Wrapped up in mosquito nets 

Offer some protection 

Curled up foetal in our beds 

Naked we lay 

Everybody says it but do they really mean it? 

(You’ll be fine you’ll be fine) 

Everybody waves it like a hand in my face 

But what’s surviving anyway? 

Tell me that I’m safe, tell me that I’m safe 

I need to hear it 

Tell me that I’m safe, tell me that I’m safe 

I need to hear it - all of the time 

I need to hear it 

Tell me that I’m safe, tell me once again 

Crawl into the overhead, ready for the thunder 

Dreaming of the riverbed on some better day 

Everybody’s saying that I’m doing really good now 

(And how far I have come) 

Everybody’s happy just to stay in one place 

‘Cause what’s surviving anyway? 

Tell me that I’m safe, tell me that I’m safe 

I need to hear it 

Tell me that I’m safe, tell me that I’m safe 

I need to hear it - all of the time 

I need to hear it 

Tell me that I’m safe, tell me once again 

Close my eyes I’m just like a newborn child 

A newborn child I tell you 

When I close my eyes 

I’m just like a newborn child, a newborn child