want them to sing along
Just keep it simple
You ought to play it safe
Life is just a game
People like the rules as written
So just give them more of the same
No one likes a smart-arse
No one likes it complicated
If you want to go the distance
Find the path of least resistance
And just take it
You don't want to stick your neck out
They'll take your head off if you do
Just sit up the back and judge others
It'll keep them from judging you
If you're too hard to stomach
You'll never amount to nothin’
Ain't that something?
No one cares what you have to say
You've got to play the role you're cast in
You see, all the world's a stage
So just say the lines you're given
Exactly as they're written
And for God's sake act your age
No one likes a show-off
No one likes a clown
Just make sure you don't stand out in the crowd,
That way they can't cut you down
You gotta build your walls around you
Build them straight and make them square
That way you'll blend in with the background
That way no one will point and stare
You gotta stick to your convictions
You gotta nail down your views
You wanna steer clear of the discomfort you feel
When you walk in another person's shoes
You gotta work out who your team is
Then wear the badge with pride
Find a box that makes you comfortable
And then stay the heck inside
On the first day the Lord gave you television
On the next he delivered a couch
Tell me how do you explain all this content
If the universe wanted you out and about?
Toe the line, don your suit
Hide your truth, wipe your tears
Don't cause trouble, find your bubble
Stick to black-and-white ideas
Play it safe, know your place
Know your lines, know your limits
Find a doctrine, get it locked in
Build a box and stay in it
Play it safe, keep it beige
Keep it simple and same-ish
Leave the weird ideas to the Danish
You gotta play it safe
Your mind is like a house
If you keep it locked up tight
You just might keep the world out
Did we miss something? Comment below with how you (used to) keep it safe.
